colleen merrill photography

I am woefully behind on my blog posts…I’m determined to get up to date.  For now, enjoy these two recent senior portrait shoots and stay tuned!

Taylor is such a sweet girl, who seems really wise for her years.  We had a fun time walking around downtown near five-points looking for neat backdrops for her senior portraits.  I think we successfully found some interesting areas, and I’m really pleased with the results!  Have fun being a senior, Tay!

I have known Sabreena since she was a baby.  So, it’s really hard to believe that she will be graduating from college this year!  She is a super laid back and fun person, so this shoot was a lot of fun.  She has grown into a beautiful young woman and I am so excited for her to epxerience her senior year of high school and get out into the “real” world!!  Good luck Bree!

Little Taylor was such a joy to photograph!  She has this sweet little shy smile and is so giggly and curious.   It was a little chilly this day, but Taylor was a trooper and kept smiling for me even when her nose turned pink and her cheeks got rosey.

I met Andrea at a friend’s birthday party and soon discovered that we share the same last name!  Perhaps her husband and my husband are distant relatives.  I was so excited when she asked me to take photos of her pregnant belly.  She’s adorable pregnant and her husband and two boys are so excited for baby Zoe’s arrival.  I had a really fun time photographing them!

Every year I have so much fun taking the annual team photos for the DU Pioneers Cheerleading Team.   I’m unofficially the official cheer photographer.   Check out their web page for individual pictures of the girls.

So, I wasn’t sure if this day was going to be the best day for outdoor pictures.  But, the falling snow ended up creating the perfect backdrop for Nicole & Jeremy’s Christmas pictures!  It was pretty chilly too, but that just helped these two snuggle close to stay warm.

Little Elina was such a treat to photograph.  She’s such a mellow, good-natured baby, and was happy to just chill out and let me take her picture.  Her mom and dad are pretty mellow and good-natured so that must be where she gets it from.

I had the pleasure of spending a crisp Sunday morning keeping up with the Joneses: two adorable boys, two adoring parents, and two very well-behaved & photogenic doggies.  

I hope that if William and Marzerlena (Z) have another baby, they chose a name that starts with “Y”…then it will be complete, W, X, Y & Z!   However, even without the letter Y, William and Z have the most adorable little almost-2-year-old, Xavier!  He’s head strong and knows exactly what he wants, and he’s also super sweet and really smart.   I had fun photographing him playing around in his room last weekend.