Memorial Health Systems Golf Tournament

Robert and I spent the day yesterday at The Broadmoor (one of our very favorite spots in Colorado Springs) for the Memorial Health Systems Golf Tournament. The Foundation is a very special group to me that I volunteer time and services on their behalf. And it was an honor to be able to photograph the participants yesterday as they each had a great time and we enjoyed some of Colorado's... umm.... beautiful and unpredictable weather patterns! :)

So, here you can see some of the behind the scenes shots from our day.
Our view from our setup at the 1st tee box.

We were so excited to be the exclusive photographer for the event!

Golfers getting ready for the shotgun start...

Oh, Lord... and here goes Rob with the camera. I'm not saying he's a bad photgrapher, but I'm just saying that I do much better on the other side of the camera -- definitely better behind it than in front.

Fun People

I have always thought that the best photo sessions come when people bring their senses of humor with them and leave stresses and worries at home. No need to worry if your hair is perfect or any fussy stuff. My tag line for my business, as interpreted via my best friend Shawn, "tell the story without saying a word..." Above all else, I have always wanted every session to give you great insight into a person's life and personality without having to have any words accompany it. And the photos to the side will tell you exactly the kind of fun personality Kindra and Craig have and I laughed so hard at them and their silliness that I just love...

Kindra and Craig came into the studio ready to have fun. I LOVE that about them! Not to mention that they are just beautiful and a photographer's dream, but they had THE greatest idea to do like a "photo booth" session, so this is what we came up with for them. I think it's such a great idea that I'll start doing it more when I get those fun-loving couples in the studio.

We'll see more from Kindra and Craig's session later, but I just loved these too much and had to share them right away.

Thanks, guys, for being sooooo much fun!

We Are the Champions!!!

Ok, maybe we're really not, but I'm listening to that song right now and it seems fitting that we just received notice that we have won an award with EMotion Media and their ShareIt Videos that we are using!! Woo hoo!!!! This is so exciting and a HUGE honor!

So, turn up your volume and watch our award-winning video, which we've designed with our seniors in mind. We also have families who really love them, too...

http://shareitvideo.com/watch.php?event_id=1720

Sue Barnes

This is Sue Barnes, one of my most beautiful (and oh my heck - most FIT) clients, shown here with her equally beautiful family from their recent family portrait session. Congratulations to Sue, who won her division's FIRST PLACE in a half marathon yesterday!!! I cannot imagine running one mile, let alone 13!!!!!! Wow!! That is a huge deal and we are so very proud of her!!!

Sweet Kennedy

Now, since just having written the previous post, I've got "Sweet Kennedy" stuck in my head. And here she is -- our little juicy caboose of the Lee clan - and as I was trying to get some cute photos of her, we settled on the fact that, ok, we won't have a meltdown and Mommy won't force you to wear that bow and unlike any of the others, Kennedy hates having her picture made. Would NOT go in front of the lights - cried, screamed, and just would not have it. The first time EVER in my photographic career where I could not get a kid to warm up and let me do portraits... and it's my own kid! We think it could actually just be because we're a little bit spoiled to mommy.... oh, well. You only get one caboose, right? :) Oh, yes - photos courtesy of Lawson Lee.

Sweet Child of Mine

Each of our kids have "their song" that we've given to them. Lawson's got "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison. Kennedy's got Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," where we all will change the words as we burst out into song and you hear, "SWEET KENNEDYYYYY..... DUN-DUN-DUNNN!!!" And here's little Garrett -- oh, how much more "boy" could God have put in this little 4-year-old man... And our song for him is Sheryl Crow's version of "Sweet Child of Mine" - especially the part of "he's got eyes of the bluest skies...." and he does. And Garrett loves trains, so we took off to the tracks close by our house - I only got one presentable image of Garrett, as the rest of him were of the back of his head as he was running to FIND a train... oh, what a way to give Mommy a heart attack.... :) Garrett, I love you and had so much fun on our own little photo shoot. We'll do it again and we'll find a train next time.

Labor Day and Family Time

So, I decided to take a day off... well, while we've been busy in the office, I didn't book any sessions for today and here's why. You photographers know that people expect you to have THE best and most photos of your kids, but it gets so busy that (at least around here), our own babies take the backseat when it comes to having their portraits done. People don't even know what little Kennedy looks like (I just read your comment, Jessica Hughes! :) !! So, I did some portraits of my own babies on this little holiday. And this is Lawson. Most people familiar with the website know her well, as she's by far the most photographed of the Lee children - well, she's just been around the longest, that's why! :)

And when she came downstairs dressed up like this, I HAD to get photos of our little girly-girl princess all decked out in full hip-hop attire (complete with the Betty Boop shirt -- cracks me up!!) Oh, and this first one -- don't you LOVE it when you catch your kids doing something when they don't know you're watching? I'm lovin' this little dance scene! :)
The little hip-hop princess -- still that same face of the "Tiny Dancer" photo with the pink ballerina skirt...

My personal favorite: Tough girl with Betty Boop shirt -- now, WHOSE daughter is THIS! :)

This one makes me laugh because Lawson cracked up when she saw it and said she had "chubby cheeks like Kennedy!" :)