Newborn Photos in Edwards, Colorado - Nicholas

Have you ever wondered how newborn photographers are able to get babies to relax for their photos?  I usually have an arsenal of tricks up my sleeve, but every now and again, I have to get creative.  Nicholas hadn't been particularly happy when we started our photo shoot.  He loved having snuggles with his Mama, but every time we put him down for photos, he'd cry.  As many of us mothers know, babies will definitely pick up on your smell, so we figured it might be easier to bring Dad on board to help out.  Luckily, the concept worked, but he still wanted to be held.  The easy fix was to just take the photos while he was being held!  Here are a few  behind the scenes photos and the resulting photos.  As you can see, we were able to get Nicholas to relax afterwards, and we ended up getting some great shots!

Snuggling up with Dad to get relaxed shot.

The resulting photo.

Another method we tried...

and the resulting photo

Posing with his Dad's uniform

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Beaver Creek Wedding Proposal - Blake and Kacy

I'm a few weeks behind on posts, so I'm going to start with a great shoot I had recently for a wedding proposal at Beaver Creek.  Blake had contacted me a few weeks in advance and we had decided that a small bridge outside the Beaver Creek Chapel would make an ideal spot for him to pop the big question.

The date was set for just after the ski season had finished, so I knew there wouldn't be too many people around.  I went up a couple of times before to check out the area and to see how things were looking.  If you've ever spent time at a ski resort after it's closed for the winter, you'll know how quickly things can change.  The environment can morph drastically every day with mud and runoff, areas will suddenly close for Elk migration and snow melt can lead to flash floods, so you have to be prepared.

The bridge was snowy and there were old leaves under the snow from the fall, so I went up a little earlier than planned with my handy broom and shovel to clean the bridge up a little for the photos.  Then I secretly feared that Kacy might notice how clean it looked and realize something was up, so I had to make it look somewhat natural.  I tend to over think these things because I always get so nervous for the guys!

They arrived a few minutes later and after a small detour to look at the church, they made their way down to the bridge, where I was waiting and trying to look like a random tourist taking photos of the stream.  I found out afterwards that Kacy had told Blake to watch out, because they might accidentally get in my photos!!

Thankfully she said yes and the proposal was a great success!  Here are some photos from the big moment.

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