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Locals Barbershop - Commercial

Colorado Springs, CO -- I think the hardest part about moving here two years ago was leaving my hairstylist behind and not knowing where to go once we arrived in Colorado Springs. Honestly, I've spent the last two years searching for someone that can do my hair and not charge a ton of money for it! Being a mom and owning my own business, I don't have a ton of time to myself so when I do get out, I want a good/fun environment and not feel like I'm in a "stuffy" salon. You know what I'm talking about ladies!

Locals Barbershop, who opened it's Denver location last year now has a Colorado Springs location and their grand opening is this weekend! Coming from someone who is super picky about their hair, this shop has some great staff! They specialize in barbershop procedures but they also have staff that does ladies hair as well -- cutting, highlighting etc...

If you have yet to check it out, stop by this Saturday (the 13th of February) at 7pm. It's located at 5230 N. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs near the new Costco. They will have a live band and drinks! And check out their website at Locals Cut for more information on their services. Here's some photos from their soft opening last weekend.

Labels: Colorado Springs, Commercial

The Kurtz Family

Here's another wonderful family I am blessed to have in my life. We took off in the late afternoon one fine day (during a month I'm not going to mention because it was so long ago, like August) and did some photos around downtown of them and their two kiddos. :)

Okay... let's get this straight. No, I really don't slack during the summer months and just forget to blog -- it's actually just the opposite! Since busy (wedding) season for me is from May through to October, I only take on a limited number of family photo shoots during those months. And, although my clients get their photos in a timely manner, they usually don't make it to the blog until winter due to weddings taking up most of my blog all summer long. Whew! Now I feel better about explaining myself to you so you didn't think I just disappear during those months and just not blog. ;) Okay, enough about me... now, on to the photos!

Thanks guys!! I hope we can do this again soon. :)

Labels: Colorado Springs, Families

M + S + H -- Family Photos

If you were a bride/groom of mine sometime this past summer, you'll probably recognize Sarah! She's one of my second photographers at weddings and this is her family! We did these photos a bit before Christmas (told you I was behind on blogging!) when all the leaves were still on the ground rather than snow. ;) We did this session in about 15 minutes due to the lack of light in the location we were in and the sun setting, but nonetheless we had fun!

Thanks Sarah for all you do! You are not only a blessing to have at weddings as my other set of eyes, but also as my friend. :)

Labels: Colorado Springs, Families

The Brown Family

I met this cute family a little bit before Thanksgiving and it was a lovely evening out, especially for that time of year!

She didn't complain once the entire shoot... but even if she did it wouldn't have mattered because she's so cute! :)

It was so nice meeting you three -- I hope we get to do this again soon! :)

Labels: Colorado Springs, family

Julie & Jeremy - Mess the Dress

I have officially been gone way too long in the blog world. These past few months have been crazy around here with getting the final albums out to couples from the past few weddings, then the holidays came and went -- now that things are calming down, and I realized I still have quite a few shoots to post!

I met up with Julie and Jeremy on a cold day in October (told you I'm behind!!) for a Mess the Dress photo shoot. We had literally been planning this shoot since their wedding in February. She knew she wanted to do something like this after the wedding, and when everything calmed down for them post wedding, we met out in a field in east Colorado Springs with their favorite "horse powers". :)

There's something about the clouds east of the Rockie Mountains that are just amazing. Since moving here, I've been blessed to be out at numerous photo shoots and watch clouds produce such dark colors that just look awesome in photos. However, these ones later produced large rain drops as well. ;(

Labels: Colorado Springs, Mess the Dress

Sara and Nick - Maternity

Sara and Nick were one of the first couples we met when we moved here to Colorado Springs a little over 2 years ago. They are expecting their 3rd child in just a few short weeks and I feel blessed to be able to capture these moments for them. I love maternity photos because they depict a moment in time with that one specific child that will never be repeated. Sure, you might be pregnant again, but never again in the same way you were with that child. It's priceless and beautiful. I think that's why I love photography so much -- it captures moments and saves them forever.