Affordable Family and Children's photography

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Ask your photographer questions. Why they became a photographer, how or were where they trained, what do the consider their specialty, why do they love their job. You want to look for three things in a photographer, someone with actual training, either on the job or college training, someone who has passion for what they are doing, and someone who you believe you would enjoy spending time around.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. Unlike many photographers who work mainly with adults or who trained with adults my training and work has focused on kids. I have 3 years experience in working almost solely with children and families with small children. Because of this I work hard to get smiles from children I am photographing. I know what makes children in different age groups laugh and smile and I take my time to get those smiles.
Also unlike having your pictures done in a studio with me you will alway get a unique portrait. In a studio the photographers use the same background over and over, they are trained to repeat the same poses. With me every client receives unique portraits and no two sessions are alike.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. We love capturing that perfect moment and creating sometime beautiful. It is the greatest feeling in the world when a new mother tells us about how much they love their babies first portraits because I know that those memories will be preserved and cherished long after the child is grown. We always enjoy meeting new people, and it is great when a previous customer hires us again and we can really get to know them.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Customers commonly ask me: What is the best thing to wear for portraits? Choose something that you like the way you look in. For the best portraits choose outfits that are comfortable and coordinate with the others in your group. Choose solid colors or simple patterns, avoid loud patterns as they can take away from the people in the portrait. Need some ideas? Try something simple like everyone in jeans with either black or white shirts, different shades of the same color, or have everyone wear a solid color shirt in a different color. For small children it is important to choose an outfit that fits well.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. I love to get to know my customers. I would want them to know that I want to get to know them so that I can put as much of their personality into their portraits as possible.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. We are always looking for new ideas for poses and locations. We spend hours looking through portraits to find new ideas and to study techniques used by other photographers. We receive several weekly emails with new photography ideas and techniques and with the latest photography news. We also often compare our pricing to other local photographers. We want to make sure that we are giving the best deals possible so that those that may not be able to afford some other professional photographers can still have beautiful portraits. In addition Adrian is also currently studying Photojournalism at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. I would recommend doing a lot of research and really making sure you know your profession. Many people now think that they can buy a nice digital camera and market themselves as a professional photographer. I would tell them that there is a lot more to it then having a nice camera and knowing what button to push.