Choosing a location for your photoshoot can be one of the hardest parts of putting your shoot together. You want a place that fits the story of your relationship or family, something that's not to busy and also not too far away. On top of it all, it should be breath-taking. That's a lot of pressure on a single location, but luckily, we live in the beautiful state of Colorado, which means we have plenty of choices wh[...]
I’d been waiting to see that smile for two years. In reality, I’ve been waiting to see both those smiles. My sister, MaryAnne, and her husband had been on the adoption path for a few years and each month it became harder and harder. The countless calls of craving to have a child but unable to get pregnant and then having adoption possibilities fall through. Even on my wedding day, they got their hopes up wh[...]
The holidays are where some of my favorite memories lie. From dinners around the table to ping pong tournaments in the garage or best of all, those bottled cream sodas and root beers we only get for the holidays. Every family has different traditions that mean different things to them, whatever they are it just goes to show how special the holidays are. Some of my favorite photos have come out of the holiday season.[...]
As a child, I dreaded the family Christmas card. That is until we actually started getting it ready for the mail. While the idea of sitting around the table stuffing envelopes sounds terrible, it's turned into a fond memory as an adult. Any time spent together as a family, talking about history, or laughing together without the need for a TV or a phone, has become close to my heart. That's the beauty of the annual Ch[...]
There's a lot that has changed this year. Traveling, seeing friends and family, and visiting the small businesses on the corner, all look differently. 2020 has changed the way the world looks and works and it's taken its toll on us. The one thing that COVID and 2020 haven't seemed to change is our ability to love. The time together stuck in quarantine has pulled some relationships apart and brought others closer tog[...]
There’s something magical about watching a relationship unfold. To see two people fall in love, plan a life together, and then create the sweetest little being from that love. It’s the slow timeline that I’ve had the privilege of watching for this family. Tyler + Drew were made for each other. It’s clear in their passion for music and the arts and the way they cheer each other on in their careers and drea[...]
I was driving down the highway with the windows rolled down, the sun shining through my sunroof and Paramore blasting in the speakers. It was the beginning of summer and I felt like I was 16 again. That feeling of the energy rising and the excitement of all the adventures ahead for the season without a care in the world. I reveled in the feeling, holding on to what it meant to be 16 again. To actually be 16[...]
Lesha told Mark she wanted a photo shoot that would capture their love story. Mark’s response? “What is our love story, going to work and playing with the dog together?” Lesha just laughed. She knew that it was much bigger than that even if he didn’t know it yet. When you’re in the thick of it, the day to day grind it can feel like your love story isn’t all that impressive. That you live a boring lif[...]
I could write this piece in a single sentence: The art of posing is to not pose. That might be oversimplifying it, but in my opinion, that's how you pose. You make it look like you're not posing. We've seen the photos of a group of girls all with their hands on their hips to create space around the waist and to add definition to their arms. But does this look like a normal way they stand? Does a photo with that much[...]
I used to hate editing photos. It actually pained me to get onto Lightroom to go through the hundreds of images I would take (A little trigger happy) and find my top choices to then slide some toggles and push some buttons. It was agony. I wanted that final image that would wow people but I didn't always want to go through the journey of getting there. Now, 5 years into being a professional photographer I actually l[...]