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Hello! I'm a Colorado Springs wedding photographer and portrait photographer. I travel all over the country to document the
important moments in people's lives. My blog showcases some of my favorite photos of my clients and adventures. I update this
blog several times a week, so please visit frequently to see my latest images.
August 30, 2006
Mr. Campbell, my fifth grade teacher!
Colorado Springs
August 30, 2006
It’s been such a great day! My adored, all-time favorite teacher, Mr. Campbell, came to visit us! He just finished a masters degree at Johns Hopkins, and he’s driving home to San Diego, so he came through Colorado Springs to visit. I hadn’t seen him in years, so it was great to have him here.
Mr. C is a gem of the educational system, and I am truly lucky to have been one of his students. I was in his fifth grade class in Frankfurt, Germany, 22 years ago. I realized even then that teachers with his passion, creativity, and humor don’t come along often. Our class was an experimental project that consisted of students in the gifted and talented program, and every day Mr. C found ways to expand our eager minds. We included technology in ways that were rare in the mid-80s. We learned about government by developing our own country, complete with a constitution, elected leaders, political campaigns, laws, and money. We put on a play. We went camping, and learned how to navigate the forest with a compass. I still look back on that year as the most creatively and academically rewarding year of my life.
When the year ended, the school did not continue our gifted and talented program into the sixth grade. My classmates and I were divided into separate classrooms, and school was boring again. I remember that my sixth grade teacher spent an entire month teaching the difference between positive numbers and negative numbers. Some of my new classmates didn’t understand, so none of us could advance until everyone was ready. One day I was so bored that I completed all 70 pages of my math workbook. I asked the teacher for something more advanced, but she wasn’t able to provide it.
Fortunately Mr. Campbell was still around, teaching the next year’s fifth grade class. Several of my friends felt just as unstimulated as I did, so we visited Mr. C for more inspiration. That year he helped us to make a movie about our responses to the Cold War and nuclear threat. Our movie was called “The Day Before,” and showed different kids’ possible responses to an imminent nuclear war. It won a nationwide competition. We all got back together the following year to make another movie.
Mr. Campbell and I have kept in touch over all these years. Ever since I was a kid, I have given him credit for my desire to help kids and pursue a career in education. Now I have a masters degree in education, and I dream of teaching photography to kids. Today I feel rejuvenated in that goal.
More pictures, including our fifth grade class portrait!
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August 27, 2006
Who’s on MySpace? I finally got myself one. It’s nothing fancy, but you can find it here:
http://www.myspace.com/charlottegeary
Link to yours, please! 
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August 24, 2006
Brienna and Kyle
The Broadmoor Resort
Colorado Springs
August 24, 2006
Brienna and Kyle have been married for three years, but unfortunately he has had to spend most of that time stationed abroad. He’s preparing for his second assignment to Iraq later this year. Brienna asked me to take some pictures of the two of them together, to help them with their upcoming separation. It’s a true pleasure for me to do anything, no matter how small, to help the families of servicemen and women.
Brienna and Kyle are gorgeous and adorable together!
More photos of Brienna and Kyle
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August 22, 2006
My brother, posing with a picture I drew of him.
I am a magnificient ar-teest.
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August 19, 2006
Mike and I spent this rainy afternoon watching “An Inconvenient Truth.” The movie was chilling. Perhaps that is an ironic description of a movie about global warming, but we found it haunting and inspiring. It presented clearly the science and impact of rising levels of carbon dioxide, and we walked away with a much deeper understanding of these issues and a desire to do something about them.
Please see this movie. Surrender any politically motivated preconceptions, and just go see it. The movie is about science and society, and I think it would be meaningful to you, regardless of any political affiliation.
Here are ten simple things that you can do to make a change:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/pdf/10things.pdf
Example: You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.
For more information, visit: http://www.climatecrisis.net/
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Robby, Molly, Paul, and Kenna
My nephew, sister-in-law, brother, and niece
Annandale, Virginia
July, 2006
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August 16, 2006
Ugh… My web server has been down all day today. My website and email are finally back up and running. If you’ve tried to get in touch with me, I apologize! Everything should be working just fine now.
If you’ve been interested in seeing the pictures that I posted last night, please try again, thanks!
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August 15, 2006
Dylan and Gabrielle
August 12, 2006
I love this picture that Mike took of Dylan and Gabrielle’s first dance.
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August 10, 2006
Line dancing at the Minturn Saloon
Wedding of Tisha and Josh
Near Vail, Colorado
July 1, 2006
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August 9, 2006
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My cousins’ very happy doggie
Columbia, Maryland
July, 2006
Two more pictures–their cat and other dog
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August 6, 2006
Penny and David
Air Force Academy Chapel and Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs
August 5, 2006
We had so much fun at Penny and David’s wedding yesterday that I woke up early today, excited to see the pictures. You know you love your job when you’d rather work than sleep in on a Sunday morning.
Penny and David live in Las Vegas, and planned their wedding here in the Springs, where David went to college. The ceremony took place at his alma mater, the Air Force Academy. The Academy chapel is one of my favorite places to photograph, due to its vivid colors and incredible architecture.
The reception took place at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, with some of the most creative and touching tributes to friends and family that we’ve seen. The whole event was heartfelt, unique, and downright fun. It was a joy to be a part of it.
Congratulations to a wonderful couple, Penny and David!
More photos from their wedding
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