Motherhood in the Details | Denver Colorado Family Photographer

As much as I do love Christmas time and all the season has to offer, I also love our family adventures and all of the beautiful places our travels take us. This past summer we road tripped all over with our six children along for the adventures. It landed us in the gorgeous Lake Tahoe for a short time thanks to Pinterest and our oldest daughter having a case of wanderlust herself, where I got to photograph this Mama and her sweet boy. When we arranged travel, I hadn’t even thought of it being the fourth of July weekend so with a bit of finesse and finding a new location when we arrived because it was insanely busy where we had initially planned, we came away with some really stunning moments. You would think we were the only ones there this day.

And this Mama. She was so down to earth and so lovely, I felt like I had known her always. We had chatted some before our time together and she shared some of the beautiful images she had taken in Tahoe herself, so by the time our session approached I was pretty excited to get to work with her. Not only is she stunning but she is a wonderful photographer herself. I also marveled at how happy her little guy was. He was so content and sweet in her arms. I could have spent so much longer with them.

Our time in Lake Tahoe was truly adventurous to say the least. We battled the holiday crowds, but my favorite lens also broke in the middle of my very first session there (and it really was a blessing in disguise because I rekindled my love for a few of the lenses I rarely used), we stumbled on a random nudie beach (long story for another day haha) and got lost a couple of times in the insane hiking. We ultimately also came away with some of my most favorite sessions ever. I have a Colorado location very reminiscent of this one I am pretty excited to use next year. <3

The little things are the big things | Northern Colorado Family Photographer

I started out well over a decade ago with a camera and the hopes to master my craft enough to take pretty photos of our own children. I was fascinated with the mundane. It was just so special to me. I don’t know if it had anything to do with my own childhood, or the artist’s heart that I was born with, but I couldn’t get enough. I started to slowly step outside my comfort zone and take photos of my children with their friends and as it often goes, my friends and family eventually began to reach out to me in hopes I might take images of their kids too here or there. To be honest, I wasn’t really interested at first. I was satisfied having this hobby to myself. I had no plans on taking on sessions for anyone, let alone people I didn’t know. Boy, was I in for a surprise….

Photographing for other families has proven to be such a profound gift to me. I had honestly started out hoping to supplement our income all those years a go as a struggling young family, but it blossomed into something so much more than I could have anticipated. I found that I could be just as passionate about the moments other families gave me, just as much as I was of my own. Being able to tell stories with a camera body and a lens is pretty exciting. I love the variety in each session and that no two families will ever have anything the same. Most of all, I love the connections and relationships and the way people genuinely let me in. It’s like I am a small part of their tribe, if even for a little bit of time. I don’t take that for granted. Being able to support our family is meaningful, yes. But money is no longer my main motivation. Honest and authenticity is.

I am in it for the people. For the stories. For the love.

And when I get families just like them, it pushes me to work harder and keep doing what I am doing so that their legacy shines through their images just a bit truer.