Is there anything better than a horse and her girl?
Is there anything better than a horse, a girl and evening summer light? Not really! This session was preceded by some crazy rain and very dark skies. We came within inches of calling the whole thing off! But in the end we stuck to the plan and that was 100% the right move. Check out some of these images...
Dear summer, would you please move slower?
Right about now I start to think, dear summer, would you please move slower? It feels like once we pass up July 4th we're on the downhill slope towards fall. And at the moment I'm not ok with that. Ok, so instead of projecting fall, let's talk summer. I so much love that I'm scheduling sessions to start around 7:30 pm at the moment. That means we're hitting sunset at around 8:15 and that means lots of lovely evening light, yum. I'm also fully in Senior Session territory right now (and they're kinda my favorite).
Blossoms are everywhere right now
Hello Friends! Anyone else enjoying the amazing blossoms that are everywhere at the moment? Unfortunately, I think this is THE shortest season in Colorado. A handful of weeks max. Still, every time the blossoms pop I am wishing to be out amongst them breathing deeply and absorbing all the color. It's such a welcome sight after the grey dregs of winter! If I'm lucky I'll have my camera in hand and some lovely soul to catch flitting among the trees...
SPRING!!!
Hello Friends,
It's officially spring here in NoCo and I couldn't be happier about it! My reasons for happiness are multiple, but for today I'm just going to focus on the fact that spring means portrait season, and that makes me ridiculously happy.
I've been absolutely negligent in posting some of my top favorites from last year's season, so I'm gonna try to take this opportunity before the busyness begins to post a few here on the blog. And this photo above totally captures what I love to capture, joy, connection, friendship... LIFE! I'm probably sounding like a complete broken record, but I really consider it such a privilege to use my camera to capture relationships, love and life. So I hope I get the opportunity to catch a moment with you this season!
Until then...
The time to capture images of your family is NOW!
It's been a minute since I've posted here. There are more than a few reasons, but perhaps the most consuming one is because in September of 2023 my oldest son was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Needless to say this changed the trajectory of many things.
Honestly, one of the first things that I knew I wanted to do when I heard his diagnosis was to get some images of our family before he started chemo. I was immediately keenly aware that everything was about to change. No matter what else transpires, life is never going to be quite the same. There was in my mind/heart such a craving to freeze this moment. To have images to hold on to that captured all of us before we started down the road looming ahead.
I had been procrastinating getting current family photos taken for awhile...like, 8ish years. I know.
It's hard to make it a priority because: 1) my kids don't absolutely LOVE getting photos taken, 2) there are many moving parts to coordinate now that they are older and living their own lives, 3) I always feel stumped about locations because I know of so many and I can't choose, 4) I'm always worried that someone else will feel stressed taking our photos since we're in the same industry and 5) clothes! (It's a legit struggle to figure out what we should all wear that's comfortable, not clashing and looks good.) So many things seem to stand between me and wonderful family photos that I'll never regret having!
Still, I jettisoned all my excuses and booked a mini session with our amazing friend Karina who serendipitously had a time slot open for us!!
Here is what I want to encourage you with, the time to book a photo session for your family is NOW! Not when life has margin, or when you have everything figured out, or when you've lost 5 pounds, or when that front tooth finally comes in, or when the stars align.. it's right now in the middle of the messy, the awkward, the busy, the uncomfortable, beautiful, hard one of a kind life you're living!
Alex doesn't look like this exactly today... he's got less hair. And when his hair does grow back I have no idea if it's going be what it was. I know for certain that none of us will be exactly as we were...walking through the valley of cancer does that, but I am sooo thankful that we seized this moment, and had these images captured. That's something I'm never gonna regret.
