Summer Family Outfit Suggestion *Colorado Springs Family Photographer*

Hello everyone. With the weather changing and it's looking more and more like summer, I decided to put together an outfit collage for a Summer Family portrait session.

I think the color ORANGE screams summer and I paired it with whites and grey so it doesn't clash with the bold orange. Also this color scheme could work for any skin type.

Hope you enjoy my little share and when you are ready to book your summer photo session with me, contact me here

Have a great rest of the week.

Signing off,
Grace

E kids *Colorado Springs Children's Photographer*

Happy Monday everyone. I'm counting down this week as it is my kids' last week of school. I can't wait for it. Looking forward to lazy days, sleeping in and exploring our favorite Summer spots with the kiddos. How's your week shaping up to be?

Speaking of kiddos, a few weeks ago, before I took the photos of Ms. Sabrina (you can see some photos from her shoot in this post) I was able to grab her and her siblings for a quick sibling photoshoot. I wrote an online article for Ella Publishing, which can be read here and I needed a photo of siblings. The E kid's mom was so kind to let me capture some special moments for their family and here are some of my favorites...

These kids look so darling and I love how each of them are showing their individual personalities in this group shot.

and of course we "had to" have some fun in this quick photoshoot. Love how the kids gave me their best goofy shot here...

and a little tickle time....

and finally my fave....

Don't let your children grow up without capturing the great relationships they have as a family. I can help you preserve these sweet memories. Find my contact info here and follow us on Facebook here to stay updated with our latest news.

Signing off,

Grace

Ms. Sabrina *Colorado Springs Teen Photographer

Hi all and thanks for stopping by today. About two weeks ago, I was able to capture some great moments for Ms. Sabrina as she turned 16. One of the things that we had wanted to capture was her and her harp. It's rare (I think) to find someone playing the harp so I really wanted that documented in a photo for her. She was super psyched with it and here are the results...

the last one is my fave because she was laughing at my corny joke. If you have had a photoshoot with me, you know I've over used the "banana" joke so many times and for some reason, you all buy it! Hahahaha. Gotta love corny jokes and it's ability to make people laugh.

If you are a teen or senior looking into getting this special time of your life captured in photos, contact me on facebook or find my email address here so we can plan your session soon. I have some great senior packages going on right now so check them out here. I'd love to help you preserve those special memories.

Signing off,
Grace

Baby T One year old Smash Cake session *Colorado Springs Children Photographer*

Hi all and happy Monday. Things are moving along here at Grace Tolman Photography. I did a few sessions in April and have yet to share it here. Hopefully within the next few weeks. I'm also hard at work doing some final touches for my Photography Workshop at my local scrapbook store this weekend. Are you local and looking for a great way to learn more about all the great things you can do with your camera? Register today. You can learn more about the workshop in this post and also check out Simple Pleasure's facebook page here.

So a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of photographing another blue eyed boy! I have mentioned before that one of the driving force for me to start my business was to be able to photograph blue eyed children. I'm not sure why that's the case, maybe because my own kids' eyes are hazel. Not that they're not beautiful but the blue eyes just always grabbed my attention.

Anyways, I was able to take some photos of Baby T just before he hit one year old. We had a fun backdrop filled with balloons and a cake to smash and EAT! What could be better than that?!

Here's some of my faves from that shoot.....

 and after a few more cute shots, we dived into the fun part....cake smashing!

and this is all time fave....

Thank you for stopping by and here's the link for the workshop post again. Other than the rainy weather we are having today, we've had some great "photographing" days lately. Are you looking to get a spring/summer photo done? Book now while we still have some great sunshine-y weather and before it gets too hot. You can find my contact info here.

Signing off,

Grace

Baby A coming soon *Colorado Springs Maternity Photographer*

I'm thinking about our Motherhood journeys lately. There's so many stages of motherhood and the first one of course is the "expecting" stage. Look on to see a maternity shoot I did recently...

Isn't my model looking oh so pretty.

and this is my favorite from all the images. I love how this photo shows anticipation, waiting and maybe some worries the mother to be might be feeling. But even with all of that, there's a certain calmness in her face that just draws me to her face everytime I look at this image.

Evoking certain emotions is always my driving force when I click on the shutter button of my camera. Would you like me to help you with creating memories for you and your family? Learn more here.

Signing off,

Grace

Senior Outfit Suggestions *Colorado Springs Senior Photographer*

Outfits for photoshoots can be one of your most favorite part of preparing for the shoot OR it can be the part that you dread the most. If you are the latter well I just might have some ideas here for you...

I had put this together at Polyvore.com. If you are a fashionista or just want to "visually" see outfits put together before you actually wear them, then that place is something YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT!

In this collage, I had put three outfits togehter. One that's hip and trendy, another that's casual and the last one is more formal. These three can all work for my "Awesome" and "Totally Rad" packages in this year's Senior Portrait Packages. See this post for more details.

then I found this in Pinterest. Now I could've made my own boy collage but to be honest, I'm not very good at "men's outfits" and so I decided to use someone else's idea on this one. But don't you see how cool this can be. Just one pair of pants and three different tops would really give you lots of choices for pictures.

So there you have it. Again, make sure you check out our new SENIOR PORTRAIT PACKAGES in this post and if you are ready to book, click here for more info.

Have a great day.

Signing off,

Grace

In Print *Colorado Springs Family Photographer*

Yippeeee! It's finally here. One of the things I continue to pursue is publication. It's fun to see your photos in print and eventhough most of the time I don't get that happy email, when they do come I'm over the moon for months. Such was the case when one of my photos was picked up Creating Keepsakes magazine. CK is a scrapbook and papercrafting magazine which has an ongoing Photo tip column. For their May/June issue the topic was framing and I was honored that they picked one of my photos to be published. Look here....

Here's the cover of the magazine, incase you want to check it out at your local craft or book store. *wink*

and here's my photo on page 93.

I love that this column always give the technical specs of each photos. I learn alot just by looking at how fellow photographers adjust their camera settings to get specific shots.

Here's a better view of the photo published....

Here's a great example of why I love learning depth of field and the beauty of being able to adjust the aperture of my DSLR camera.

Are you looking into improving your Photography skills and live in the Colorado Springs area? I'm offering a Beginner's Photography Workshop at the Simple Pleasures store on May 12th.

Visit the Simple Pleasure website or stop by the store to register.

Have a great week my friends.

Signing off,
Grace