Maternity Shoot | Denver Botanic Gardens

There has been nothing quite so miraculous in my life as the experience of pregnancy - feeling new life growing day by day is surreal, beautiful and is at once profoundly humbling AND empowering.

Of course for me that was over 11 years ago, so I am thrilled when I am asked to spend time photographing pregnant women now! This maternity session was a blast with lovely former wedding clients, and I am SO excited to meet and photograph their new little one when he or she is born!

New Family Portraits: More in 2012 !

I still consider myself an architectural photographer.  The merging of great design detailing, material, texture and light are all deeply inspiring to me, and creating photographs of beautiful 3 dimensional spaces is a unique thrill.  However, something has been crystalizing for me lately: what began as simply photographing family & friends for fun has slowly begun to teach me how much I LOVE working with people! It fills me with incomparable joy to capture a fleeting smile; to make someone feel their beauty -- and truly -- there is little on the planet more beautiful and precious to me than a pure smile which radiates from a person's eyes and outward onto his or her face.  As I photograph, a smile grows on MY face as people relax into having fun, and again I'm sure people laugh at me as I edit and smile stupidly at my monitor.  It is great fun!

Yes... I love it.  More of this in 2012, please!