Studio Open House!

Well finally, we are seeing the end to our remodel of our new commercial space and we're ready to show it off!

We're having an Open House on Sunday, December 14th from 3:00-8:00.

Anyone is more than welcome to stop by and check out the new space! Come for just a few minutes and say hello, or stay all day and enjoy appetizers and drinks on us while we welcome the holidays and the new year to come.

Here is the link for the evite. It's open but we'd love to get an idea of how much food to get, so let us know if you think you'll be able to stop by.

Can't wait to see you here!

Senior Photos- Reid

Guys are usually so easy. (to photograph, that is!) Senior guys especially. I'd say 90% of the time mom has picked out a shirt, and that's about the extent of planning that they've done for their senior pictures. :)
We showed up to Reid's house for our appointment and when he answered the door, his response was, "Oh yeah, senior pictures... I forgot." Now if this had been a girl's appointment, we would have entered crisis mode. Hair would have to be done, makeup, outfits, the works. BUT, this was a guy. He ran up to his room, grabbed a couple shirts and we were off. Crisis averted. :)
I photographed Reid's older brother, Conner, a couple years ago. Both of the boys chose to have their pictures taken at their house on their family property, which was totally fine with me!

They live on a beautiful piece of land and I can't imagine having it as your back yard growing up. As you look around, there are many paintball marks and evidence of the boys that live there-which I love. I can just imagine the guys running around shooting at each other... which I hear is a frequent occurrence.

One of my favorite locations ended up being an old barn on the property. The light was pouring in all the cracks and it just seemed kinda magical. When I showed Reid what these looked like on the back of the camera, he had no idea they would look so cool!

Thanks for being so easy, Reid. And thank you to your family for opening up your home to us again. Good luck with the rest of the year!

Lisa & Jeff were married!- Redstone Inn

Lisa & Jeff had a beautiful Colorado day for their wedding at the Redstone Inn this year. For anyone wavering about using a horse drawn carriage, my suggestion is YES! :) It is always such a nice quiet and private time for the bride and groom.AND it provides easy transportation to cool spots to take photos! ;)These are the rings on Aspen leaves from the flower girl's basket. (and yes, the rings really fit together like this and stood on their own!) This may be one of my favorite rings shots so far. Jeff & Lisa had really neat centerpieces. They had tree stumps and each one was carved with things like their initials or Jeff loves Lisa, love 4ever, and others... it was so cute!One of the highlights of the night was when Lisa's mom got up with the band and yodeled! It was so awesome!! It never amazes me all the talent and fun that tends to come out at a wedding. She showed a side of herself that many people hadn't seen before- I love it!If you have been to a wedding recently you have heard the familiar clanging on the glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss. Well this crowd apparently loved having this control and every time the groom walked away to talk to friends or the band, he would be called back relentlessly to kiss his bride. The next time it began to "ring" I was standing with Jeff and told him that if he gave them a good one, maybe they wouldn't do it so often. And this was the result. After some excitement and cheering, this one definitely held everyone over. :)
Congratulations, guys! It was an absolute pleasure sharing your day with you!

Senior Pictures of Sara

So this session has turned out to be one of my favorites so far this year. Sara was amazing! Last year I went out to her home and out on their property to take seniors photos for one of Sara's friends, Karen. We had a great time, but it was winter. Going back to the house to shoot Sara this year was a completely different expierence. Without a couple feet of snow on the ground, it hardly even resembled the same place in some regards.




Sara was so great. Not only is she seriously model material, but she was up for anything! Which is frankly a photographers dream client. When I asked about the culvert, she was almost excited as I was about it! (ok, that's probably a lie, I was REALLY excited) But it was deinfitely chilly out and she was more than willing to brave the freezing cold creek water and chilly morning air to climb down in the culvert with me. And this ended up being one my favorite places I've ever shot. (minus the millions of spiders, but we tried to ignore that part- I've blocked it from my memory, or at least tried, to prevent many nightmares- haha!) I think I'm going to have to find a culvert in Evergreen now! Dang it.


Congrats Sara! You're almost officially done with High School! Thanks for being such an amazing trooper and check out my main website. I've already added one of your shots to my senior gallery! I just couldn't help it! :)

A Wedding in Rifle- Jessica & Kirk

Jessica & Kirk were married at deerfield Park in Rifle this summer. Krik's daughter was a complete ham all day. I love me a cute little ham!

Not even a little Colorado weather could dampen the hopes of these 2 on their wedding day. Jessica was a great sport and just kinda went with the flow of the day and waited out the rain to start the ceremony. (boy oh boy do I love someone who can just roll with it instead of fretting about it! *note to all you future brides out there: You can't change the weather so there is no reason to stress about the things you can not change.) ;)

Kirk is actually a Rifle police officer. So needless to say, there were a few instances when cuffs were used! Luckily there were also plenty of people present who possesed keys. :) This particular instance was right before they were announced into the reception hall as man & wife- now litterally stuck with eachother.

See what I mean about being a ham! :)

A huge congratulations to the both of you!