{naomi + billy | expecting}
July 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
I’ll never forget when Tracy Quintana approached me when I was about 6 months pregnant and offered to shoot a maternity portrait. I thought she was insane. Personally, I hate having my picture taken (ironic, I know), so the last thing that I thought sounded like fun was doing it when I felt huge and uncomfortable. It ended up being the most enjoyable experience and those photographs are still the only ones I have of myself that I truly love.
While I appreciate the beauty of motherhood, I wasn’t sure how to incorporate this milestone into my style. So when Naomi and Billy asked me to shoot their parents to be portraits, I had to get my creative juices flowing.
Boy did they make it easy. With their dogs, Bella and Molly, we got a nice family portrait.
We got a quick belly shot of little Brechtel Paul on the inside.
We got some shots out on the street nearby.
These two were cracking me up with their flirting. And yes, she’s grabbing his crotch. That’s how these two roll! So funny! 
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear this was an engagement session! These two are so totally in love with one another. And excited for their new addition!
We headed over to a nearby park, where we got some fun shots.
I even got Naomi to climb a tree! Let’s just say getting her up there was much easier than getting her down without hurting her. But so glad she was game!
This one just cracks me up because it totally reminds me of those Toyota commercials from the 80′s.
This session was definitely one of my favorite sessions ever. I’ve never laughed so much! Congratulations, Naomi and Billy, on the arrival of your sweet baby boy, Brechtel! Also a special thanks to Michael Kuhns, who did the photo editing on this shoot.
Session Special through July 31st!
July 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We all know the economy’s been a little tough on us, and affording such simple luxuries as professional portraits have been ousted for more important things, like new clothes to wear to that job interview. For some, it hasn’t been so bad – for others, it’s been worse. While it might be easy to be diligent about scheduling regular family portraits, sometimes it’s hard to be able to afford all the prints and fun products you’d like to splurge on when the budget is trimmed down.
So from now through July 31st, ALL sessions booked will receive the full amount of the session fee in product credit! Interested in a collection instead? Great! The full amount of the collection price is yours in product credit!
To see our variety of sessions and collections and book your appointment, click here.
Colorado clients, I will be in Denver from September 15-21st and will have 8 sessions available that week.
The fine print: All sessions must be scheduled for a date prior to September 30, 2010. A $50 retainer fee is due at the time of booking.
Will $2,000 buy you a decent wedding?
July 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I recently read an article on 5280 Magazine’s web site about a Colorado couple who pulled together a wedding for two grand. Shocking, I know, but not impossible. For the sake of full disclosure, I’ll admit that I spent less than that on my own wedding. Our venue was only $100, which ended up being free because the guy felt badly it was raining so much that the view was obscured (we married in the top of a lighthouse). Our cake was from the local grocery store, flowers from the local market, and our reception was dinner for 12 at a fancy restaurant. Throw in a 10-day honeymoon drive up the pacific coast and our total wedding bill was around $1400. It can be done.
While I completely and totally understand the gist of this article is creative ways to save money on your wedding while still keeping it special, you should know that you get what you pay for. And if that’s what you want your wedding to be, great. You can stop reading now. Otherwise, if you think it’s realistic to have the wedding of every girl’s fantasy on that kind of budget, read on.
What I do love about this article, is their approach – the most important thing to nail down at the beginning of your wedding planning is what you expect out of your day and go from there.
So if you want exotic tropical flowers for your November wedding, and you want a photographer that comes with her own entourage and you want a cake with multiple tiers and custom flavors and you expect to have your wedding at a high-end country club on a Saturday night in the middle of summer, do not expect to fit that into a $2000 budget. While there are certainly ways to minimize the costs, you still need to be realistic on where you’re willing to give in. Is it more important to you that your guests rave about the delicious menu, or that the DJ gets them all out on the dance floor? Decide on your priorities and then you can find ways to fit the details into your budget, not the other way around.
Keeping this in mind will help you to have a special wedding day, no matter what your budget is.
{what they’ve said}