Jessanne is Graduating!

Jessanne, a senior from Hotchkiss, called me out of the blue to do a senior photoshoot for her. Now, I had been debating on whether or not to do senior photos as I'd heard some interesting stories. But Jessanne was an absolute delight to work with! She was willing to try anything and she was so animated and dynamic I felt as thought all I had to do was press the shutter!

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the session:








Thanks, Jessanne and Laurie, I had a blast! And congratulations...

The Michaud Family

With things so busy for me lately, I almost missed out on this shoot. I had a last minute cancellation and was able to work the Michaud family into my schedule - and I'm so thrilled that it happened! They were so much fun and the setting was just gorgeous. I got to just take photos of the children doing the things children do - my absolute favorite was to photograph! They made it so easy to have such a wide variety of photos... and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

Without any further ado, here are a few of my favorites...














And because I just had so many favorites, here is a small slideshow!



Oh! And your Fallöbst wine you gave me was amazing!!! Thanks so much.

Neelley and John - Engaged!

I knew this was going to be a fun shoot, I just didn't realize how much fun! Both Neelley and John were so sweet and had such easy going, fun attitudes about the whole shoot. Even when it started dumping snow, it didn't dampen their enthusiasm for each other - or for trying some new, fun shots.

These are just a few of the many photos I got of them! I think you'll agree - it's obvious how much these two truly love each other.

Congratulations, Neelley and John! I'm so happy for you and wish you the best....







And a little slideshow of a few of my favorites

Gil, Cooper and Henry

Some of you may remember my photos of Henry in the woods a few months ago.... I was excited to have Lauren, his mom, ask me to shoot some more photos of his older brothers Gil and Cooper. It was quite a different shoot, but relaxed and fun just the same! I enjoyed myself very much meeting her older sons as well as her husband, Brad.

I do have to say, though, that it was really hard choosing photos for my blog! I had many, many others I wanted to include, but didn't want to overwhelm everyone! LOL!

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The main goal of the shoot was to get some good shots of Gil, who is going to high school in Santa Fe, NM. (They recently moved from there and he wanted to finish school with his friends.) He was so easy to chat with, smart and a lot of fun. Because of his interest in acting and other arts, I thought I'd play around a bit more with the photos of him.

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Cooper, who is 16, is autistic and was interesting to shoot. At first, he wasn't too happy with my pointing the camera at him and many of his expressions were too forced. But once I was able to engage him and get him interested in what I was doing, he really opened up and I had a great time photographing him! I love how he expresses himself with his face as well as his hands and actions.

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Henry is a card! When we were in the woods, he was a bit quieter - as well as a few months younger. He's changed a lot in such a short time... In his own environment, he's so funny! He's lively, intent and very easy going.









Thank you so much for the opportunity to take photos of your wonderful boys, Lauren and Brad!