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Newborn Photography | Chase Peyton | 11 Days Old

Jun 12, 2008

Remember this belly?  This is who was in there:

colorado springs newborn photographer

Those people who say newborn smiles are just gas?  I don’t believe it.  I didn’t believe it when Will was a baby, and I don’t believe it now that I get to photograph newborns!  They definitely smile for their mommas.  He was smiling at Sheri like this right after I arrived.

Baby Chase is just as sweet as can be, and totally fits in with his wonderful family!

We used the power of heat to get him into a blissful slumber (a nice deep sleep…right up until he peed in his own ear, which I sadly didn’t capture):

colorado springs baby photographer

colorado springs baby photographer

Chase was holding on to his daddy’s hand in this pose (with a powerful little grip), and it totally smooshed up my heart!

colorado springs newborn photographer

colorado springs family photographer

Posted in Baby Photographer

Colorado Springs Wedding: Marc and Julie

Jun 10, 2008

I shot our first wedding of 2008 on Sunday! Jump-starting our wedding photography season were Marc and Julie (whose engagement portraits sneak peek is here)!

colorado springs wedding photography

They held their wedding at The Margarita at Pine Creek here in Colorado Springs:

colorado springs wedding venue

colorado springs wedding photography

It was a cloudy day and rained for a few minutes during the ceremony, but word on the street is that a little rain during the nuptials is good luck. Plus, all the cool kids get married in the rain (Nic and I had an Eeyore-like cloud of rain pass through during our wedding ceremony). :)

colorado springs wedding

colorado springs wedding photography

The Margarita did a wonderful job with the food (yum, yum) and the cake was as pretty as it was delicious:

colorado springs wedding photography

Here’s one of my favorite candid moments of the day. “Cake smashing” was a big topic of conversation (everyone warning Marc not to do it) and here is their pinkie promise to one another to be very nice at the cutting of the cake:

colorado springs wedding photography

Since the wedding was small (around 30 people), and the guests all very important to Marc and Julie, I made it a goal to try and catch a great candid portrait of everyone there. Some people were trickier to catch than others (they would look at me every time I got my lens pointed anywhere near their direction), but one of my favorites is this shot of Julie’s dad:

colorado springs wedding photography

Julie and Marc wanted to spend a bare minimum of time on portraits with a real emphasis on candid photojournalistic style coverage, so we knocked out all of the formals very quickly. Here are the bride and groom:

colorado springs wedding photography

colorado springs wedding photography

The sun finally poked out at the very end of the wedding, and I love this shot of Julie’s brother and sister-in-law dancing:

colorado springs wedding photography

Congratulations to Marc and Julie! It was an honor to be their wedding photographer and I wish them the best!

colorado springs wedding photographer

Posted in Photographer Tips, Wedding Photographer

my parents' visit

Jun 07, 2008

My parents came to visit a couple of weeks ago and I got a chance to play with some of the pictures from their trip this weekend. (And before you say it, I’ll preempt you: yes, they really are my parents, yes, they really do look too young to be my parents, and yes, they really do like each other this much. But don’t let that stop you from leaving comments saying how young and cute they are–they love that stuff.) ;)

We took them to Manitou Springs for a little local tourism and lapsed into an impromptu photo shoot.

This is your standard photographer’s kid reaction to impromptu photo shoots:

My parents were much more willing subjects:

We let Will run for a while on the Manitou Library grounds.

That kid can run.

It’s Nic’s job to catch him.

We decided it was time for a little ice cream and lemonade. (I like how Will is clearly checking out the money here–you know it won’t be long before he knows who to go to for presents.)

We got lemonade, but Will wasn’t about to share it. Every time my mom asked for a sip, he glared at her and held it tighter…which made us all laugh. Not really reinforcing Goodness, but he’s usually very generous, so this no-lemonade-for-you amused us greatly.

And then we went to the arcade and Will got to ride the little kiddie rides for the first time in his life. He unleashed his full cuteness power and I have 100 pictures that totally slay me. Feel badly for me–no mother should have a toddler this cute. How could I ever say “no” to this cute little face?!

Posted in Family Photographer

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