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Project 365 for Slackers – A Year in the Life of Chloe 2013

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  A Year in the Life of Chloe – 2013 is DONE.  In case you need a reminder, here is where I talk about my retroactive Project 365.  I have never committed to a proper Project 365, but in 2014 I am committed to taking one image a day even if I don’t blog them […]

Evergreen Colorado Family Photography | Meet The Smiths

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at-home session

This Evergreen Colorado Family Photography session happened right before Thanksgiving.  Since we are passed Christmas and I just dropped off their album and images today, I figure it’s time to blog this session.  Ever wonder what we do at an in-home family photography session?  Well just about anything you want!  In this session we had […]

Letters to our Daughters | End of the Year

Boulder Lifestyle Photography Letters to Chloe

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Dearest Chloe- This month has literally flown by and I am loving our new normal.  I am getting so much work done on Tuesday & Thursday mornings while you are in school with teachers & friends.  When I arrived to pick you up today I made sure to snap a picture of you in circle […]

A Project 365 for Slackers – a retroactive 365 daily photography project

boulder lifestyle photography 2013 a year of chloe

personal

  We all start with lofty goals, right?  It’s like the New Year’s resolution of photography.  ‘I will keep up with my personal shooting and editing and a 365 will be my motivation’.  Then life happens.  Client work happens.  Tons of things prevent you from keeping up with that 365 project you were so faithfully […]

Stapleton Newborn Photography | Meet Miss Ellie

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Want to see Ellie as a BIG sister?  Click HERE to meet their new baby brother Caleb. I am still in a black & white mood, so for this Stapleton Newborn Photography session I have decided to blog my favorites in black & white. I love this family, no really.  There can be many challenges […]

life with chloe | stories from her childhood

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  I have shot many day in the life of Chloe in the last year.  It is one of my favorite shooting exercises, but that is not why I included it as a bonus assignment in the first run of  my workshop Telling Stories with Lifestyle Photography.  As an exercise in storytelling, it is one […]

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