South Florida Wedding Photographer, West Palm Family Photographer, Baby Photographer – Kat Braman

I’m not sure why I didn’t include this one in the original blog post from this shoot, but it’s one of my favorites.  I always give shoots a second look a few months later.  I think it allows me to look at the shots with a more objective eye.

We spent 2 weeks visiting my parents in Breckenridge, Colorado last month.   The weather was way too nice!    Too much sun and warmth and spring skiing.  I was hoping for some awesome powder days but all I got was one day of maybe 5 inches.  Of course it snowed several feet the day after we left.  Had a great time anytime and it was radtastic getting to ski with my family and friends in Breck.  I even got to see a couple of my former ski coaches, which was really cool.

We took a couple of runs on lower Peak 8 first.  We were on the first chair up, so the upper bowls weren’t open yet and I thought it was the perfect time to play around with the fisheye.  This is my sis, BIL and my dad.

I took pictures on the lift of course

After a ride up the Imperial lift and a 15 minute hike, we were ready for some serious fun!  Breck putting in this lift is awesome.  Back in the day, this was an hour long hike.

The view and the crew: Billy Grimes, Mike Niemi, Tereza (sis), Lubos (my dad), and Gary (BIL)

I thought this would show how steep the run is – they were holding the back of my jacket as I took this shot so I wouldn’t fall forward – but you can’t really tell.  I still dig the shot though.

And skiing Lake Chutes – radtastic!

There are places where the light has a magical quality that cannot be described.   And for me, finding one of these places is like letting a two year-old loose in Toys ‘r” Us for the first time.  Feelings of giddiness, awe, excitement – it’s like being let in on some special secret.   I often wonder what the people behind me think when I slam on my brakes because I’ve spotted one of these magical places out of the corner of my eye as I’m speeding down the road.   This empty lot is just down the street from my house and I’ve tucked it away before as a potential location for a session but yesterday when we drove by there was something so amazing in the warmth.  Maybe tomorrow it will go back to being just a cool spot for a session, but yesterday, it was magic.

(more photos to come in another post)