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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!!!

The 2 minute kid portrait shoot | Boulder children photographer

juliav — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:14:27 +0000

Time is just flying. Where did February go? It freaks me out how fast the time goes, and how old I am getting. I realized yesterday I had not taken any photos of my kids in awhile so I had an impromptu backyard portrait session with Madeleine. She gave me two minutes of her time to capture her ever changing self.

Photo tips: Make sure to clean your child’s face off 5 or 10 minutes before you snap photos of her. Usually, she is not too happy with the snot wipe so thinking ahead gives them a few minutes to recuperate. When shooting in your own backyard look for the best place to get even light on your child’s face. If you have DSLR and you shoot on the manual setting, I recommend putting your child’s back to the sun and over exposing the background. If you are using a point and shoot, find some open shade.

Happy shooting!

P.S. I am traveling to NYC in April and will be having mini portrait sessions in Prospect Park on Sunday April 10th. Please send me an email for the details or check back here this week.

What to wear to a photo session | Colorado kids photographer

juliav — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:30:20 +0000

Figuring out what to wear for your photo session does not need to stress you out. I know it is hard to decide what to wear, but I thought this photo might help. Don’t judge me too much, but my weekly guilty pleasure is reading my US Weekly. Last night curled up in my bed I came across this photo and I loved how everything came together so nicely. Of course, this family had a personal stylist who shopped for their outfits and you can do the same thing at Target, Gap, Mini Boden, Tea, Crew Cuts or by simply going through your dressers. You may be surprise by what you already have. Also remember consignment clothing stores are a fabulous place to find great deals. In Boulder, you have Childish Things for the babies and kids and Rags to Riches and Common Threads for moms. Dads might need to go to Marshall’s or TJMAXX.

The take away from this photo is noticing how they all have yellow but the patterns and shade are all different. Plus the season is spring so a bright yellow is a perfect compliment to the green trees and yellow feels cheerful and warm. I love how there is a hint of yellow in the background as well to tie the whole photo together. There might be a little too much yellow going on for you, but I hope it gives you a better understanding of how to pair styles and colors together. Kendra’s color/style might feel a bit outrageous for your family, but the take way is to see how three individuals can have different patterns and style yet still come together. Another idea is you can bring a solid sweater or jacket which would give you different looks to one outfit without having to do an entire outfit change. This is so much more fun the khaki pants and white polo starched shirts.

Looking through magazines is a great way to get ideas too. Personally, I love the style of Dwell and they often do family shoots.

If you are doing my mini spring photo session on April 24th and 25th, we will be outside with the green just starting to come out and the tall brownish grass. Little girls would look adorable in bright pinks and boys would look handsome in vibrant blues and greens. Your clothes are an expression of your personality so don’t shy away from what you love.

Remember don’t over think this. You already have great style.

Have fun shopping!

Feburary Photo Tip – {Boulder Colorado Wedding and Children Photographer)

juliav — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:04:48 +0000

My resolutions list seems to get a little longer each year. As the photographer in my family, I also get the role of archivist and managing the plethora of images sitting on my computer. Resolution #5 is to make prints of my favorite photos and not just make 4×6 prints. You will be surprised that an 8×10 or bigger actually starts to look small after awhile.

For great printing quality, I recommend mpix.com. In addition to your basic prints, they do books and canvas prints. I also got a bunch of prints from Shutterfly over the holidays because they had a great deal. I was impressed by the quality as well.

Resolution #11 was to blog more about photography suggestions/tips to help. Come back soon.