Julia Vandenoever Photography » family portraits

The Mackintosh Family | Boulder portrait photographer

juliav — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:06:49 +0000

Thinking ahead to the next holiday, Valenetine’s Day, the Mackintosh family requested a Boulder urban shoot. As design creatives who own indiegraphic, a web/print/logo/icon/ui/development business, their visual style is fresh and unique both professionally and personally.

With a vision in mind, we created family photos with room for text for their Valentine’s Day cards. Dimples, an elf hood, innocent brown eyes, big toothy grins, and messy sibling hugs flooded my camera on Saturday.

Thanks for having me be apart of your Valentine’s Day surprise! I loved creating these photos with you.

Alice + Chloe | Boulder twin photographer

juliav — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:23:06 +0000

My love of photography began with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Helen Levitt and Margaret Burke-White to name a few. They inspired me capture real life as it happens to find the decisive moment. In the middle of Alice and Chloe’s portrait session, Isabelle strolled into the frame. Life happened and I love what happened.

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And here are some more super cute shots of Miss Chloe and Alice.

Elliot Family | Boulder family photographer

juliav — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:57:26 +0000

Family is the definition holiday season. For me, I can loose track of the important things during the holiday season. I will blame it on the extra wine and cookies, a total sugar coma.

On Christmas day, I received an email from the Elliot family wanting to schedule a winter portrait session with grandparents, parents, brother, sister, and cousins. Here are a few from our Boulder winter wonderland.

The Oremus | Boulder newborn photographer

juliav — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:49:38 +0000

The biggest compliment a photographer can received is to be hired again and again by the same family. When Kim was pregnant with with Sydney, I documented the start of their family in Boulder. So much as changed as Sydney is now 3 and is a big sister to her baby brother, Beckett, 7 weeks old.

I had a blast playing with Sydney making her photos. I helped her pick out her pretty pink outfit and we went from room to room jumping on bed, rolling around with her dog, and even unrolled the toilet paper in the bathroom.

On a business note, I have a personal goal to get 500 fans on my Facebook page. Starting in Janaury, I am going to be raffling off 25 handmade letterpress calendars created by Bird Dog Press and 10 $50 gift certificates for sessions. Once I reach my goal of 500 fans, I will raffle off a free session and all you have to do to enter is like my page. I will be traveling to New York City, Los Angeles, Georgian Bay, Vermont, New Hampshire in 2012 so just because you don’t live in Colorado doesn’t mean you can’t win. Share with friends and family far and wide! A million thank yous!

http://www.facebook.com/JuliaVandenoeverPhotography

Now on to the photos of the Oremus family!

Lily | Boulder Holiday Portrait Sessions

juliav — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:57:53 +0000

It has been crazy crazy! Holiday season is here and I have not even started any shopping. I might be trouble at the stores next week.

This portrait was taken right after Thanksgiving. I think this will be the perfect present for everyone in Lily’s family this year. What do you think?

Noffsinger Family | Boulder, Colorado family photographer

juliav — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:39:05 +0000

This photo session is about Moo and Doo’s legacy. Who is Moo and Doo you ask? They are two of the best Boulder grandparents I know. Three generations of Noffsingers were present here ranging from grandparent age to 8 weeks old. It was a super fun session, and one that will have even great meaning when the grandkids are grandparents themselves.

Happy family | Boulder outdoor family photographer

juliav — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:11:08 +0000

I love photos where the kids personalities jump out. The raw emotion of a 5 year can be uncontainable and I know this from personal experience. Anson’s energy during our Sunday morning shoot just incredible. Little Campbell was her own person too. There was no telling her what to do either. I just let the kids be kids and captured this family honestly and authentically.

Thanks for having me capture your family again this holiday season! Hope to do it again in 2012.

Family of Four | Boulder outdoor family photography

juliav — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:00:56 +0000

Mother nature has been friendly the last two weekends with warm temperatures, blue skies, and no wind. These are three key ingredients for a great outdoor family portrait session. Kim and Noah came out with Nell and Avery right before Thanksgiving and these two little ones have so much style. I just love their funky styles defining their personalities. So cute!

Little Miss Odessa | Boulder newborn photographer

juliav — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:19:15 +0000

Odessa is the sweetest little girl. Arriving at her session asleep, she woke up gracefully with a smile. Her little gummy smile brought us all to laughter during the portrait session.

More Boulder family photos sessions to come.

P.S. If you are looking to doing your own family photo, I recommend heading outside on a warm afternoon around 2:00pm. The light is just perfect and it disappears around 4pm. Make sure to read up on your self-timer if you don’t already know how to use it. I would also recommend watching a few YouTube videos on editing your images. Here is one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBc9Wo-qMKY GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!

Cutest family photo | Colorado family photography

juliav — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:12:29 +0000

I love it when a family injects their silly personality into a photo session.

Don’t you just love the holiday headbands?

Do you have any silly holiday traditions?