The Relay For Life event is something that’s been around for a long time, but it took knowing cancer survivors personally, and getting to know them, before I realized exactly how important these events really are! “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” This quote rings true with EVERY […]

I was originally supposed to photograph a birth session for child number eight, baby Cora! However, when Cora decided to come early we changed the newborn session to a large family lifestyle session, right there in their home! It ended up being so much fun! Meet the Martinek family. Eight kids all together and they […]

Family photos are awesome, but when the family is THIS big, you know that BIG love will show up in those large family photos!

Many unfortunate tragedies revolve around water. Sadly, I know this from personal experience. The devastation of something once fun turning deadly in an instant is one no one should have to experience. That’s why I am so incredibly grateful that there are places like Little Fins Swim School, where they teach an infant and child […]

“You are the Peanut Butter to my Jelly.” Meet Shelby and Will. I had the pleasure of doing their engagement session last year, https://mandypenn.com/2018/10/10/shelby-will-engagement, and was given the privilege to capture their amazing, and beautifully rustic wedding, at The Wedgewood, in Black Forest…which is becoming a favorite venue to shoot at. The Wedgewood, in Black […]

These little cuties have been obsessed with the water, so a mermaid birthday party at Mermaid Cove was the way to go!

Colorado photos are so beautiful, and they’re even better when they include a beautiful Colorado family! Meet the Rickarts. Jameson and Michelle, and their adorable blondies, Piper and Pierce, were amazing to work with for these Colorado family photos! When we got there, I introduced myself and started to interact with the kids. We decided […]

“Donut Grow Up” was the theme for this cuties donut cake smash session!

When a couple has been together for 10 YEARS, and has had to deal with deployments, that story NEEDS a ten year anniversary photo shoot!

How can you take your best friend’s thirtieth birthday and The Greatest Showman and make them EVEN better? You combine them! I threw my best friend Paige a Greatest Showman birthday party, and it was SO MUCH FUN! Check out these photos and enjoy the “greatest show!” So, if you know me at all, you […]