Photo Session Planning Tips for Colorado Families

This blog is a resource for families planning newborn, family, senior, maternity, and wedding photography sessions across Longmont, Berthoud, Boulder, and the Colorado Front Range. You’ll find practical planning tips, real session examples, and guidance designed to make photography feel relaxed and approachable.

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Why I Love Photographing Families Here we are in the month of love! Although, really, Valentine’s Day is just a fun day, an excuse for something special in the middle of winter. Seeing Families / Kids Grow It is so fun to see families change and grow over time! What an honor to be the […]

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The Importance of Capturing Milestones I always say it–photographing the same families and watching kiddos grow is one of the biggest honors of my job. I photographed this family with their cute baby boy in 2020. I still remember the quizzical stares he gave me–he was a pandemic baby and hadn’t spent much time with […]

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mom and baby snuggle in a black and white photo

Family Photo Session Locations Picking a family photography location isn’t hard. When in doubt, choose your home! A local park or urban area can also be a great spot. Keep reading below for more reasons homes are a great family photography location, as well as other ideas. In Home Family Sessions If you have poked […]

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How to Prepare for Cold Weather Winter Family Photography Sessions First of all, I cannot believe I titled this blog post “Rock Your Cold Weather Winter Family Photography Session!” (Whenever I come across a blog post I wrote about rocking your maternity photography session, my eyes roll at least just a little bit.) But I […]

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a mom holds her baby

Family Photo Albums Your images deserve to be shared in a family photo album. I don’t mind if I am an annoying broken record! Get your photos off your computer. Your computer will become obsolete. Hard-drives will crash. Files living on the cloud stay on the cloud until they are forgotten. So print your photos! […]

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