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Erie Colorado Newborn Photographer | A Year in the Life of Lilah

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Watch Erie Colorado Newborn Photographer Colie James document a Life in the 1st Year in under 3 minutes. This my second round of Yearbooks with the O Family and of course I am bawling.  I am so lucky to have done seven sessions with this amazing family as they have grown in the last 2+ […]

Lifestyle Family Films – Do you want a Yearbook film?

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I honestly have no idea how many lifestyle family films I have made over the last five years. Initially, these Fusion Slideshows included still images moving across the screen with a few tiny video clips as a surprise. About 3 years ago while I was editing a family who had spent their time making pancakes […]

Boulder Newborn Photography – Building a Family

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Bodhi and Lilah are just two of the 50,000+ children that have been born at Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Colorado. I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to meet each of them at the hospital and preserve some moments in their first 48 hours on the outside. When I sat […]

A Year in the Life of June | Colorado Family Photographer

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First birthday sessions are my favorite to capture and I was lucky enough to have a few in September.  I spent June’s entire birthday weekend chasing her, literally.  Watch her Yearbook Film below and I am sure you can get a sense of just how mobile (and vocal) she is.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!   […]

Lafayette Colorado Family Photography – Hello 8 Months

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Lafayette, Colorado Family Photography – So… first of all if you have not seen the first session in this Yearbook plan go take a look right now.  Then and ONLY then can you fully understand how much this sweet girl grew in 4 months!  We documented all the things that are amazing about this age.  […]

Boulder Newborn Photographer – Do you really need video?

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Documentary family photography is not everyone’s jam and the same applies to video.  But no matter how you get to my website, I really want all potential clients to SEE at least one video.  The SEE THE FILM buttons you see everywhere are not just for decoration, click at least one.  If you have time, […]

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