CLASSIC BLACK AND WHITE NEWBORN IMAGERY

There is just something special about a beautiful black and white portrait. When I first began to study and experiment with photography I was still in high school and digital photography didn’t exist yet. I learned to take photographs on film and to develop my own images in a darkroom. I had to choose before each roll of film went into my camera if I would be creating color or black and white images. I can close my eyes and still smell the developing solution. I remember the excitement that comes with the anticipation of seeing my images slowly come to life while floating in the developing trays. I could happily spend hours upon hours in the quiet darkness creating my art. My love for film will never end and although digital photography has changed my workflow for most client sessions and allowed me to decide if an image will be color or black and white after it has been taken, I still approach each frame as if it were precious and limited like those on a roll of film.

Someone recently asked me how I know which images should be color and which images should be black and white. My only way of explaining it is that I know as soon as I see an image on my screen during post processing what is “right”. It’s a feeling I get based on the light, the subjects in the portrait and the emotion of each image. This beautiful mother son newborn session included both color and black and white images but every time I go back through their gorgeous gallery, I feel so connected and fall more and more in love with the black and whites.

Mama’s dresses are both from my Client Wardrobe.

Thank you so much for being here! I’m Kami Vanous, founder of Lucky Friday Studios and a leading Denver, Colorado maternity, newborn and baby photographer. My beautiful natural light photography studio is located in Centennial, Colorado and I serve clients from all around Denver, Littleton, Ken Caryl Ranch, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Cherry Hills, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree, Englewood, Castle Rock, Parker and surrounding areas. I have more than 13 years of experience photographing motherhood, babies and young families, and I would love the opportunity to work with you to create something beautiful.

To see more of my work, please spend some time looking through my portfolio. If you are drawn to my art and are looking for a maternity, newborn and baby photographer, I would love to chat about how we can to begin planning your session together to create the images you’ve been dreaming of.

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