Doing great at Nationals!!

Just days before these girls left for Florida and the UDA National Dance Team Championships,  and fresh off their second place finish at the CHSAA State Spirit Competition in the Jazz division, they were in the studio for a team portrait. They look so great! And, word has it that they are doing great at the National Championships as well. With only the Pom prelims and semi finals finished as of now, they have made it to the Pom finals and will be finishing up the competition in both Jazz and Pom tomorrow. Good Luck tomorrow girls! So proud of you and all the Colorado Schools! Colorado is making a great showing at UDA with many CO schools making it to finals in this tough competition! Enjoy that Florida sunshine as we play in two feet of snow here!

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Gorgeous Engagement Session!

Several years ago I did a photo shoot for Megan for a dance team she was trying out for. In fact, I have a big 20x24 of her in the studio and it’s one of my most commented on portraits! Well, she did make the team and I was so glad she thought of me for her recent engagement photos! So, l

ast weekend I got together with Ryan Tortorelli from Persona Studio and Design for Megan and Thomas’ Engagement shoot.  Since I knew that they are such a beautiful couple (both inside and out) I knew it would be a great shoot to try to get some good images for Professional Photographers of America's annual print competition.  PPA does a print competition every year that starts at the state level. The competition gives you the ability to earn “merits” for different photographic “degrees”.   These degrees are very hard to earn and very prestigious in our profession.  Thanks so much for letting us photograph your engagement session Meg and Tom. Even if I don’t end up using some images for competition it still was a blast and it was so nice to get to know Tom. I see a long and happy future for you two together!

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Dance, Dance, and More Dance…….

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from our joint photo shoot with Lisa from CSD and Veria Video. We got some great images. It’s been a lot of dance at the studio lately. Starting with Jenna’s Sugar Plum Fairy Portraits, then CSD Teams, Varsity and JV Poms at Ponderosa and tomorrow…….an engagement shoot for a former CU Express Dancer and current Denver Bronco Cheerleader. I absolutely LOVE Dancers! We get the best photos!

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Oh Baby!!!

Oh Baby…..Baby Neil that is. Baby Neil and his mom came in for his 6 month photos (Remember Neil from the Pumpkin Patch?).  He was all smiles all day. Took a short break for a bottle and a quick nap…..then woke up again all smiles. Such a sweetie! Can’t wait to see the changes at his 9 month photos!

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PHS JV Poms

Ponderosa JV Poms came in last week for a team shoot and a few individuals. The shoot took a last minute turn and we came up with some fun ideas that we shot….but, you will wait to see some of those because it’s a secret! Varsity comes in next week and we have some ideas in store for them as well! JV you girls were too much fun and reminded me once again why I love photographing high school seniors!!

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Future Dreams…

A few of the little cuties at CSD.  Little girls dreaming big dreams of future dance days. This was a joint shoot with Colorado School of Dance's owner Lisa Tuska and Veria Video's  Dennis St. John helping out.  Could they get any cuter? More images of the teams coming soon!

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Sunshine and Sassy

This week a friend of mine from Through Your Eyes Photography got together to just play with my daughter and my last summer’s intern Hannah as models. I took two totally different approaches to editing these photos because these girls have their own personalities. Miss Hannah is all Sweetness and Sunshine so I edited with a soft hazy look. And Miss Steph is Feisty and Sassy….so she got the more colorful look. You see, not only were we playing with lighting in pre-production, but I also was playing with editing in post production.  A good image needs to be good SOOC (straight out of the camera for those non photogs reading). The lighting, pose and camera settings all need to be in place to have a great image. But, it still amazes me how when we take that great image SOOC of the camera and “play” with it in Lightroom and Photoshop what a huge difference it makes. The great becomes even better. It might be time for a before and after post soon! Ciao for now!   Michelle

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Just one…..

More to come later….but got together with some friends to play with the ring light and get some sunset photos of Steph and Hannah. Got some cute ones but thought I’d start with just this one! It is so fun to see how my friends Kimberly and last summer’s intern intern Hannah edit their photos. We each have our own individual style! More to come……..

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I’m a Stalker….I admit it!

There are several photographer’s whose work I just love and admire. I visit their blogs quite often and marvel at the images.  I don’t often leave comments but sometimes I do.  They are scattered across the country and specialize in all genres of photography. One of those photographers is Andee with Crave Photography. Andee does not only photography, but mentoring and design as well. She also has some givaways! Right now she is giving away a fabulous lens for either Nikon or Canon as well as a lot of other prizes. One of the ways to win is to blog about her giveaway. So I am doing just that. Who knows I might just be the next winner! Until then you can visit the link above and check out Andee’s work! (And I will let you know if I win something!)

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