Tag Archives: cristine strickland
sweet newborn girl
A little sneak peek for Amanda. This beautiful baby girl had a perfect session. She didn’t sleep the whole time but almost. And really…not a squeak out of her.

baby boy in red

ordinary everyday life | week 9
I skipped a week. I didn’t really, but I didn’t post it here. This week I went off tangent. The prompt was homework and well…we just didn’t do a lot of homework this week. Haley is PARCC testing and her …

woodland baby | outdoor newborn photography
I’m ready for spring. SOOOO ready for spring. This little one is one from last summer. Baby number five for a close friend and photographer, Kim Rodgers of Brink Street Photography in Denver, Colorado. We took her little one outdoors for …

ordinary everyday life | week 7
She took the cogAT on Monday. The rest of the school had the day off and my baby girl had to get up and take a three hour test. She was so sick but it was required for the advanced curriculum …

grand junction lifestyle newborn portrait
So little. They are so very little for such a short time.

ordinary everyday life | week six
Week six. Our ordinary everyday life theme is relationships and who can resist the relationship between a boy and his dog? Both are quite the cuddlers and it works well for them. Walker is my eight year old and my …

grand junction newborn photography
Sweet little Emilie made her appearance on my Facebook page last spring with her newborn session. A little bird told me last week that she’s soon to be a big sister! These two will be almost exactly the same age …

ordinary everyday life | week 5
This weeks Ordinary Everyday Life theme was fashion and it just didn’t speak to me. Maybe because my little girl has out grown her Matilda Jane and prefers to wear jeans and camo and Under Armour over ruffles and pink …

newborn photography | Fruita, Colorado
Newborn photography makes me sigh. If they could only stay this little always.

Sleeping baby boy
A sleeping baby usually makes for a happy baby upon waking. If I could perfectly time every session for right as a nap is ending I would. Three minutes later Little Mister here was full of smiles and ready …

ordinary everyday life | week 4
This is Bruce. He’s our old man teddy bear. Well, Bruce and Emily. Em’s not one to be left out of anything her family is doing including giving Bruce a bath. This week’s Ordinary Everyday P52 theme is “responsibilities or chores” and …

Family portraits on the Grand Mesa
I’m often asked if I still take family portraits or if I only photograph babies. The answer is YES!! I love to watch your families grow. The Pennell family chose to have their fall portrait session on The Grand Mesa …

lifestyle portraits
I love what I do. I love lifestyle portraits, just you and your family being you. This little one hammed it up on his parents bed while I photographed him last week, exactly one year after I photographed him for his newborn …

ordinary everyday life | week 3
I am loving that I’m picking up my camera and documenting us. I love the motion blur in these. The tentativeness in Walker’s expressions. The giggles. These are perfectly flawed. These are real life. Week three’s theme for our Ordinary …

grand junction newborn photographer
Just a little peek of a recent newborn.

baby toes | grand junction newborn photographer
Sweet baby toes. They always get me.

Baby girl sneak peek
I just adore getting to snuggle with all these newborns! This gorgeous little one was on the other side of my lens a couple of weeks ago. More of her as soon as her family sees all of her beautiful …

Crushing on baby Crush
Meet Crush. Newest brother in a family of four boys. Isn’t that name just adorable. I should have asked his mom where it came from, if it has any other meaning besides the serious crush she must have had on …

One of mine and we’re sneaking out again!
Last week, my kids and I snuck out of Grand Junction for a few days. One of my dads retired and we were able to catch the tail end of his party and then extend our visit just to hang …

Talk to you soon!
A quick note to let you know that I’ll be unavailable for a few days. I’ll return phone calls and emails on Monday. I’ll leave you with one of my favorite family portraits from last fall taken in Montrose, Colorado. …

sneak peek for the Wilcox family
These two beauties came all the way over from Denver for their photography playdate with me. Rebecca, enjoy your sneak peek. I can’t wait to show you the rest of them.

uriah day one, montrose birth photography
Birth photography is something that I have always been pulled to. With my first child, I have images of my baby crowning that I took myself. I had a photographer friend lined up and for some reason that I can’t …

olathe sweet corn, grand junction photographer
A week or so ago I was headed home after a long newborn session in Montrose. I love that little stretch of corn fields between Olathe and Delta and often I drive that road at sunset and think, “man…if I …

sneak peek, grand junction photographer
A quick sneak of Vanessa Young, from Overdramatic Party Girl‘s oldest daughter. I photographed this sweet thing when she was just over a year old and look at her now! She sure has grown into a beautiful little girl.

baby dalton | 13 days new | grand junction newborn photographer
I met Mackenzie at a Birth Smart Belly Talk this spring. I’ve partnered with Birthsmart and have been photographing their events all year so they would have images for the media and for their website. Mackenzie Dodge is the morning show …

coming soon…a whole new me

newborn baby boy | grand junction photographer
Just a quick sneak peek for Tristan’s family from yesterday’s newborn session. Such a sweet boy he is. I had lots of hands on time with him and enjoyed every minute of it.

share a cup of tea? | grand junction lifestyle photography
A few weeks ago, little Miss Olivia and I shared a morning of tea, giggles and first steps. Mom had scheduled a lifestyle photography session to capture the passing of her little one’s first birthday. I think lifestyle is my …

sneak peek for Jenn
Chirping crickets. That’s what I heard while I was proofing late last night. And that’s what you all have been hearing on the blog lately. I’ve got several sneak peeks to post and some gorgeous pictures to post from a …
