Micah + Kessany (wedding) – Colorado Springs, CO

by Megan January 11, 2016 in Personal, Wedding Photography 0 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Wedding Photography, Hillside Gardens, Personal, Weddings
Micah and Kessany’s wedding in Colorado Springs, Colorado at Hillside Gardens. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day for a wedding. Isn’t Colorado an incredible place for a wedding? The sky! Cheers to 2016 Weddings and photographing what we really love. Megan

Beauty from Ashes

by Megan July 16, 2012 in Family Portraits, Personal 7 comments tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs
“Bestow on them a crown of beauty  instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” – Isaiah 61:3 I have a story to tell you. A story filled with joy and hope. I met this family when their oldest daughter, Morgan, was planning her wedding and they hired me to be the wedding photographer. They are a wonderful, life-giving family. My heart sank when I received an email from Morgan a week after she saw that I was offering to do photos for families that lost their homes in the Waldo Canyon Fire. Her father lost his home and it was in one of the heavily damaged neighborhoods. It was the home that meant the most to them all. We set up a time to do the photos and when we met last night, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Typically a joyful family, I still questioned how we would do this shoot. Would it filled with tears? Would it be something the family really didn’t want to do? The weather was beautiful and I couldn’t have […]

A new focus.

by Megan May 18, 2012 in Personal, Portraits, Wedding Photography 0 comments
I take for granted every time I make a meal for my kids just how easy it is. How easy it is to turn on my stove, heat something up in my microwave, or bake a cake. But did you know that there are still many of us, 3 billion to be exact, out there who cook over open flame for every meal? That means there’s “1 in 2 of us have to walk over 10 miles and spend over 30 hours a week to collect wood, spend up to 35% of our income on purchasing fuel, expose ourselves to harm and smoke the equivalent of 40 cigarettes a day according to the World Health Organization (WHO) just to cook. The WHO has also estimated that harmful cookstove smoke is the fourth worst overall health risk factor in developing countries behind malnutrition, unsafe sex and lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Killing 1.6 million each year, women and children are disproportionately the majority of deaths related to indoor cooking smoke. Surprisingly indoor cooking smoke is the number 1 killer of children under the age of 5 (that’s ahead of AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and water-borne diseases).” — The Paradigm […]

Phineas (2 months old)

by Megan January 14, 2012 in Newborn Photography, Personal 2 comments tags: Baby Photography, Colorado, Colorado Springs
There’s something about taking newborn photos without any props that soothes my soul. The images show quiet moments. Soft, cuddly baby parts. Life in a world where time doesn’t exist and there’s no worries or stress. It’s natural and real. And I’m in love. I’m in love with a little man named Phineas. He came into my life 2 months ago and now I can’t imagine my life without him. I want to remember these moments because as they did with my other two sons, the moments went by so quickly. I want to remember the swirl on the top of his head, his chunky little legs. In just a few months he’ll be crawling and laughing, and then he’ll have opinions and greater needs than just being with his momma in these quiet moments in my room. I hope you enjoy this sneak peek into my heart. – Megan

For Japan With Love

by Megan March 15, 2011 in Personal 0 comments tags: Community, Personal
There are certain events that happen and they seem so unbelievable. Events so unfathomable for those of us on the other side of the TV screen. My husband and I sat on our couch last night watching home videos taken of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan while it was happening by those who experienced it first hand; there were hundreds of videos. My heart hurts for the people of Japan and I can’t even imagine what they are going through. So many people afraid, hurting, so many people missing. Their world was turned upside down in just minutes and it’s long from over for them. There are some wonderful ladies at Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours who put together For Japan With Love. It’s a way for us to donate to Japan and all the money goes to ShelterBox. Each box is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items. Each box costs $1000 and they are trying to raise enough money to buy 5 boxes. ShelterBox is already on […]