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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 […]

Letters to Our Daughters | Our first time apart

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Dear Chloe- I started to write this month’s letter weeks ago.  I wanted to finally write THE letter where I explain what I miracle it is to have you and how hard it was to get you.  It is a particularly difficult letter to write without crying.  However I just got home from my first […]

Boulder Newborn Photography | Book your session now!

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Are you looking for a newborn photographer in Boulder, Colorado or the surrounding areas? If you have been thinking of booking a Boulder newborn photography session now is the time to book.  You still have time to take advantage of a complimentary maternity session with any in-home newborn photography session booked from now until the […]

Denver Newborn Photography | Black and White Newborn Photography

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Would you be interested in all black and white newborn photography?  In my last two Denver Newborn Photography sessions I have been really drawn to convert the bulk of images to black and white.  So much so that I am toying around with the idea of offering black and white only sessions.  There is just […]

Evergreen Storytelling Photography – 6 months and ready to eat

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I spent a Sunday than with an in-home Evergreen storytelling photography session with a lovely family.  I took a trip towards the mountains today and had the pleasure of photographing sweet Liesl.  She wore the same dress that Chloe had when she was younger, and it was always one of my favorites.  She tried solids […]

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