boulder family perfection {boulder family photographer}

I love my job.  I love that I get to be outside at the most beautiful time of the day in the prettiest locations on earth photographing happiness and love.  This was such a joy-filled photo session.  For most families, I have to jump through 5204569987 hoops to get the children to laugh and smile and stay interested in my boring black camera being in their faces.  I play peek-a-boo, I blow bubbles, I make every noise I can to keep myself exciting.  But these kiddos were so perfect.  They were like little dolls I picked up at the store and set in my garden to photograph.  The older boys cuddled in to their sister so happily.  Their sister cuddled back with such joy.  I love starting photo sessions in my garden and then traveling to a new place to maximize the settings in your gallery.  My garden is deep emerald green with lots of depth of field.  We started there with some close up portraits and a few photos of the three kids snuggling together.  Our next stop was a huge field with mountain views and sweeping views of the sky.  The focus for this photo session was on the little girl, so we took lots of time with her.  I love her huge smile as she’s catching a handful of bubbles.  She’s wearing such a cute little jumper.  And that rim light lighting up her head makes her look like a girl out of a fairytale.  It was just a thirty minute session, but we had time for photos of just the three kids, photos of the whole family, some candids and some close ups.  When children are this easy to smile and easy to listen, it’s no effort at all to create a beautiful gallery.

boulder family perfection {boulder family photographer}

I love creative senior photography and sessions where I get to be artistic.  This gorgeous high school senior drove to my Boulder photography studio all the way from Missouri for her senior photos.  Every year a handful of clients make a journey to Boulder for their photo session with me, and I’m always so honored that someone would travel this far for a photo session.  I always feel extra pressure for the weather to be perfect and extra hopeful for a beautiful sunset because there are no re-dos with out of state clients.  The day of this photo session the forecast called for rain and storms.  We kept our fingers crossed and visualized sun and warmth and that’s exactly what we got.  It was the most beautiful night.

We started the photo session in my garden and Hannah wore a bright turquoise dress that matched the color of her eyes almost exactly.  Next we drove to a beautiful field and took some family photos.  The sun shined down on us and warmed each image with rim light, sun flares and a golden glow.  Hannah purchased these awesome confetti grendades.  They made more confetti than anything I’ve seen and felt so celebratory.  Next, we drove down the road for some more photos.  Hannah is a double black belt and had this idea to lay each of her belts in the middle of the road and to sit at the end of the road with her double black belt around her neck.  We had to jump in and out of the road several times and laughed at ourselves for the lengths we were going to for these images.  But it was so worth it.  Finally, we went to a beautiful lake and Hannah wore her prom dress.  This is the prettiest dress I’ve ever photographed.  White fluffy tulle.  Beaded flowers on the body.  She looked like a fairytale princess.  With bravery, she got into the water for some really awesome and dramatic images.  The clouds, the reflection, the shiny highlights in the water…it was all like a watercolor painting.  This was a magical photo session and such a great one to start off the season of senior photography.