Gorgeous Nicole

My daughter's BFF from pre school modeled for photographer Ken Mellott and me at my new favorite location. Ken brought the big guns: his Alien Bee 800 and a huge softbox. I usually don't like to cart a lot of gear around...especially heavy stuff like lights, softboxes and battery packs...but wow...we wouldn't have gotten images like these without the beautiful soft light that these Bee's produce.

Thank you Nicole for spending a Sunday afternoon with us and to Tori for acting as "stylista" and photo assistant!
Here are a few from the shoot.

The "Griswolds"

If we are in town for the holidays, part of the celebration preparation includes searching for the perfect Charlie Brown Christmas tree in a national forest. This year we ventured into the Woodland Park area south of Colorado Springs. Here is my My husband aka: "Clark Griswold" and daughter finding and "bagging" that special pine!