The Olsen Family has exciting news!! We are expecting in early November! Our daughter is overjoyed at the prospect of being a big sister (she has been asking for “her own baby” for about 9 months now!) and we are thrilled to be adding another sweet little being to our family. With this exciting news in mind…plan ahead this summer for your family portraits.  I will have a limited number of sessions available, and will be wrapping things up earlier in the fall for holiday portraits so that I have ample time before the babe… Read More »

I had the great pleasure of  doing a shoot for Thirsties Cloth diapers for their product catalog which was just released. You may remember this beauty from our newborn session last summer.  Well, she has grown and changed a bit over the last few months and was the star of our recent shoot! Could you ask for a better model?? As stated in the newborn session post, it bears repeating so that you can go check out how awesome Thirties are for yourself…  Thirsties Modern Cloth Diapers are an incredible new way to think about cloth… Read More »

I had the best time with this little man and his parents.  Not only is he darling but he has the best little personality! He decided that he didn’t want to take a nap on the day of the session- Murphy’s law, right?  Isn’t that always what happens?  But despite skipping nap- he rallied amazingly and hung in there through the whole shoot!  (I can’t guarantee my daughter would do that!) Thank you for spending a beautiful afternoon with me, it was such fun!  Best, Rachel

I mean seriously…does it get any cuter? This family is so full of love and joy that it just radiates from them. I photographed this darling little lady even before she entered this world and I was lucky enough to meet her when she was just a little thing. Now she is full of personality and has some of the best cheeks I have ever seen! Here is her beautiful mama (braving the gale force winds for this fun shot!) before “J” arrived.

Boy did we see a change in weather from the first shoot to the second! We met on a gorgeous fall afternoon to do the origional shoot, but dad was stuck at work and couldn’t join us…so we set up the second shoot and wow how the weather had changed- cold and snowy. Both weather elements provided great backdrops for this gorgeous family.

We had a gorgeous fall evening to play in. And boy, don’t they look like they stepped right out of Mother Nature’s wand to fit perfectly into the fall landscape? Thank you for spending a wonderful evening with me.

What a fun day it was and what a whirlwind it was. It was my first day ever offering mini sessions… each family had a 20 minute session geared towards images for holiday cards/ updated family pictures.  We lucked out with weather, as it had been threatening rain/snow…but sunny skies prevailed. I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful group of people to spend the day with. Thank you for being such amazing souls with wonderful heartfelt love for one another. I think your love shows through in the images- even when you only had 20… Read More »

Happy fall to everybody! Can it really be that time of year already? I will be holding a day of mini-sessions on October 9th. This is a great opportunity to get updated photos of your kids to use for holiday cards, holiday gift portraits, or some new portraits to hang on your walls.  Here are the details:  when: Saturday, October 9th, 9-530pm (weather date of October 16) where: Fort Collins how much: $75   includes: ~20-30 minutes of coverage for immediate family members ~Post-session custom image preparation with attention to each image. ~10-15 images presented to… Read More »

Is there ever a better reason to bring the whole family together than the arrival of a new little one? Well, one more celebration -a 40th anniversary!!- added another major milestone to celebrate! Thank you so much for inviting me over to capture your extended family, the newest little girl and the amazing celebrationg of 40 years of love.  You have an INCREDIBLE family that you should be SO proud of! (And thank you for driving your wonderful, completely refurbished, reason you met 40+ years ago…Ford Model A, up to Fort Collins for the photo… Read More »

Life leads you in circles…many speak of the 6 degrees of separation- and if you know me well it seems to be about 3 degrees of separation most of the time- which is fabulous! I love how life is so interconnected. 2 years ago I walked into a birthday party for a then 2 year old… I looked up and said- John what are you doing here? He asked the same question of me. It is indeed a very small world! I have know John since I was about 5 years old. He was my… Read More »