We have a few new cards this year, and some of the same ones from last year, because I love so many of them still.

We offer 5×7 postcards, 5×5 postcards, and 5×5 tri-folds.  All cards come with white envelopes and take around 2 weeks to print and ship. Please get in touch with Charlotte at Trystan Photography 719-359-5520 to place your orders.
There are 3 different pages of cards on this blog post, just FYI. Here are the samples…

These are the 5×7 post card with front and back designs- $85 for 25 cards

More cards continued on next page…

Thank you Shawn, Stacy and Jacob for letting me capture your beautiful family, in a beautiful area that has so many memories to me!

I met Mr. W and his wonderful parents at the wedding of his Aunt Heather and new Uncle Arion, last year! You may remember this spotlight on Heather and Arion’s fabulous wedding.

Mr.W is on his 3rd session from his first year of photos, which includes 3,6,9 and 12 month photos shoots.  The session I’m posting today is from the most recent session with Mr. W (9 months), and so far my most favorite.  I’ve said this several times, and I’ll say it again, I love 9 month olds!!!   This age is truly such a fun age. With all the funny faces, and smiles, and innocent expressions all in one!

I started noticing about 1/3 of the way into our session that Mr. W kept making this little hand gesture, like he was holding up the number 1.  His parents told me, this was a new and very common thing for him to do. It was hilarious,you have to watch the slideshow below! I think in about every other shot, he made this gesture.  These are the little things that I love to capture at these precious ages. I can’t wait to see what this little man has in store for me at his one year session.  He is already walking with his little push car (as you can see in some photos on the slideshow) at nine months!!!! So, I have a feeling I will be getting my exercise at our next session, no doubt about that!

Meet Valerie and her son, Joe…

Valerie lives next door and her son, Joe, and my daughter, Allie, have become best buds. Such good buds, Allie is determined her and Joe will be getting married in the future, she’s just “waiting for a ring”. It’s cute… but scary how fast they grow up!
Valerie’s hubby, Dave, is currently deployed and won’t be back till June… she wanted to have some pictures taken of her and Joe to send to him. So we headed out east of Colorado Springs to where she boards her horse and had a blast playing around on the farm. It was a gorgeous March day, the sun was shining and we couldn’t have asked for better weather.
Joe looks incredibly handsome in his cowboy hat and Valerie always looks gorgeous! I look forward to doing a session with them once Dave returns this summer, so keep your eyes open for this cute family later this year!

Recently I received a call from Marcus and Jessica’s Mom, asking if I could pull off a last minute photo shoot, that would include the rest of the siblings as well. This photo session was particularly touching to me, because it was being done on account of Marcus’, and the fact that the next day he would be leaving for the Military for 5 years.
I can not put into words how loving this family is. Mom and Dad have been married for almost 30 years and have done such an amazing job raising such a caring and tight-nit family, something I think we all pray for with our own little families!  I know this photo shoot was particularly hard for them, knowing that Marcus was leaving the next day and it will be awhile before they get to hug him again.  But for all the sacrifices Marcus and his family will have to make in the next few years, I must take this moment to say “thank you” ! You are truly an amazing soul Marcus, and you will be in my thoughts and prayers as you train and become a part of something, that is set up to protect me and my family!

Everyday, and every time I have the opportunity to photograph and capture time, I truly realize the impact my job has and what an honor it is for me to document these moments. Please enjoy the slide show of the photo session below and send out a little thought or prayer for Marcus, his family and all other military personnel, that work so hard to keep our country safe!

I can’t guarantee they will not all come in batches of 3 or 4 during the busy months, but they will be blogged! All the family sessions, all the kids, all the seniors, everything!  For all of our loyal blog readers, who happen to be portrait clients too and are still waiting to read a blog about your session, I am so sorry for dropping the ball.  Guess that just means you’ll have to come back in, sooner than later, for another session *wink*!

With that said, meet the W Family and their adorable little Mr. A, whom just turned one. Mr. A is probably one of the happiest kids I have ever photographed!  I mean, look at that smile! Don’t you just want to eat him up? These photos were taken at the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver, which is such a great winter weather option for photos. The pavilion is perfect for kids and smaller family portrait sittings. Enjoy!

Amanda, Lenee and Britney were so much fun, and you can totally tell from their session! Amanda wanted funky, graffiti wall type pictures and I think we did a good job making that happen! Britney didn’t want to let go of her Dora book, but that’s okay …  it captures the moment! Lenee is a beautiful young lady and was a great help with her little sister!

Thanks Amanda, for allowing me to photograph you and your beautiful girls!

Seeing these four together again brings such joy to my heart. Mark just got back from his third tour in Iraq. I am so happy (and relieved!) that he made it home safely… I photographed the Shepherds right before Mark left for Iraq and then again just now when he returned. It was a great pleasure to photograph them again… after that long year apart put behind them, them knowing their family will always be together from here on out!

And thank you to Mark… who has sacrificed so much to serve his country. To keep us safe… you are a true American hero and I feel honored to call you a friend!

Ariana, Eli and Jackson were so much fun to photograph… first we went to the flower gardens at MVP to take some nice pictures and then the kiddos changed into their favorite play clothes and we headed to the playground to get some pictures of them playing! Such a fun family! And get this… these three are the youngest of the 8 kids! Fun AND busy family!

I did a favor for my good friend last week near Dallas, TX and while I was there I got to photograph this wonderful family! They live in a dinky little town (compared to Colorado Springs!) but my friend recommended this little church to do portraits at… and I am so glad she did! It was perfect! I wish we had something like that around here! Gorgeous family, gorgeous setting… what more could a photographer ask for!

Jenn is a gorgeous mama-to-be! She has two handsome boys and is expecting a precious baby girl in August!
I cannot wait to meet her little princess and take her pictures!

My good friend, Kim, is in the hospital right now waiting to deliver her baby girl. She’s only 35 weeks along so she’s on hospital bedrest to try and keep that little girl cookin’ for at least another week. We had her maternity pictures planned for this coming weekend but since she won’t be leaving the hospital anytime soon… we decided to do some maternity pictures in her room. Her doctors allowed her to be up for a while to do them and it was a lot of fun!

There’s nothing better than doing something you’ve never done before… experimenting and having fun!

Cannot wait for her little one to arrive! But hopefully it’s not for another week or two!

This gorgeous mama-to-be was a blast to photograph… she was more than willing to do what I wanted and was such a good sport! She was glowing and just stunningly beautiful. I cannot wait to photograph the birth of her little boy and, of course, do his newborn portraits!

And here’s a little slide show of some family photos we did too!

A while back I sorted through my maternity photos to update my website and hadn’t had a chance to post some of my favorites from 2008… so here they are. Enjoy and call soon to schedule your session!

However, we have recently started to realize the scope of our limitations, and we are terrified that our customer service has begun to suffer under the current level of demand. Also, with the pressure of dealing with the tremendous volume of photographs that need to be processed, we’re convinced that the quality of our work will begin to diminish if the current workload continues…

So with that said, we’ve decided that the there has never been a more applicable philosophy than “less is more”, and we have updated our portrait pricing accordingly.

Our goal for Trystan Photography has always been to develop the regions’ most exciting fine art / boutique photography studio with a select client base dedicated to sharing in our grand experiment of capturing the rarest moments of life in as artful and exceptional a presentation as possible.

We’re very excited about our updated price structure for Charlotte’s portraits. To view the new pricing, please visit:

Baby, Children, HS Senior / Adult and Family Protrait Pricing

and

Boudoir, & Maternity/Newborn Pricing

Trystan Photography is excited to announce that May is Family Portrait Month! In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re giving away free family sessions all month long! Simply book an indoor or outdoor family portrait sitting between May 1st – 31st, 2008 and you’ll recieve the sitting for free (our $25 deposit is still required to book, but it will be applied in full to your print order).

Please make sure you visit our family portrait samples from areas around Colorado Springs and Denver, and check out our portrait prices.

Such a beautiful little family!