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Your Denver headshots don’t have to suck.

November 23, 2024

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Your headshots don’t have to suck.

They don’t have to be in front of some basic ass white backdrop, where you sit awkwardly and smile like an old school school portrait (though I do love looking back at how dorky I was in those).

Headshots should be all about encapsulating your personality. The environment in which your headshot session takes place is paramount. It should match your vibe and spirit, and I think Kara’s headshot sessions below do exactly that.

For her sessions, we shot in both the RiNo Art District and Realm, a natural light photo studio and event space. If you’re new to my photos, RiNo has always been a long-standing favorite of mine, so I’ll always say yes to a photo session there.

I loved shooting at Realm. The light truly was stunning, and we had both soft indirect light and striking, dramatic direct light. Make sure you scroll to the end to see these banger images.

Thank you so much to Kara for trusting me with these headshots! Take a peek at some of my faves below, and thank you for stopping by the blog!

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Denver Headshot Photographer | Ashley Kidder Photo

Locations featured above: RiNo Art District, featuring work from Casey Kawaguchi, and Realm Studio

Hello! I’m Ashley but you can call me Ash. I’ve been a Denver photographer for more than 15 years now. I’m a huge fan of taking headshot photos that are a little more exciting than your everyday basic headshot. If you’re looking for vibrant headshot photos like these, please get in touch here! I can’t wait to speak with you and hopefully plan a heashot session that truly does not suck. 😉 -Ash

For more on past commercial and corporate clients that I have worked with and where those photos have ended up, take a peek at this blog post here

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Denver City Park Family Photos

November 23, 2024

It’s been such a busy family photo season that I haven’t been able to even think about blogging anything until now! I’m so excited to show you some of these Denver City Park family photos from this recent summer.

What I loved about this session:

We had that perfect, good til the last drop summer sunlight. Nothing beats golden hour!
The new design at City Park (near the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) is really stunning! I loved the new flowers the city planted and made sure to include them in this session.
This adorable family! The girls were great in front of the camera and you can tell that everyone gets along even when the cameras aren’t clicking.

Thank you to this sweet family for having me do a round of family photos for you this year! I’m excited to share more family photos here soon — there’s a whopping 34 sessions that I shot this fall that I can’t wait to share!

Denver City Park Family Photos | Ashley Kidder Photo

Locations featured above: City Park, on the east side near the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the new playground, and the rose gardens facing the city and the mountains

Hello! I’m Ashley but you can call me Ash. I’ve been a Denver family photographer for over a decade now. I love being able to see my clients each year for their family photo session. It is so rad to reconnect and see how the kids are growing. I would love to meet you and document your family together! I love maternity photos, lifestyle newborn photos, and your regular “let’s update the annual Christmas card” family photos. Please get in touch if you have a family photo shoot vision that you’d like to bring to life. I can’t wait to speak with you! -Ash

See more Denver family photo shoots like this one: Winter Denver City Park Family Photos | Fall Denver Family Photos at Jefferson Park | Cheesman Park Family Photos

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Top Denver Engagement Photographers

July 13, 2022

I’m so excited to share this feature with you today! I woke up to the news that I was included in a top 9 list of Denver engagement photographers from Peerspace! Take a peek at their kind words and the Instagram feature of my clients, Joe + Andy:

Top Denver engagement photographer list How sweet is that?!

I’m so incredibly grateful to be included in a list with some of the most rad photographers in the city (my sweet friends Savannah + Jenae made the list too!).

Thank you again to Peerspace for this honor, and thank you for swinging by the blog! I’ll share a few more from Joe + Andy’s RiNo engagement session before you go:

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RiNo Denver Family Photo Session

January 31, 2022

Best Denver family photographers I’ve known this little family for over a decade now! Amanda and I used to teach at Northglenn High School together, where she was a science teacher and I, French. I love looking back at their Ouray wedding photos from 2016, where we hopped in a Jeep and went off-roading into the San Juans for the bridal portraits and family photos. I’ll never forget the views from their wedding, and I’m so lucky they still ring me for family photos every couple of years. Please enjoy the latest batch from this happy family!

RiNo Denver Family Photo Session | Ashley Kidder Photo

Locations featured above: Select alleys and sidewalks all around the River North Art District in Denver, Colorado; mostly concentrated between 26th to 30th and Larimer St.

Artists featured, in descending order (minus the earth mural, I’ll update this post when I go back to find the artist tag): Danielle SeeWalker | Casey Kawaguchi | Jonathan Saiz and Andi Todaro | Remington Robinson and Jason T. Graves |

Hello! I’m Ashley but you can call me Ash. I’ve been a Denver family photographer for over a decade now. I love being able to see my clients each year for fresh, updated family photos. It is so lovely to reconnect and see how the kids (and sometimes dogs!) are growing up. I would love to meet you and document your family together! I love maternity photos, lifestyle newborn photos, and your annual “let’s update the annual Christmas card” family photos. Please get in touch if you have a family photo shoot vision that you’d like to bring to life. I can’t wait to speak with you! -Ash

See more Denver family photo shoots like this one: Winter family photos in RiNo with Kennedy + Ashley | Downtown Denver maternity photos with Hallie | RiNo Denver maternity photos with the Foy Family

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Denver Photography Mentoring

January 24, 2022

Denver wedding photography mentor One of my business goals for 2022 is to return to my teaching roots. Before I decided to helm this photography business full-time, I taught high school French at Northglenn High School for five years. It was always my dream to have my own classroom full of budding Francophiles practicing how to order crêpes, with photos from past travels to France covering the walls. The five years I spent in room 221 were an absolute blast, but I had to leave teaching in 2014 to get away from the unfortunately toxic political environment that was becoming more and more common at school districts all over the metro area.

One of the biggest things I miss from teaching (outside of my students) is being able to use the information and skills I’ve acquired over the years to help bring others closer to their goals. There is something so cool about sharing your personal knowledge with someone else and seeing it all click in their head. I want to get back to that this year!

In the past, I’ve done mentoring sessions with other photographers, videographers, and small business owners in person over coffee or beer. With omicron raging abut, I’ve decided to reshape what my future mentoring sessions will look like. Thanks to trusty ass Zoom, I’m super excited to offer a new virtual mentoring promo for the next few months. Here are the details:

$100 for 60 minutes of mentoring time
No topic is off limits: editing, marketing, SEO, blogging, posing techniques (for portraits with couples and families, and also boudoir), interacting with clients, how to survive a wedding day, avoiding burnout, you name it!
Flexible timing now that it’s virtual: weekday mornings, on your lunch hour, before you pick your kids up from school, whenever!
Perfect for new and emerging photographers or seasoned veterans looking to add fresh techniques and info to their already vast knowledge base

I’d love to help anyone who’s interested in growing their business in 2022. While I have the most background knowledge pertaining to the visual arts, I’m more than willing to mentor small business owners in similar industries (e.g. wedding florists, hair and makeup teams, service-based companies, etc.). Feel free to get in touch and we can get started on planning your call! Please include the topics you’d like to cover and your general availability. Can’t wait to chat!

-Ash

Denver photography mentor

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