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It’s Always Happy Hour – Happy Birthday to Me

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So I bought my own birthday present this year. It is a harsh reality as a photographer when you realize you can’t hire yourself.  Especially when all you want is for someone to come and make a film of your family like the one you just delivered last week to someone else.  Enter my photography […]

What to do when you don’t know what to do for your session!

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That was a mouthful, right? Earlier this month while I was spending time in the PNW, a friend asked what my clients chose what to do for their Day in the Life session.  Then she said it.  “I don’t have any idea what we would do for a full day session like that.” Let me […]

Light and Shadows – Denver Newborn Photographer

newborn photography sessions

I think the black & white bug is finally back.  I typically deliver a large number of monochromatic images in my client galleries, but steadily over the last year I have been delivering more and more in color.  Each time I do a web refresh it seems like color images get swapped in for black […]

Pancakes in Pullman

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One of our little summer adventures was visiting friends in Eastern Washington with a quick jaunt over to Idaho/Montana to knock them off my list of remaining states to visit.  I now only have four states left, so if you want a session and live in North or South Dakota, Wisconsin, or Alaska I would […]

When Eliza met Wilder

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Did you hear the joke about the newborn photographer that went to the wrong hospital? Yes, I did in fact head to the wrong hospital for this session. I can totally laugh at myself now, but I bet I will never make that mistake again. You see I documented Eliza’s arrival a little over two […]

Denver Family Photographer – They grow too fast

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As a Denver Family Photographer I get to see so many of my clients grow from year to year.  Today I am sharing some of my favorite humans to photograph, but really the littles need to stop growing.  Immediately. This year there were scooters in the house, chalk on the porch, art in the kitchen, […]

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