Eleanor | Grand Junction Newborn Photographer

I think little Eleanor is my newest newborn poster girl. But then, I think that after every newborn session. Newborns are special. They are so new and fresh and perfect. My kids tease me because I always get so excited when I talk to a new mom on the phone. "Squishy" is the word I used on this call. My kids are still laughing at me and making fun of me. I like to get my lens on them before they are two weeks old and convincing a new mom of that right after they gave birth is sometimes hard to do. But at two weeks they start to loose that brand newness. That just out of the womb look. They start to realize that they can stretch those little frog legs out and that they like this newfound freedom. It's a newness that you can't bring back. A newness that calls to be captured, to be forever remembered with the lens. This one was just on this cusp of brand newness and her mother is so, so glad that I was there to capture it. I hear she's grown so much since these were taken.

And yes, this is Everett's little sister. And Connor's. And Parker's. L, you are an inspirational mom with 4 so young.

Alchemy and Pantha | Grand Junction Teen Photographer

When his is what results from the first click of your camera you know it's going to be a good session. I don't usually photograph teens. I mean my own don't even let me come near them with the camera. But this was special. One of these girls practically lives in my home and my daughter in hers. This was a special gift for her mother. A surprise. I grabbed both of her girls and took them down to Main Street, one of my favorite outside locations. I think it was the morning of the Christmas parade. I remember it being just freezing. Remember how cold and wet it was that evening? Weren't we all just about blown off the streets mid parade? Anyway, we were fighting some wind and we were cold. We almost called it a day before we got there and I was sure that wind was just ruining our little surprise. But I came home and downloaded my card and took a good look at what we had. I was floored. Then I remembered that some photographers, studio photographers actually use fans to create that wind. Here I thought it was a nuisance and in reality it was just perfect.






This one has a little story behind it. No, I didn't drag that chair down town with us. As we walked behind the Heirlooms for Hospice thrift store, the slider door was open to their storage area. I'm all about the moment. I see what is around me and use what I can. I spied the chair and I begged the women in the storage area to let me drag it to the street. At first they told me no and I pleaded some more, "just three minutes" and they had a change of heart. We grabbed it and click, click click and it was back where it belonged. This was one the girls chose to give to their mom and it's one of my favorite "seize the moment" images.

Everett | Grand Junction Childrens Photography

We snuck a little mini session in while I was there for Everett's new baby sister. You'll get a peek at her soon. Everett just turned three and was fun to photograph. So cute and he knows it. But, alas...when you tell a three year old just one more, they take you up on it and hold you to it. When you're done, your just done I guess. But that's okay, what I got was truly worth the four minutes he gave me. Well, maybe it was a few more than four.

Emma and Grace | Grand Junction Child Photographer

Or was it Grace and Emma? Either way they were inseparable. It was a few days before Christmas and Grandma and Grandpa were visiting. First we had an audience but the adults quickly realized we didn't need them and went about their business. We started with a few formals, well...as formal as I get. They wore their Christmas dresses anyway. Then we moved on to the tutus and jumping on the bed. I love to jump on the bed. We jump on the bed at our house often. We finished with a glorious bubble bath that ended with bubbles all over the floor.

falling behind.

I'm finding this blog a challenge to keep updated. Blogging is not something I've ever been able to keep up with. I start posts while sessions are fresh on my mind and then save them. I mean to go back and post them when I have the images to go with them ready and it just hasn't happened. I have several sessions to update.

more soon. really soon.

~C

Liam | Grand Junction Childrens Photographer

Meet Liam. We had so much fun. It seems that, and I think his mother will agree here, he's got just a bit of the Dennis the Menace twinkle in him.

I arrived at the first of my Kairos sessions (a big "thank you!!" to Carla for working with me on this promotion) bright and early Monday morning. 8:30. That's really early for me to be out of my jammies. The absolute first thing I notice as I approach the house is this BEAUTIFUL front door and all of the light streaming through it. All I can think of is the silhouettes I'm going to capture on the other side. And this is how we ended our session.

E, I can't wait to show you the rest of them.


~C

The first post | Grand Junction Photographer

Well. This is it. The Blog.

I thought this would be a good way to get some sneak peeks in while I'm building the real website. Yeah, there's a real website. I *know* I've been saying that it's coming for a loooong time but seriously, it's coming soon.

A little about me. Those that know me know that I'm completely scattered. With four kids who wouldn't be? Yeah, four kids. Two teens and two babies. I love the mom thing so much that I started it all over. You won't see much of them though. Mom breaks out the camera and they go running the other direction with their hand in front of their face. That's why I shoot your kids. 'Cause mine won't let me. That and the whole idea that other peoples children follow directions better than your own. What else. I can't spell. Spell check is my friend. Always, always double check your stuff. I do my best work in my jammies. One of the perks of working from home. If you pop in on me, I'm probably wearing jammies and wool socks because I'm not getting dressed for the UPS man. I won't show up at your house in my jammies though. I promise. I'll just kick my shoes off before I lay on your floor to get down close to your kids. And I love what I do. Everything about it. I love getting these little glimpses in to every ones home. It's like meeting new friends every time I shoot a new family. It's like I have all these little nieces and nephews all over town because I'm there for all of the most intimate times of your lives. I'm always so excited about watching your family's grow. And being invited back again, that gives me warm fuzzies.

Okay, so that's me. What about you? Over the next few weeks I thought I'd show you the best of you. My favorites from the past. And from now on, I'll use "The Blog" to show you my favorites from your sessions.

And yeah, eventually I'll get the real site up. As soon as I get this html and ftp thing figured out. I'm finding myself a bit challenged there. It probably goes back to the four kids and scattered thing. But you all here will be the first to know when it goes live.

~C