Highlands Ranch Family Photographer | Lair O' The Bear Park | L Family

This session was part of my 2011 fall family mini sessions! This was a 45 minute session and we held it at Lair O' The Bear Park in Morrison, CO. 

This family used to live on my street and they had  the opposite address as me so we'd frequently be swapping mail or sending people to the other house.  They've since moved on to a bigger house further up in the neighborhood like most of my neighbors have in the past year or two.  They have 3 beautiful girlies, all of which are super sweet.  

This shoot is always a challenge, three little girls, 2 dogs and 2 parents - its just a lot of coordinating and its not usually the parents that are difficult =) but we manage to make it happen every year.  Now this shoot is not a walk in the park, sometimes pretty hilarious at times but I like it and look forward to it every year because life isn't as exciting without a challenge.  I love dogs, and have two of my own that we include in our family photos because they are our furry children and it wouldn't be a full family portrait to leave them out. 

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Highlands Ranch Family Photographer | DeKoevend Park | Family

This session was part of my 2011 fall family mini sessions! This was a 45 minute session and we held it at DeKoevend Park in Littleton, CO. 

This session fell on a very unpredictable Colorado day - warm in the morning and a cold front came in the afternoon.  Their session was scheduled for later in the afternoon and even though it was a mini session we probably only made it 15-20 minutes before we had frozen miss Cara so we rescheduled for another date.  Colorado can be so unpredictable, but you can't beat this gorgeous scenery and the family even wore the same outfits so I don't think you can tell at all! 

The second day turned out much better, we had gorgeous weather and happy kiddos makes for a happy photographer!  Miss Cara has the cutest curls ever and big sis, Emma is so sweet to her. 

Highlands Ranch Family Photographer | Silo Park | Family

This session was part of my fall family mini sessions! This was a 45 minute session and we held it at Silo Park in Greenwood Village, CO. 

Such a sweet, loving family - these are some of my neighbors and I am so excited they decided to do a family session with me last year and I can't wait to see them again this year! 

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Highlands Ranch Family Photographer | Lair O' The Bear Park | Family

This session was part of my 2011 fall family mini sessions! This was a 45 minute session and we held it at Lair O' The Bear Park in Morrison, CO. 

Carter and Madeline were so much fun to work with and you can tell this family has so much fun laughing and playing together. 

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Highlands Ranch Family Photographer | DeKoevend Park | R Family

This session was part of my 2011 fall family mini sessions! This was a 45 minute session and we held it at DeKoevend Park in Littleton, CO. 

This family is just adorable, Sofia is all smiles and she seriously could have tricked me that she was a model, she is just a natural.  Sofia picked out the clothing for her and her mom and I have to say that she did an excellent job! I wish I had my own clothing picker, that is one of the hardest things to decide on is what to wear for photos. 

Our Exciting News!!!!

This secret has been slowly eating me alive so we're are finally announcing that:

We're Having A BABY!!!! Baby Arnoldi will be here in September!

Highlands Ranch Photographer | Ella Turns One | One Year Old Birthday

Celebrating Ella's first birthday with a cake smash.  Its hard to comprehend how fast they grow up just a year previous we were doing Ella's newborn shoot and now she's all giggling, smiling and standing! Such a sweetie she is.

This was my first cake smash and I have to say it went relatively well. I don't think I was quite prepared for all the mess and there are a couple things I might change for next time like having a couple towels ready to wipe down the little one after we are done. The cake was impossible to remove from its base as you see from the start so maybe it would have been easier to remove had the cake been frozen, or maybe we should have just left it, after a while it didn't matter either way.  Lastly, I'm not in love with the shiny part in the backdrop - its not awful and the paper cleanup was amazing, just rip off and throw away.  Next time I might try a vinyl backdrop just to get rid of the glare and deal with the clean up.

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Meghan's Bridal Portrait | Chandor Gardens | Weatherford, TX

I met Meghan at Chandor Gardens in Weatherford, TX back in October to shoot her bridal portraits.  The gardens were small and quaint and full of other photographers.  These gardens are beautiful and it isn't a secret. There were lots of path's and nooks to shoot in so it made for a fun time.

It was really hard for me to keep these bridals a secret so that Jeff, the groom, wouldn't see them before the wedding because they are just so gorgeous.  Check out their wedding post here.

Congratulations to Meghan & Jeff!