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By Kat Knuth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Longmont Family Photographer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Like many professional photographers, I\u2019ve been obsessed with taking pictures for a long time, long before becoming a Longmont family photographer. I\u2019ve always been the girl with a camera, capturing everything from party pictures that should have never been taken (sorry college friends) to gorgeous travel scenes I hope I never forget. Along the way, I developed an eye for a good shot, something that only comes with practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when my husband decided to invest in a Canon DSLR before our honeymoon, I was ecstatic. Finally! I\u2019d have a camera that matched my growing photography skillset! Professional photographer here I come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In auto mode, I was fantastic but my shots were still only good 50-70% of the time. What gives? Surely the fancy new camera would just\u2026make me a good photographer? That\u2019s all it takes, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not even close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my son came along, like many new parents\/millennials, I became obsessed with documenting every milestone. I set up elaborate sets in my apartment living room, photographing everything and learning more and more each time. I learned how to light a set indoors, how to adjust my settings to help, how to edit shadows in photoshop if I missed something, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when something wasn\u2019t working, or my kiddo wasn\u2019t cooperating, I\u2019d abandon what I was learning and switch right back to auto mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d abandon what I was learning and switch right back to auto mode.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until I became brave enough to post my first model call and begin pursuing photography in Longmont, Colorado, professionally that I really started to understand my camera and how it worked. I was preparing for my first set of models and I took my little family out to Barefoot Lakes in Firestone, Colorado. During the ever so perfect golden hour, I took some of my favorite images I\u2019ve ever shot. Completely in manual mode to make sure I captured all that beautiful golden light, I followed my son around as he explored wildflowers and enjoyed the evening glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What I\u2019d photographed…was so lovely, so natural, it didn\u2019t need to be over processed and over produced. It just needed to exist as I shot it.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For the first time when I went back to edit my photos that night, I didn\u2019t overedit. I didn\u2019t have to. What I\u2019d photographed in Firestone, Colorado, was so lovely, so natural, it didn\u2019t need to be over processed and over produced. It just needed to exist as I shot it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how I prefer to shoot now. I nudge my camera along with the manual settings, usually focusing on aperture, to get the shot I want the first time, before photoshop takes over and I process the images to give them that sweet airbrushed touch. This results in much more natural, true-to-life images that have come to define my style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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