This is the best kind of engagement or couples photoshoot—making an adventure out of it. M+D ended up having so much fun to the point where it was more like a fun date instead of a photo session. A perfect afternoon, cinematically documenting love and friendship, telling the story in a candid, yet epic way. It’s such a good feeling.
Elusive Colorado Snow
It’s been a record breaking winter for Colorado with Spring and Summer temperatures and no snow. It’s been bittersweet to enjoy the warmth and sun, but worrisome knowing how this will affect the land as a whole throughout the year. The one day I had plans for a shoot, the temperature plummeted and snow miraculously fell from the sky. At first it seemed inconvenient, but sometimes the universe has a much better plan and you have to accept it and adapt. The sky shifted on whims, the sun and snow seeming to play in the sky. The rolling hills dappled in warm light were visible one moment, then the next, enveloped in a white hazy cloud. I had to take as many landscape photos as possible and was even blessed enough to witness some deer living their best lives.
I’ll make a separate post with photos from this shoot next!
Heirloom Glass Jewelry
If you’ve ever broken a special family heirloom dish or glassware and wondered if anyone out there could make it into custom jewelry, there is, and her name is Virginia Fox aka Orana Design. She works with Polish pottery, porcelain, china, and all sorts of vintage glasses like uranium and carnival glass. In addition to everyday jewelry like earrings, smaller necklaces and bracelets, she crafts extravagant statement necklaces that are suited for a wedding, gala, fancy art gallery events, or a queen doing queen things, etc.
Visit her Etsy Shop, Website and Instagram.
So I moved to Boulder, Colorado...
In 2025, I decided to start all over again, pack up my things and my two cats, sell my tiny house in St. Louis, Missouri and move to Boulder, Colorado. Being a freelance photographer is a process. It takes years to build up a business, gain trust and grow a network. It seems crazy to move cities once becoming established somewhere in that context, but life is too short, and so, I take the leap. I’m terrified of failure, driven to succeed, excited about the new things to come, places to see, people to meet and all of the limits I’ll eventually surpass.
Here are some beautiful places I’ve seen so far:
Painted Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan, Colorado
Bighorn Sheep at Waterton Canyon, Colorado
Devil’s Head Lookout in Sedalia, Colorado
Rainbow Lake Trail in Nederland, Colorado
Crater Lake Trail in Nederland, Colorado
Eldorado Canyon, Eastern Section