Colorful Portraits at Hope Tank

Any photo Session booked with Marilee.co Portrait Photography at Hope Tank gives back 20% straight back to Hope Tank.

Colorful. Vibrant. Fun. Community driven. If this is your jam, check out Hope Tank in Denver. Hope Tank’s fresh creative event space is available for small gatherings that can further education, connections, and collaborations. The community is encouraged to bring your panel discussions, book groups, board meetings, small group work, art/craft classes, and body movement classes — all work beautifully in the space. 

What also works wonderfully in Hope Tank’s creative space is portrait photography and content creation. Marilee.co Portrait Photography has been so excited to create updated personal branding imagery for individuals who want to give back to Hope Tank, whose core value includes support of small businesses who give back to their communities.

Thank you to Erika Righter (That Hope Lady!), who is a leader in the idea that you can have fun AND do good. And thank you to Debbie Scheer for being one of the first supporters of photography in this amazing space.

Cheers to a Successful Portrait + Tampon Drive for I Support The Girls

Women’s Month occurs in March, and the best way to recognize and contribute for me as a photographer was to create a tampon drive for I Support The Girls, utilizing photography to help make dignity the norm.

Fellow creative photographer, Brooke Austin and I partnered together and hosted parallel events at The Denver Photo Collective, eventually raising funds and a trunk FULL of menstrual supplies for those in need.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and to everyone who spread the word. We made a difference.

Photographers Brooke Austin (left) and Stephanie Tucker (right) with the donated tampons.

The big hand off of menstrual supplies to Erin Persaud, Director of Operations at I Support The Girls

 

April: The Month Where My Kids Have Birthdays and We're Not Done Unpacking Yet

My daughter, Alex turned 2 this week, and earlier, my oldest child, Noah turned 5! It’s hard to believe my husband and I have been parents this long. I’ve had dreams of finding room for a mini-studio, and though we’re totally up and running in our new home, there always seems to be that ONE ROOM that has all the boxes we haven’t unpacked yet. The “I am not sure where this stuff goes” room. It’s the office/photography equipment storage/LEGO organization/unopened boxes for our new baby arriving in 1.5 months/unhung framed photos room.

But hey, to make it at least a little cozy in one direction, we have a new teal couch and awesome cushy rug and some furniture that bodes well for portraits. So as a momtographer (that’s a word, right?) we did some annual birthday portraits. I really love this corner of our home — I hope we can transform it the way we wish soon!

Some technical notes —
I lit these Sony A7RII 35mm shots with a Godox 120cm / 47.2in Portable Octagon Softbox Umbrella with a constant light source: LimoStudio Full Spectrum Lighting Bulb 85W Photography Photo CFL 6500K. There are two windows for natural light in this room, with one to camera-right. But I like to light my subjects up inside just a tad more for their birthday faces. :)

The couch is from Overstock and our 8x10 rug is from Target. Tutu from Honeyskull.