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Creatively Curious Photography I love to capture joy, love, and candid, natural light. South Denver from Northern Colorado As long as I can remember I've always loved taking pictures.

I asked for my first digital camera when I was 10. Over the years I've taken many pictures - and quite a few have turned out very good. Being an adult and having a nice camera has allowed me to take this side passion and turn it into something everyone can enjoy. I am lucky to live in such a beautiful state and have such a beautiful son - it makes my 'job' a lot easier, but none the less - I see the world for it's natural beauty. And I see the wonder in children's eyes.

10/18/2026

Your kid doesn't need to perform for my camera. They need to trust it first.

SAVE this if getting a good photo of your kid feels impossible.

What does YOUR kid do when a camera comes out? Hide? Run? Full meltdown?

This is a trick I've used for about five years, straight from my teaching background. With kids under seven, especially the shy ones who've never had professional photos taken, I don't start by photographing them. I let THEM take a picture.

Yesterday's session: she's four, princess and the frog theme, and she brought a little crochet frog. So I put my (very expensive) camera around her neck, showed her the screen, and walked her through it. Touch the frog to focus. Press the button. One, two, three. This is your picture, you get to keep this one.

The second she saw her photo, she completely lit up. Totally different kid. The rest of the shoot was smooth sailing.

Here's why it works. At four, she doesn't know what's happening or why I'm asking her to do things. Walking her through the process gives her the map. Once she understands it, her nervous system stands down, and then the real smiles show up. That's how you get the best candids.

Yes, this is part of why my sessions run a little longer. Creating safety takes time, and safety is the whole job.

The last clip is her photo. Completely unedited. She took that.

Denver parents, that's exactly who I do this for. Let's chat.

Tag your favorite Colorado small business below because Small Business Saturday is happening a day early. ✨Mountain Mine...
10/16/2026

Tag your favorite Colorado small business below because Small Business Saturday is happening a day early. ✨

Mountain Mineral Market just announced their next Full Moon Party, which gave me the perfect excuse to pull these branding photos back out.

SAVE this if your Colorado small business deserves branding photography that captures more than what you sell. It captures what it feels like to walk through your door.

Mountain Mineral Market is a Lakewood crystal and mineral shop inside an old mountain house moved to their current location. You wander from room to room: tarot in one, display cases in another, enormous crystals everywhere, and people stopping to talk, learn, and explore.

Andi (one of the owners) is a huge part of why it feels so warm.

She was moving through the shop helping customers, talking crystals, laughing with friends, and being herself in the family business they've built.

The last photo is Andi and a friend looking completely satisfied after the night - because it was a great night.

There is the rose quartz chair you can actually sit on for a photo. A whole wall of athames. A lapis sphere genuinely bigger than my head. Celestite, my favorite crystal on the planet, so obviously that was getting photographed too. And pieces small to huge.

One of my favorite frames: crystals sharp in the foreground while a dad and his kid are softly blurred behind them, just looking at a shelf together. The customer experience is part of the story too.

I love getting to do branding photography and treat your Colorado small business like a front-page story worth reading, showing people why they would want to walk through YOUR door.

Their next Full Moon Party starts Saturday, October 24 at 7 PM with a costume contest and prizes. Check their page for details.

This is Colorado Small Business Strong, and I love using my work to feature the businesses, owners, and communities that make Colorado interesting.

If your Denver or Lakewood business made the front page, what photographs would tell its story?

10/16/2026

The best photos of just YOU don't come from perfect posing. They come from actually having fun.

SAVE this if you need portraits (headshots, branding, all of it) and they don't even look like you.

This was a quick solo set tucked into a family session with one of my longtime clients. With her family? Totally natural. She knows exactly how to be with them.

Then it was just her in front of my camera for a few polished portraits, and everything got was unsure how to pose for her solo portrait. She was thinking about the pose instead of being in the moment having fun.

So we did something completely different.

14 seconds of being silly. Blah sounds. Goofy faces. (The clean, goofy kind that makes you laugh before you can overthink it.)

You literally watch us both double over laughing, and then come back into the professionalism, relaxed pose. And we got two of my favorite frames from the whole session in that little break.

Some BTS because this is the part you never see in the final gallery.

Posing isn't about forcing everyone into the same look. It's about reading what you need in the moment. Sometimes that's a power pose. Sometimes it's a brain break and permission to be silly for a sec.

This is exactly how I run branding sessions too. Yes, you get the polished headshot. You also get photos that actually feel like you, which is the whole point of personal branding.

Denver-area small business owners: if you need branding photos, headshots, or founder portraits that feel like YOU and the business you built, let's chat.

(Class of 2028, you can prebook senior sessions now.)

What's the weirdest thing a photographer has ever done to make you laugh? I need to add it to my toolkit.

7 years. Same family. Same photographer. 🥹SAVE this if you're expecting or your babies are still tiny.When Corinne asked...
10/15/2026

7 years. Same family. Same photographer. 🥹

SAVE this if you're expecting or your babies are still tiny.

When Corinne asked me to photograph her pregnancy, she had no idea she was about to change my entire business. Her journey is literally what inspired my milestone package: maternity photos, newborn photos, cake smash, and family photos as your family grows.

Her daughter was 5. Now she's 12, in 7th grade, and taller than me (and mom). Her baby brother is 7. And their rainbow baby is 2 and runs the whole shoot 😂

We recreated the same photo in 2020, 2022, and 2024. Then big sister got too tall so this year little brother took her spot.

Here's the thing I always make a point to do: get MOM in the photos. Not just the kids. Just you and the kid who made you a mom. Because let's be real, moms are never in the photos. You're always the one taking them. That has to change.

Their walls are covered in canvases of these moments. The posed ones, the wild ones, and the ones with mom actually IN them.

This is what 7 years looks like you guys. The kids grow, my skill grows (thank god for practice lol), and you can't catch these small magical moments without deeply knowing your clients. And I know this family down to my bones.

As a Denver family photographer, this is my favorite thing in the world. Chasing the magic hiding in ordinary life, year after year, watching your family grow.

If you're expecting or your babies are still tiny, start your adventure today. And honestly? It's never too late to start. It's so important to get the memories while you can. Tap the link in bio to book your milestone session. Imagine looking back 7 years from now and having ALL of it.

What's the photo you wish you'd taken years ago?

What is the ridiculous little thing YOUR family does that always gets the real laugh? Comment below 👇HOWE 2026 FAMILY PH...
10/13/2026

What is the ridiculous little thing YOUR family does that always gets the real laugh? Comment below 👇

HOWE 2026 FAMILY PHOTO TEASERS! ✨

Last year they literally have photos being airplanes too, just having fun with Alice and being amazing present parents—they aren't stressed about the pose because they know we'll get it.

This is one of my favorite things about photographing the same families year after year: I get to watch them grow and play, learn their story, and showcase who they are. Everyone starts out "new."

Because I was in education before this, I know when we need a little movement, when the kids need to be silly first, and when I have about ten seconds to get the everyone-looking-at-me photo before someone decides the trail is more interesting.

Child development absolutely shows up in my family sessions. I am not expecting little kids to behave like tiny adults for 45 minutes, so we play, move, redirect, let them be little, and I pay attention to the moments happening in between.

That is how we get BOTH.

The beautiful family portrait for the wall and holiday card AND the photos that actually feel like your family. All of which print phenomenally on canvases so your wall art is you.

Toddler nap interrupted grump moment? We've got this.
7 yo suddenly distracted by literally anything? We work with it.
Everyone needs to become an airplane? Apparently that is tradition now. ✈️

Tonight reminded me how much I genuinely love doing this.

The Colorado fall colors are absolutely showing off right now, and I am so excited to keep working through this gallery because I still have SO many Howe photos I cannot wait to share.

If your family photos need a little more play, personality, and room for your kids to actually be kids, fall family sessions are booking across Denver, Lakewood, and the Front Range.

10/12/2026

What was your favorite little form of magic when you were little?
Dandelion wishes? Leaf piles? Puddles? Rocks? Sticks they absolutely had to bring home? Tell me in the comments. 🤍

Send this for the mom who wants beautiful family photos AND actually wants to be in the memories in 5FPS magic ✨️

This is why I call them Adventure Sessions because every year Alice finds a stick, and every year she finds a new version of whimsy.

We can absolutely get the photo where everyone looks at me and smiles (those incoming). But the BEST are watching your kids grow and discover the world.
Plus when it is all play based and developmentmentally on point we let them be little and YOU get to be present as their mom.

Colorado has so much to offer and we can find the biggest dandelion they have ever seen, collect sticks, jump in leaves, investigate rocks, or decide the trail itself is the adventure. Last year Alice found several mushrooms with mom - equally as cute photos.

And Mom gets to play too, and be PART of the whimsy, not behind the lens.

Because I do not want your family gallery to only prove what your child looked like at this age. I want it to hold what being their mom felt like: helping them make a wish, laughing when the dandelion fluff goes absolutely everywhere, watching their face light up when they find something exciting, and being IN the photographs with them.

That is the magic of childhood to me.

Not forcing little kids to perform for an hour, Giving them enough room to be curious and have fun, while I pay attention and catch the tiny expressions and split-second moments in between. And then we can get them to stay still and looking for the 10 second pose.

If you are looking for a Denver-area family photographer for playful, child-led outdoor family photos that still include the beautiful posed portraits for your walls and holiday cards, my fall family sessions are booking now.

And I want to know: what did YOUR kid become obsessed with outside when they were little?

When is the last time you took a photo that you did not edit, retouch, or enhance – with or without AI? Curious and Pre...
10/10/2026

When is the last time you took a photo that you did not edit, retouch, or enhance – with or without AI?

Curious and Present…A Photographic Descent Into Madness: 30 Days Without Lightroom, Guided by the Moon and Fueled by Heresy.

Thank you for the graphics

We built this challenge by photographers, for photographers.

From a pro camera to your phone, the concept is your photography is YOUR art.

From hobby photographers to professional photographers this challenge is similar to using film (Nick’s Specialty) while making it accessible without devaluing the art (Sami’s Specialty).

Commitment to the challenge means the following: honoring there is a contrast and balance, to taking a photo (as many days of the challenge as you can), using your technical skills, the light you have, and the key is making weird art and experimenting with new styles.

We’re pulling the photographer roster before the challenge begins. How many photographers will commit before the Challenge begins on November 1?

Comment HUMAN MADE if you’re committing to the challenge and we’ll add you to the photographer roster.

RULES:
1. Camera or phone in Manual Mode only.
2. Not Processed AKA No editing after capture: no Lightroom, filters, retouching, cropping, compositing or AI editing.
3. One photo for each daily prompt.
4. Take it on the assigned day. No backdating or stock images.
5.Work with the light, setting + imperfections you find.
6. Share with the challenge via collaborate and tag + correct day
7. Original art only. Respect copyright, privacy + safety.
8. Have fun + embrace the beautiful mess.

We are looking for photographers to join us in the photography community that creates original, AI Free Art real human made art with digital media tools.

This is how we support human artists, which includes photographers. From lifestyle photography to alternative photography – we want to see your unhinged art.

We will continue to release more details once we see the scale of this. There is rebellion in creating beautiful things – are you in?

When is the last time you brushed up on your Technical Photography Skills and didn’t have to fix your light in Lightroom...
10/09/2026

When is the last time you brushed up on your Technical Photography Skills and didn’t have to fix your light in Lightroom?

These are straight out of camera. No edit. No filter. No retouching. And NO AI.

Nick's words, "A Photographic Descent into Madness: 30 Days without Lightroom, Guided by the Moon and Fueled by Heresy"

Sami's words, "But with WHIMSY! And other astrological transits."

Save this if you want in and are sick of the all of the bad AI art that floats around on the internet.

I shot these manually and built the image around the light instead of planning to correct it afterward I made sure the exposure triangle of Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO were exactly what I wanted.

I am VERY intentionally why I’m showing you the raw of raw fruit first. 👀

I have been conspiring with and on something built around photography for the sake of making photographs again that are not ai slop.

The point (or an excuse if you need it) pick up your camera and make weird art because its fun. These Persephone inspired photos are only the teaser.

If your photographer brain already knows it wants in, you can join the photographer roster now. Send me a message or comment a recent Raw Photo you are proud of below.

The full calendar + details drop tomorrow
Official Launch 10/10 @ 10am.

Sign Ups start then, The challenge begins November 1.

Thirty days, straight out of camera, use the light (or if your name is Luke maybe the Force or something).

30 Prompts that lets a lot of lenses change the perspective of what art can mean.

📷 More tomorrow.

10/09/2026

The annual Brown family photos deserve one more moment, because we have SO much fun together.

SAVE this if you want your family featured here, too and message me to book your fall family photo session – peak fall colors in the Denver Metro Area and along the Range are the next few weekends.
THIS weekend golden hour starts just before 6pm now! It will keep getting earlier.

The Browns have been my clients for ALL 12 years I’ve been in business. They’ve grown with me, and I love that so much. I’ve watched these kids grow up while this family has watched me grow as a photographer and small business owner. That kind of trust is something I am endlessly grateful for. 🤍

Updated family photos with sibling shenanigans, Mom and the girls walking, and the ladies playing Charlie’s Angels. SO cute. Individual portraits, sibling photos, mother-daughter photos, whole family photos: everyone gets their moment.

My signature senior + family session was literally built around this family. We photographed Natalie’s milestone, too.
Through their teenage years it may be harder to get a real smile, but in the Brown’s it really just comes down to which sibling is getting picked on, this year it was Tristan. 😂

This is where all my sessions are child development centered for actually FUN family photos, and where your family feels natural and candid for your Holiday Cards and the best prints and canvases. We get the good posed family portraits too because having a relaxed family session that isn’t a rushed mini family photo session makes such a huge difference.
And of course, as a mom, I know how incredibly important it is to get pictures with your babies whether they are taller than you or not (it comes faster thank you think!)

As a Lakewood family photographer serving Denver/Littleton, I love annual family photos with older kids and teens: family photos with personality AND outdoor family portraits among the fall colors.

Want a trusted family photographer who gets excited about the sweet photos AND your family’s shenanigans? Message me to book. 🤍

I almost didn't submit these photos to The Photograp[her] Magazine] Magazine and I am so glad i did!I ordered a copy of ...
10/06/2026

I almost didn't submit these photos to The Photograp[her] Magazine] Magazine and I am so glad i did!

I ordered a copy of this issue because the first photo is one of my all time favorite photos of Sirius and the preferred human. There's mom bias here, but every time I look at this photo I feel a bit of maybe extra pride, I grew that human myself, knitted the hat, and took the photo.

This is why it is so important to me and a pillar of my company to make sure moms actually have pictures with their kids - because we can do all the BTS things but it's different on either side of the camera.

Obviously same cat but smol in pumpkin. But the last photo was preferred human's cat, she was always Mama Kitty. The 3rd photo was the one I took that made me fall in love with my 50mm prime lens. IYKYK.

So much changed in the last year and moving to Denver and submitting photos and having them keep getting published has been overwhelming (in a good way)!

I have always needed a more stable income then going all in on photography being a single parent for so long, and it's not my story to share so I will keep my child's story private until they are ready - but also it really did go so fast.

I know the magazine prompt was "Cats" and trust me it's excellent composition as a whole, but to have 2 full pages with extremely meaningful photos to me (all with minimal edits because it was a no edit challenge the first photo was taken) shows me I CAN do this.

Being an empty nester / cat mom / entrepreneur at 36 is crazy because for so long my life was wrapped up in doing what was best for someone else.

Seeing my work be published in such meaningful ways reminds me, for the first time in my life, I am doing what is best for me.

This is my job, this is how I pay bills (mostly, some things are on credit cards still). When someone asks what I do and I respond with I am the CEO of a Photography company, I feel more like tiny kitten in a pumpkin, but then I look at Floofy Cat's poise, and the fierceness in his eyes - and I am humbled and honored to be published again. ❤️

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