Maternity: Rob and Jill

Rob and Jill are some very dear lifelong friends that I have made through my wonderful Young Life College group, The Life. I have known them for a good couple years now and they contacted me several months ago with their interest in me doing their maternity photos... well.. that's when I found out they were having a baby and I was SO excited for them! A bun in the oven. All we had to do was wait for the right time. And well... the time came. Jill is just beautiful and Rob is such a wonderful person. They will be amazing parents!!

Family: Matt and Tess

Oh Matt and Tess!! I actually did this session a long time ago but just now realized I never got to posting a blog! So dumb of me because this is seriously my most favorite family session up to date of "new" clients that I just met! Jett was one of the cutest little boys I have ever met! At first he was shy, but throughout the session he loved giving me hugs... and I will never forget his cute face rub he did with his pet kitty! It was so darling. On top of that, his parents are some of the most laid back, fun people I've encountered. Another funny addition, where I live, if you live there long enough, you begin to notice the weird connections between EVERYONE--as long as you've been here for more than 5 years! I've actually been getting to know Matt and Tess, since we have several mutual friends. It's just so nice to run into them and I hope to one day do some family photographs for them again as Jett grows. :)

Married ~ Hannah and Jimmie

Note: Please excuse my awkward branding back and forth as I make my transition and try to keep up with my work as well!! Read more about my self conflict here! HA ;)

Anyway, I met Hannah as another link through my job at Starbucks, as her fiance at the time was one of my regular customers, looking for a photographer for their small family wedding.

I was so happy to do this wedding. It was very different from any other wedding I've been to--very small and intimate, which resulted in a very romantic afternoon! They had the ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, and from there we went to the park downtown for some fun photos. I decided I wouldn't share ceremony photos because of this, but I'll share with you some of my favorite shots of the "newly married" session (+some) right afterward!!





















Ok... ONE shot from the ceremony.. the classic first kiss :)

New Branding!!

So, I've been having a bit of trouble finding the PERFECT branding font to use. I've been going back and forth between several different fonts, but I feel like some of my photography is sooo broad and diverse, that almost anything will fit!! So I decided to take several fonts, do a little bit of self discovery, and find what really suits ME, and what I would be most comfortable with presenting as my own branding, as a professional, simple, tasteful look... something that ADDS to the photo instead of distracting away from it (as you've probably noticed in previous posts) and I think I found what I'm looking for.

I decided to present my finding in some of my favorite form of photographs, and the reason I first started to do photography: simplistic landscape and storm shots. Hope you enjoy!!

Model ~ Susanne

Susanne is one of my many facebook followers who often commented on my shared images with such uplifting words. I love getting the feedback from people who follow me and saying how beautiful my work is... it really means a LOT to me and it inspires me to give out even more mind-blowing work through the next session.

Anyway, so when Susanne emailed me with interest of doing a shoot, I was most definitely down! I want to give my clients the best that I can give them, so we worked through our schedules, figured out which day was best, which location was best, and we had so much fun and so much success that the shoot seriously lasted like... what, two and a half hours? It was a long while gone by in an instant.

Susanne hasn't modeled much before, but she is a beautiful woman and hardly needs to put in the effort.

I look forward to doing several other shoots in the future with her!

Bridal Session ~ Darlene

Beautiful bridal session that I'm JUST allowed to share. Darlene was married to Aaron Boggs on July 24th, 2010. She didn't want anyone to see her dress until then, so I had to wait until I posted these photos. Good thing I'm behind on posts otherwise it would have been way too much for me to hold back these images.

We went up to Brush Canyon Ranch in Rye, Colorado, where she and Aaron were to say their vows. What a beautiful evening it was. Again, I wanted to use dramatic lighting (and I think I would for any bridal session), and it was perfect for this mountain session.

Check out the photos, and look through my blog for the beautiful images from their wedding: