Fall School Pictures

My memory of my school picture day includes a fake background of trees, a jar of used combs, and a corny photographer telling me to "say cheese" before blinding me with his flash... yuck!

That is so not my style of photography. So when a local private school asked me to do their fall picture day I a) jumped at the opportunity and b) envisioned dozens of children being candidly photographed in the beauty of the great outdoors! I did not envision snow. But that's what we got...in September!! But we just carried on, moving the shoot indoors beside a big, light-filled window. And while taking pictures of an entire school was definitely something new for me, capturing the beautiful faces of adorable children was not! It really was so much fun to capture so many children in such a short time frame. And I'm just thrilled with how the images turned out -- even without the fake trees background ;-)

A special thank you to the Primrose School of Castle Rock, their amazing staff, adorable children, and awesome parents. I hope we can do it again next year -- on a sunny day!

A few of my faves (though there were many, many favorites from this session!):

PS - you may recognize a few of these faces from other sessions...several parents booked a photo shoot for their whole family after the school pictures came out!

Sneak Peek

Several months ago (I am so behind) I had the very good fortune to be able to take fall portraits at a local private school. I have been wanting to upload images from this shoot for months but have been simply overwhelmed with everything else in my life to do so. Here is a quick sneak peek. I promise to upload some more this week, and give a few more details on my two days spent at the school. It was so much fun, and an amazing experience. 8 classrooms. 91 kiddos. 3 sets of twins... And snow!

C Family - December 2009

If my calendar shows correctly these were actually taken in November, but seeing as how I am way behind in posting, I'll give it a December date! The C family were so much fun to photograph. The weather was spectacular (oh how I love Colorado sunshine), and we were even treated to views of nearby horses and a passing train - much to the delight of their two sweet boys. All in all it made for a perfect morning shoot. Thank you C family for such an easy morning of capturing your love and laughter!

And a very happy holidays and new year to all of my clients from this past year. What a remarkable year it has been for my wee little business! I so appreciate each of you who invited me into your family for an hour or so. I was honored to be able to capture such beautiful families in such a beautiful part of this fine country we live in. I wish for you a very happy and prosperous 2010, and I look forward to many more sunny days and sunny smiles!

I Family - December 2009

Having two little boys of my own, I'm always a sucker for photographing a family with two little boys as well. And boy oh boy did these two little guys deliver! The cuteness factor was turned way up, and their parents are some kind of beautiful as well. A perfect morning with a gorgeous family!

And by the way, Happy Holidays from crib tales! Wishing you and yours a lovely holiday season!

T Family - November 2009

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing a dear friend who I've known for years and years. I was even in her wedding! But we lost touch after college and thanks to the beauty of Facebook, we found each other again, and low and behold, we only live a short way from each other! So I've been able to reconnect with she and her husband, and meet their precious, adorable, gorgeous daughters!

Our session took place on a lovely fall afternoon, with snow in the background and a warm, glowy sun on their skin (no flash needed - this was all sun-power baby!) - it was a perfect afternoon for a photography session. It must have been -there were 3 other photographers shooting at the same location that day! Thank you T family for a beautiful afternoon, and I'm so glad to have found you all again!

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D Family - November 2009

Ella receives the award for being my most photographed child (next to my own children of course)! I first photographed her last spring after her parents bid on my services at a charity auction. Her portraits from that session remain some of my very favorites. She is full of spunk and sweetness and energy. Then I had the good fortune to photograph her again at a recent school portrait session I did at her school. Of course she rocked that session as well. And finally her family wanted in on the act so I got to have a session with all three of them. They are such a fun, awesome family. And Ella, well, she just makes me smile.