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Welcome to the Real Photography blog! We are wedding and portrait photographers based in Colorado Springs. Here in our blog, Traci shares the latest portrait sessions and wedding photographs, as well as tips for improving your own photography and Photoshop skills.  To see our pricing and portfolios, please visit our wedding photography site, our family portrait site, or our senior portrait site.

Monthly Archives: May 2008

Colorado Springs engagement portrait shoot: Cindy and John

You might remember Cindy and John from our Real Couple of the Year wedding photography contest in February. They were our winners, and we are so happy for them!

Cindy and John are a fantastic couple, and we are so glad that we were able to squeeze their engagement shoot in last weekend (even as...

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wedding price increase

We revisit our prices every January and June, and it is time to announce our new wedding pricing.
As of June 1st, our wedding photography coverage will be $1700 (up from $1500).  Contracts and retainers received before the 1st will be honored at our current rate.  Anything received after the 1st will be at the new...

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dress shopping with mindy

I met up with a couple of the Colorado Springs girls for a little coffee drinking and wedding dress shopping this weekend.

We were there shopping for wedding dresses for Mindy, but I fell instantly and permanently in love with this purple dress for fairy princesses:

I was devastated to learn that the shop isn’t carrying the...

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more engagement portraits…

I got some crap yesterday for not having more pictures as promised of Bernadette and Haydn last week (it’s very busy around here, which is why Photoshop Friday and Photography Tip Tuesday are on hiatus).  But here are a couple more sneak peeks from their Manitou Springs engagement shoot.  (Pictures from my morning with two...

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mandatory listening for everyone

I finally finished listening to last week’s episode of This American Life and when I finished it I had two urges: (1) to bury some money in the backyard and (2) to force everyone I know to listen to it.
The podcast is all about the economic downturn and why the mortgage crisis became a problem...

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