Form submitted successfully, thank you.

Error submitting form, please try again.

Sally C. Photography – Denver's Family Photographer bio picture

A little bit about me ...

When I was 9 years old my parents took my younger brother, Greg (7 at the time), and I out for a fancy breakfast. As we sat in one of those wooden high-back booths, my Mom looked at us and said, " What do you think about having another brother or sister?" Quite honestly, my response at the time was, "Are we adopting a baby?" Her look of surprise told me what I needed to know. "We" were having a baby. You have to remember, for years my parents told us in no uncertain terms that there were no more brothers or sisters coming into the house. Sometimes life just has other plans. Those plans led to the birth of a baby boy about 7 months after that fateful breakfast.

My life has not been the same since. He really was just an ordinary baby boy ... but aren't all babies extraordinary in the ordinariness? There is profound beauty in the plain and simple. His birth taught me patience and unconditional love and allowed me to see the eyes of the world through a young child while at a tender age myself. His birth lit a fire in me to work with children.

From babysitting to summers and holidays at BabyGap, I always found myself drawn to jobs that had children involved. After graduating from CSU and marrying my love, Brian, I became an aide in a kindergarten classroom, worked for Newspapers in Education, and in the education department at the Denver Zoo ... sometimes even scooping poop. I earned a Master's degree in Elementary Education and taught for two years before embarking on the most important job of all, Mom.

So, that'd been my full-time J-O-B until last June when my family gave me the last little push to explore photography as a profession. It has been a whirlwind ever since. I have the best job in the world. I get to play with kids and babies and families all day long and capture those moments for a lifetime (and I don't even have to grade papers).

So sit back and enjoy with me the moments and memories already captured and dream about all the fabulous ones to come!

Author Archives: sally

I am a daughter, sister, wife, mother of 3 and a photographer. I live in Denver, Colorado.

{ bay cannot come out to play today }

The crud finally hit our home this winter. Unfortunately, it seems to have hit our youngest, Baylor, the hardest. As any parent can attest, it is no fun to see your child sick … and even scarier when it spirals out of control quickly. The other night we heard little footsteps coming down the hallway...

View full post »

{ finley }

Just a quick peek of this little sweetie. I had the opportunity to photograph her mom, dad and sweet dog, Sadie, last year. They were excited to have me come back Not sure how I got so lucky, but I had three newborns in one week and ALL of them were quick to fall and...

View full post »

{ lenses of love }

Surrounded by angels … I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with 8 children from Haiti and their new families. And I was surrounded by angels. These families and children are beautiful. I couldn’t help but feel a great sense of hope as I witnessed the wonderful relationships between parents are their newly adopted...

View full post »

{ behind the scenes }

View full post »

{ lyla }

I feel so lucky every time I get to hold and snuggle a newborn. This little girl was the first of three newborns I had the opportunity to photograph all in one week. Let me just tell you how lucky I was … Lyla slept and ate a little and snuggled right in. I got...

View full post »

{ lenses of love: participating photographers }

When I started Lenses of Love, I definitely wanted it to be a group effort. I put a call out to photographer’s and I am humbled by the response I am getting. I want to share with you the awesome group of photographer’s who are Lenses of Love.
ALABAMA
Jerrell Terrell
Jerrell Terrell Photography
ARIZONA
Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells Photography
CALIFORNIA
Cindy Chen
Cindy...

View full post »

{ lenses of love }

As I sat in front of my television watching the horrific images from Haiti play over and over … I knew I wanted to do something. We have three beautiful children ages 7 and under, and adopting a beautiful child from Haiti wasn’t an option for us at this point in our journey. But I...

View full post »

{ new temporary website }

I am in the process of having Sally C. Photography re-branded (super top secret and very exciting). In the meantime, I have added TONS of new images to a temporary website (same address, different look). SO for all my fabulous clients out there who missed having pics on the blog due to the awesome fall...

View full post »

{ eli }

This is one of the first family sessions I had after returning from Santa Barbara … and I loved every minute of it! I love spending time with families. It is a gift each family shares with me … a little sliver of time never to be regained, but to be treasured forever with beautiful...

View full post »

{ allison & charlie }

The holiday season is definitely upon me … so in the rush of getting slideshows to everyone, some of my blog posts will be out of order (I’ll putting some post-sneaks up!). Just so you know!
When I traveled to Santa Barbara at the end of September for a FANTASTIC workshop with Jesh DeRox, I also...

View full post »