Mike and Nicole (Maternity)

I met these two several years ago through Matt. He was friends with them through college. The four of us have so much fun together and I am so excited that they are going to have a baby girl! She is due the day after our wedding so sadly neither of them could be in the wedding or for that matter even come. But we couldn't be happier for them. They live just outside of Denver, I love having friends in cool places so I stayed with them a couple nights after vacationing with my family in Rocky Mountain National Park (more on that later). It worked out perfectly so I could get maternity pictures. Hopefully we will be able to visit soon after the baby is born!

Oh and Nicole loves black and white, so I made sure to include several.


We started off taking pictures in the nursery. Its all ready and waiting for baby to come home.








I love the theme they chose.




Marina Werner :)
























This is there crazy, quirky, cute dog Tucker. He is black lab/border collie.









We went off to a nearby park later that day. I really like this one:





























Nicole saw these next two on the back of the camera and said, "my belly looks so big!"




Last shot of the shoot and my favorite.


I can't wait until I get to hold their sweet little baby girl. They are my first friends to have a baby. :)

Jake's 4th Birthday

My dog Jake turned 4 today! This is actually the first birthday since I've known him (when he was about 1) that I've kept tracked. I felt like this milestone deserved a photo shoot. I've never really "officially" taken my dogs out to do a shoot with them. I've only ever really taken pictures of them when we are somewhere cool or they are doing something cute.

Sadly I do not have any puppy pictures to share. Matt got him (before we met) when he was a small puppy and the pictures were just adorable. Unfortunately they burned in a house fire over a year ago.


Outside for a quick photo shoot.









Jake's only 4 and his muzzle is already turning white :( sad.




This was one of Jake's birthday presents.




Oliver wanted it too.




Look how high Jake got! Super dog.














Here are some old favorites taken over the years.









Jake loves to go camping




and Matt likes putting shirts on him.









Oliver was such a fuzzy little puppy here. They were best friends even from the beginning.




Jake was a bit jealous because Oliver had a bone.

Website updates

After two years of business, I've finally updated some of the pictures on my website..
My awesome web designer Stephanie Zuroff, showed me how to change the pictures myself. I updated the weddings, engagements and portraits sections. Those were the original three galleries I had when I first published the website. I've added the other galleries since then and didn't need to update those. Wow was it hard to pick out just a few of my best shots. Looking through my archives and trying to select only a few was really hard! It definitely made me proud of all that I have accomplished these past two years.

Check out some screen shots :) Leave me a comment below if you found yourself in any of the pictures on the site!


Wedding Portfolio:










Engagement Portfolio:










Portrait Portfolio:










www.silverleafphotos.com

Happy 2nd Birthday Silverleaf Photography!

I can't believe my business is two years old!

I am so proud of what I have accomplished these past two years and all the hard work and dedication I have put into it. Don't get me wrong, owning my photography business has made me extremely humble at times (when looking at other photographers' work), but I have very high hopes and aspirations.

Keeping the trend from last year, I am going to fill this post with pictures of me taking pictures. I also have a few of my newest business partner/second shooter, my fiance Matt. Hopefully he can put up with weddings long enough to keep shooting with me for a while.

Still haven't been able to change my weird face I make when taking pictures...














I'm taking a picture of a ring on the rocks :)




I look happy about what I see.




Apparently whatever I am saying is very interesting.




That dumb dress kept bunching up in the back :( Its too bad because I really like the dress.




Haha, here I am trying to tell them how to put their hands. I don't think they quite understood what I meant.




My newest business partner :) Isn't he adorable with that camera?!




This is going in our wedding slideshow :)



















Ducking out of the way for guest pictures.









I'm not trying to take a picture of the sky here, I promise. I was trying to see how the photo looked. It was a really bright day!







I hope you enjoyed these. I'm looking forward to many more great years of my business! Thank you to all of my amazing clients I've had so far! I couldn't do it without you.