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Meet Glen.  Glen is an attorney.  Glen stopped by the studio for some headshots for his website.  Here are a couple shots from his session:

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Maria stopped by the studio with her kids for her pregnancy photos.  With her background in modeling, Maria was very easy to work with.  We were going for something different than your basic look at the camera and smile.  Here’s a sample:

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Here’s a few photos from another photo session for a Miss Colorado USA competitor. This time it was Savannah that came by the studio for her photos:

The next shot is a crop of the shot above turned to black and white.  I enjoy taking one photo and making it look very different via cropping and/or color changes.

I recently took a trip to Idaho where I did a senior portrait session for Stormey.  Here are some of my favorites from our session.  We took these at Willow Bay Resort on the Pend Oreille River.

Nicolle stopped by the studio to get some shots for her entry in the Miss Colorado USA and Miss Photogenic competitions.  Here is a small sample from the session:

I met with Casey and Alex for their engagement photo session at Washington Park in Denver.  It was a beautiful day for pictures.  Here are some of my favorites:

Here are some photos from Samantha and Larry’s engagement photo session. We took some shots in Denver and then headed off to Red Rocks for some more fun:

Brittany and I went to Cherry Creek State Park to get her some new photos.  Here are some of my favorites.  There was a storm on the horizon that made for a nice contrast to the light we were working in.

The sky cleared a bit by the end of the session:

Here’s a series of night portraits with Meggie. We started just a bit before dusk and shot well past the point of any remaining sunlight.

Meggie’s look is perfect for that Hollywood Portrait style of photography that I love, reminiscent of celebrity portraits from the 1930’s to 1950’s.

We did get a few shots off before the sunlight was gone.

A friend and I recently photographed Denee and Malachi at City Park in Denver for a wedding portrait session. We got some great shots for them. Here’s a taste of the chic and intimate session:

Vanessa stopped by the other day with an urgent need for some new photos for her model portfolio.  We started with some studio shots and then walked right outside to capture some natural images in the local Southlands environment.  I always enjoy doing model portfolio sessions.  (OK, I guess I could say the same thing about every type of photography that I do.)  We got Vanessa a nice and diverse selection for her portfolio.  Here’s just a couple examples from the outdoor portion of our session:

Tricia and Dave’s first met at the church featured in the background of some of the photos featured below. I always enjoy doing photo sessions at locations that are meaningful since it adds a deeper sense of significance to the photos. For this session we started on Pearl Street and then headed on to downtown Denver for more.

Thanks Tricia and Dave! See you soon for the wedding!

Now for some photos:

Liz came in for a studio portrait session with the goal of getting some creative, fun, and sexy pictures. Have I mentioned that I love doing creative photo sessions? Well, I love doing creative photo sessions. We ended up with lots of photos I’d love to share, but I’ll keep it to a small sample (for now). Thanks Liz, it was a fun session!

We did this first shot against the red walls of the studio entrance room:

Four Feet:

Don’t mess with Liz:

OK… I’m going to stop here for now or this blog post will turn into a complete photo gallery by itself.

Update:  Liz mentioned to me that she has booked a number of modeling jobs thanks to these photos.  While this session was not aimed at building a model portfolio, I’m adding it to the “model portfolios” category of my blog due to her results.

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A number of people seem to be finding this blog post while looking to have some sexy or boudoir photos taken.  To learn more about my boudoir photo options and to see more samples, please visit this page of my site:  Boudoir, Sexy, and Artistic Nude Photography.
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I recently had the opportunity to photograph SoYoung and get her some classy black and white headshots. SoYoung is the music director for Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado. Thanks SoYoung, it was a pleasure working with you!
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I just returned from a wonderful wedding photography convention in Tampa, Florida. There were many great seminars and hundreds of photographers all listening, learning, sharing, and having lots of fun. I really enjoyed meeting so many friendly people from all over the world.

The convention was held at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Florida. Upon entering the hotel the first day, the first thing I saw was “brides” scattered here and there, all surrounded by any number of photographers taking their picture from every angle. Given that there were so many photographers around, many people setup photo sessions in a wedding or bridal theme.

I participated in a session with a small group of photographers the next morning. I’d like to call it “pre-morning” since our meeting time was 6:30am Eastern Time. For me, given it was the morning after I arrived, I still think of it as meeting at 4:30am Mountain Time.

Michelle came out to be a model bride for us. She was wonderful. This was her first time functioning as a model, and you would never know it. It was very cold for Tampa (as you will see in one particular picture) and of course we had plans to get her into the water.

Anyway, on to some pictures:

It really was cold. In the next shot, Michelle is wearing the appropriate clothing for the weather:

We decided to go in and let Michelle warm up. Well, that was the plan. In reality, we also used it as an opportunity for more photos. Here are a couple in front of the window:

And now for some attitude!

It did eventually warm up just a tiny bit, but it was still very cold by Tampa standards. Michelle was brave enough to play in the water. We saved the water portion for last so she could go warm up in the hotel afterwards.

Thanks Michelle, for doing such a great job despite the cold. Thanks to all the wonderful photographers I met at the convention. It was nice talking, sharing, and laughing with all of you.

Update: Some of these photos are also featured on the Trash the Dress (TTD) website. Click here to see other photos from various photographers and models.

The weather is never too bad for family photos. Leena brought her mother, sisters, and their kids to the studio for some family portraits. Outdoor photos are great, but when the weather is bad there is always the studio! Here are some of my favorites from the session. Be sure to view the full blog entry to see more family portrait photography samples with this fun group.

Pets are family to:

Sisters:

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I recently had the opportunity to photograph MsEasy (a local performance artist) before she went out to perform. If you could only see the room where we took these shots… Sometimes part of the fun in photography is taking a place that has no intention of being used as a photographic backdrop and finding that little spot that is perfect. I have photographed MsEasy previously (see earlier posts), and her pictures usually call for vibrant color. In this case, the NASA-grade space suit really works in black and white. I wonder why the astronauts are still using the big bulky suits when these are available?

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I participated in a fun workshop held by David Beckstead and attended by about a dozen other Denver photographers. We spent the day running around town capturing shots of a few models in various settings. It is always fun working without time constraints just focusing on coming up with something a little different. If you’ve been surfing the websites of other photographers don’t be surprised if these brides look familiar. They were models playing bride for the day. Thanks to Tessa, Jenn, and Krista – especially for putting up with all of us in the intense heat all day!

Here’s one crawling around at Red Rocks.

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Renee and Mike were married at the beautiful and “very Colorado” Arrowhead Golf Club. Renee also wanted pictures with some architecture and a bit of fashion style to them (and I love that style too). We headed to Denver to for a post-wedding bridal session to get just that:

Here’s the results of a fun session in Downtown Denver. A friend (Dale) and I went out to get some fun shots of her daughter Jamie. Thanks Jamie – enjoy!

I love the mood of this shot with the contrasting dark background:

On this one, that green door and Jamie’s red dress against the white wall make an interesting mix:

And here, Jamie contrasts against the very metal-looking background: