Atelier Interior Design  helped me do a revamp of my home studio and I did their business headshots.  Katie and Erika hooked us up with a great faux painter and an interior painter that I highly recommend.  This was my first experience working with interior designers and in beginning they selected some color combinations I wouldn’t of necessarily selected.  However, after putting the suggested colors on the walls and drapes hung the studio looks great.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

My wife, Corie, has known the Boersma family (Ian and Veronica) for quite some time.   Veronica and Corie both work for Denver Public Schools and met while teaching primary at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval, which is a dual language Montessori school in the Highlands area.  When Veronica’s sister, nephew and father came up from Mexico they felt it was time for a multi-generational family portrait.  These images were all taken in their living room. Take a look at the slideshow and at the end is an image of the finished artwork hanging on the Boersma’s stairway walls.  The framed artwork running up the stairs are 10×15 inch images and the canvas on the stairway landing is a 30×30 inch gallery wrap.  As a service my studio provides I personally came and hung the framed artwork and canvas on the walls for the family.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

I’ve known the Scott family for over a decade now. Sean (Dad) and I met each other in 1999 when we worked at the same IT company. We’ve just stayed in touch and now I’m their family photographer. Enjoy!

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

I would believe you can ask any photographer and they’ll say that taking pictures of your own family/kids is one of the hardest things to do.  Reason probably is that your own kids have less patience with you than if you were a stranger behind the lens.  However, this year’s picture day with my kids went fairly well.  My daughter had several locations picked out for her shoot.  First it was at her school and then by the river.  My son on the other hand was of the opinion where ever you want to is fine with me Dad.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

Annie Gavin is a singer, songwriter and fiddle player who is currently residing in her hometown of Colorado Springs, CO.  She needed some promo shots and I just happen to have a camera.  Plus she is playing at a wedding I’m covering on New Year’s Eve.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

Emily had sought me out from a senior portrait image she had seen in her last year’s senior year book for Monarch High School.  There was a Denver Skyline shoot I had done for another girl last year that she liked the style a lot and wanted something similar for herself.  Turns out I actually work with her mom at my day job at DaVita, Inc.  Enjoy a sneak peek at Emily’s senior portrait session.

Washington Park is always a great place to shoot.

It took us two attempts at the Denver skyline location to get the wind to behave.  First time it was a bit breezy and the hair was all over the place.

Good luck Emily in the future!

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

I’ve known BJ from several Business After-Hour events from the Denver West Chamber of Commerce.  At an open house for a fellow small business owner BJ won a free business headshot session!  It was a pleasure to work with such a great person and I hope she can really take advantage of these headshots within her business.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado Portrait and Wedding Photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

A sneek peek at Julia’s senior portrait session.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and wedding photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

Every once in a while I get called upon to shoot something other than people.  Most of the time that is product photography, however, this time it was a backyard garden in Longmont, CO.  I figured sure I’ll come photograph some flower boxes and be on my way.  Was I ever surprised to find a mini botanic garden in their backyard.

While I was there I was requested to see if I could capture some images of their two dogs as well.  The first one was easy as it actually sat still for me.

The second one I think had one too many Mountain Dew’s and wouldn’t sit still long enough for the camera to even focus.  We tried but it just wasn’t going to happen with this little guy.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and event photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com

A local from the neighborhood around the studio gave me a call for some long needed business headshots.  Barbara is a mediator and wanted some inviting images of her for her website and brochures.  We spent about an hour going through several clothing changes and backgrounds.  I can’t stress enough to business owners how important a good headshot is for communicating with prospective clients.  Poorly done headshot images don’t portray you in your best light and could mean losing a potential customer.

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Mark Mortensen
Denver Colorado portrait and event photographer.
www.MarkMortensen.com