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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.

Birthday album for my mother and sister-in-law

February 23, 2007


From a gift album to my mother

Over the last couple weeks, I made gift albums to give as birthday presents to my mother and sister-in-law. They loved them! Now that they have seen their books, I can show you guys and not spoil their suprise. :)

Here are pictures of my parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew, as well as Mike and me. Enjoy!

Album of my family in 2006

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Dirty Dancing wedding

February 21, 2007


The first dance at a wedding that I wish I had photographed!

Have you seen this yet? I love this! I have to confess there will always be a part of me that wants to recreate this movie scene. It turns out that this bride is a wedding photographer herself, which might explain why she is so cool. Well done, Julia!

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Slideshow

I found this cool slideshow software at slide.com.
Just for the fun of it, I made a slideshow of pictures of Mike, Ally, and me. :)

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Grace


Heather, Grace, David, and Jacob
Colorado Springs
February 18, 2007

On Sunday I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with little Grace and her family. Grace is three years old, and she has leukemia. She is my new buddy through the volunteer organization Compassion for Kids, which strives to enhance the lives of children with cancer.

Grace and her family spent the day at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Sunday, and I joined them to take pictures of their outing. They are such a fun family! Little Grace is such a charmer–smart, funny, and energetic. She had us all laughing all day. It was wonderful to meet them all, and I look forward to taking more pictures of them to document this time in Grace’s life.

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Ginger’s Hotter

February 20, 2007


Ginger’s Hotter
Colorado Springs
February 17, 2007

Mike and I had so much fun photographing the band Ginger’s Hotter in concert on Saturday night. We photographed them last year, but since then they have a new lead singer, so they asked us to come back for more pictures. Keith, the new singer, is really good! I’m glad these photos turned out, because I was dancing pretty hard while taking most of them.

You can find their website here: Ginger’s Hotter
You should check them out if you’re in town!

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February 17, 2007


Janie loves my Valentine roses.

Another picture of Janie

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Vail

February 16, 2007


Mike in Vail
February 11, 227

Mike and I spent last weekend in Vail and Frisco with three friends: Laura from Maryland, and John and Leanne from Denver. We stayed in a fantastic loft hotel suite, at the Woods Inn in Frisco. I can’t recommend this place highly enough. Their atmosphere, service, food, and prices are excellent, and they even allow dogs!

I managed to take this video of Mike while I was skiing along side him. The land was pretty flat at this part of the mountain, so neither of us are going very fast in this video, but I took it to show the gorgeous scenery. Sometimes I really can’t believe that I’m actually skiing in Colorado. Beautiful stuff.

Photos from our trip last weekend

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Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2007


Mike and me
Red Rock Canyon, Colorado Springs
February, 2007

Happy Valentine’s Day, Mike! I love you! Happy Valentine’s Day to the rest of you, too!

A few more pictures that we took together at the canyon

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Dave Martin

February 13, 2007


Dave Martin
Candidate for Colorado Springs City Council
February, 2006

Last week I photographed Dave Martin for his campaign for Colorado Springs City Council. He is currently theh president of the Falcon School District Board. The election will take place this April. If you’d like to learn more about Dave Martin, you can visit his website .

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Sample album: Air Force Academy wedding and Cheyenne Mountain Resort reception

February 6, 2007


From the wedding of Penny and David
Sample album

I’m still busy making albums! In the last week I’ve designed albums for several clients, and I also put together this album as a studio sample. I used the photos from Penny and David’s wedding at the Air Force Academy and Cheyenne Mountain Resort here in Colorado Springs. This will be a horizontal, 8″x12″ album from Bon Match. I’m so excited to see all these sample books!

Layouts from this album

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One of the best moments of my life

February 1, 2007

This was one of the happiest moments in my life, and I have it on video. Thanks to You Tube, I finally have it on my blog, too. I know some of you have seen this video before, but many of you haven’t, and besides, I just feel like sharing it again.

Our wedding DJ didn’t bring any of the songs we had requested. About ten minutes before our first dance, I learned that the DJ didn’t have our first dance song. I grumbled about the situation to my maid of honor, Sarah, and she said, “Don’t worry, Charlotte. We’ll sing it!” I laughed, assuming she was joking.

Five minutes later, this happened:

This chorus consisted of our parents, relatives, and friends from every walk of life. They all came through for us. It was truly one of the greatest moments I have ever seen at a wedding. I get teary-eyed every time I watch this video.

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