{"id":3805,"date":"2010-05-19T20:59:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T03:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2010-05-19T20:59:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T03:59:26","slug":"real-life-portraits-colorado-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/real-life-portraits-colorado-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"real life portraits &#124; colorado springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This spring I had an epiphany&#8211;I want to start offering sessions that capture families in the same way I photograph my own family.\u00a0 No posing, no pretty backgrounds&#8211;just real life.\u00a0 I love beautiful portraits, but the pictures I cherish the most are the snapshots that show our life.\u00a0 Where we hang out, what we do, how we show our love at this very moment. In the future I&#8217;ll be offering two types of family portrait sessions&#8211;Real Art Portraits, where the focus will be on creating beautiful art with loose posing and carefully selected backgrounds; and Real Life Portraits, where we&#8217;ll focus on capturing the details of your life right now&#8211;no posing.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle, Nick, and Ava were game to be my guinea pigs and have the first Real Life session.\u00a0 We decided to capture a typical evening at their house&#8211;dinner, bath and story time.\u00a0\u00a0 I absolutely love the results and hope you do, too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I walked in the door, this is what I saw:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings24\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pizza for dinner!\u00a0 Danielle makes an amazing crust!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love this shared family glance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While the pizzas were cooking, there was some princess time.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings05\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And some chasing daddy time.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings07\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The motion blur here just makes me smile&#8211;this girl is on the move!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings08\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And then Ava showed me her room.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love this&#8211;mouth half full, looking at her momma mischievously, head barely clearing the table.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Babies and their daddies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3833\" title=\"familyportraitphotographer1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyportraitphotographer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bath time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"familyportraitphotographer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyportraitphotographer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m going to say love again for the 20th time this post, but I *LOVE* how Danielle is looking at Nick here.\u00a0 She likes him.\u00a0 And I know Ava will love this photo when she&#8217;s older&#8211;it&#8217;s so fun to see photos of your parents where their love sparkles through!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings17\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every mother spends a completely ridiculous amount of time dressing her children.\u00a0 If girls knew what they were in for, they would NEVER dress up their dolls over and over and over&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings19\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings20\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bed time! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings22\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"familyphotographercoloradosprings23\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/familyphotographercoloradosprings23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"568\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring I had an epiphany&#8211;I want to start offering sessions that capture families in the same way I photograph my own family.\u00a0 No posing, no pretty backgrounds&#8211;just real life.\u00a0 I love beautiful portraits, but the pictures I cherish the most are the snapshots that show our life.\u00a0 Where we hang out, what we do, 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