I had a great time photographing the Andringa family at Red Rocks just outside Morrison, Colorado. Winter can be one of the most dramatic times to the year to photograph, especially with the large red sandstone rock formations contrasting with the snow. Their storybook will feature many of the images from this session, It can be viewed below.
Here is the Andringa family’s storybook.
Snow, kids and dogs. What could be more fun in the mountains for a December family portrait.
The Utah desert is one of my favorite places. I love to climb the rocks, paddle the rivers that carve the canyons and photograph the amazing colors and forms. I was so happy to spend two days photographing the Holmes family in this amazing environment. We are going to be offering a few more Moab area photo shoots in 2012. Please let us know if you are interested in joining us to create desert images for your family. I hope you enjoy these images as I had a great time creating them.
The best complement in photography is to have another opportunity to create images for a past client. I had photographed Joel and Lindsay’s wedding in 2006 and now two has become three. Their daughter Aubrey was so cute and quite a trooper during the course of the shoot. She was all curiosity and smiles, playing with pine cones and feeling the rough bark of a ponderosa pine tree. It was a nice warm February day in the mountains outside Boulder, Colorado to create a family portrait. Here are some of my favorite images, Please enjoy!
We have had a very mild winter this year in Colorado. I’m still shooting family portraits in many of my favorite locations in which is very unusual for this time of year and really a nice surprise. The Bridges family gathered together in Denver for Christmas for the first time in years. The children have all moved away and this was going to be a special Christmas and a wonderful opportunity for a family portrait. We scheduled the session months in advance and hoped for the best. A short and busy window with everyone together didn’t allow for the shoot to be rescheduled if we had inclement weather. I have found that when the pressure is on for a one window of opportunity to shoot the unlikely can become not only possible, but great. This was just the case with the Bridges family. The day came and it was 19 degrees and the worst snow storm of the season. If we had the opportunity to reschedule I would have done so, but because of schedule constraints, that was simply not an option. Arriving early to set up before they arrived I found just what I’d feared. It was not just snowing, but really pounding snow and the streets were a sheet of ice.
This is a time when I have to remind myself that this is an amazing and unique opportunity to capture something out of the ordinary. After this shift of mind I saw this cold snowy urban world as a new canvas for me to create something new and interesting. Luckily they were all very willing to play in the snow with me and had great attitudes seeing this as an adventure themselves. As the shoot progressed it just kept getting better and better. My Hensel Porty strobe and it’s batteries held up great in the cold, wet conditions although they were thoroughly soaked in the process. At the end I was wet but warm from all the running around shooting. I am really happy with how these images turned out. I hope to find more adventurous families that are willing to go out in bad weather to create fun unique family portraits.
Peter Holcombe is a Denver - Boulder, Colorado wedding, portrait and commercial photographer. Specializing in portrait photography in dramatic locations. Available globally!
LOVE these pics! Especially the one of the reflection of the family!
I would be interested in knowing your prices for a disabled, widowed, senior. Not rich, but would like some pics to leave behind for my family.
We would be happy to give you more information. Just give us a call and we will explain all the options and think about what would be best to tell your story in images. 303.514.0834
Beautiful!