Welcome, friend! I'm Kate. I married my high school sweetheart over 10 years ago and we have three curious and imaginative kids. You'll find motherhood stories and ideas here, along with gorgeous photos and videos!

Did you know you can get candid lifestyle photos without having to have the perfect home or even having to clean your house? This sweet family contacted me wanting some more natural poses and interactions with their newborn baby boy. I am always happy to have a new baby in the downtown Loveland, CO studio! […]

The best kind of emails let me know that a new baby is coming into this world. Those emails are even sweeter when the new baby is a sibling for a past newborn client! I absolutely adore getting to be a part of your family’s story. When that happens from the very start of becoming […]

When you are having a baby it’s like there’s this whole world out there that you never even knew existed. Throughout your pregnancy you are researching car seats and cribs, sleep training and mommy and me classes. You suddenly realize how fast time is moving and know it will just feel faster once your baby […]

I met the S family back in the summer of 2016 when they were celebrating making it through the first year of their first kiddos life! G was just starting to walk and holding his little arms in the air for balance as he toddled along the wooden bridge backed by the foothills just outside […]

A collection of the best newborn photography of 2016 by Dear Kate Studios, Loveland and Fort Collins newborn photographer.

With each and every newborn photo session I do I fall more and more in love with my job. Part of it is that my own babies are not such babies anymore, so snuggly a brand new baby just a few days old bring me back to the days of doing that mom sway with […]

Growing Up Fort Collins inspired me to put together a summer bucket list today. Last year I shared some of my favorite summer activities in Northern Colorado in this post. While we’ll definitely hit up a lot of those again this year, there are few new thing we’ll be trying too! 1. Fairgrounds Splash Park […]

It’s amazing how technology keeps up connected these days. I went to high school with sweet Charlie’s mama and we reconnected through Facebook and then in person with the Pregnancy Support Group of  Northern Colorado as I was ending the near of my pregnancy with Andrew and Erin was happy to be out of the […]

This weeks challenge was to fill the frame. It was fun to get up close and personal with my little subject. We cleaned up and rearranged Harper’s bedroom this week so we could play with the awesome light that comes in her window. Aren’t her little eyelashes just so precious? And I had to share […]

I love coming into the home of new baby. There is such a sense of calm and tranquility. The house is always warm and inviting, hushed whispers fill the air, and the love that everyone feels is palpable. Loretta’s extended family was soaking it all in on the day of my visit, knowing these days […]