Caroline in a white dress, eyes closed, at golden hourA Centaurus senior player hugging a family member on senior nightPortrait for FACE ColoradoBlack and white portrait of a young woman looking upward
Boulder, Colorado · Portraits, seniors, sports and brands

Capturing the feeling, not just the moment.

CDS00705 · Caroline
Boulder foothills · golden hour

Photographs of people at the moments that matter to them: senior year, the last home game, the team behind a business. Thirty years behind the lens, on Sony digital and Hasselblad film.

Based in Boulder, working everywhere. Every session ends with finished photos I choose and edit myself, delivered digitally.

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01 · Work

Recent work

Arlo, in a brown linen shirt, smiles in an open meadow below the Flatirons at dusk.
Senior portraitsCDS00798

Arlo

Dusk in the Boulder foothills, with family along.

Charlie, in a blue striped shirt and gold chain, looks into the camera against soft green and red bokeh.
Senior portraitsCDS00208

Charlie

His hometown of Louisville as the backdrop.

Caroline senior portrait
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Caroline

Golden hour in the Boulder foothills.

Centaurus varsity soccer senior night
Sports · SeniorsCDS00141

Centaurus soccer senior night

A tribute to the athletes and families who made it happen.

FACE Colorado brand photography
Brand & businessCDS03263

FACE Colorado

Trust, beauty and professionalism for an aesthetics practice.

IRG Hand & Physical Therapy brand photography
Brand & businessCDS05062

IRG Hand & Physical Therapy

Care, expertise and patient connection across 40+ clinics.

Elodie senior portrait
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Elodie

Golden hour, natural and fun.

Ayla senior portrait
Senior portraitsCDS04699

Ayla

Senior portraits in the Boulder foothills.

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Caroline's senior portrait session in the Boulder foothills at golden hour
02 · Senior portraits

Senior year, photographed like it matters.

We plan the session together: the place, the light, the people and things that make it yours. The foothills at golden hour, the field you grew up on, or somewhere new.

What you getFinished photos I choose and edit myself, delivered digitally, with a license that covers how you use them.
Digital or filmSony digital, or medium format on a Hasselblad 501c.
03 · Stories

Behind the pictures

Some projects deserve more than a gallery. Stories are where I write about the people, the place, and why the pictures look the way they do.

A Centaurus senior player hugging a family member on senior night
Sports · Seniors

Senior night at Centaurus: the players, and the families behind them

Honoring the graduating players of Centaurus High School varsity soccer, and the parents who drove to every practice.

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Caroline in a white dress at golden hour
Seniors

Caroline, golden hour in the foothills

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Portrait of Nicole of FACE Colorado
Brand & business

FACE Colorado: photographing trust

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04 · Services

Work for stories worth telling.

Seniors & portraits

Senior photos, headshots and personal sessions that capture the real you.

Sports

The intensity, emotion and energy of competition, and the nights that honor it.

Brand & business

Imagery that tells a company's story with authenticity, from the team to the work itself.

Also: motorsport · aerial & drone · personal work

Black and white self portrait of Cody Strate with a Hasselblad medium format camera
05 · About

Hi, I'm Cody.

I learned on a Pentax Spotmatic shooting 35mm film more than thirty years ago, and I've been chasing joy, beauty and human connection with a camera ever since.

I grew up in a Texas town of 200 people, surfed cold water on the New Hampshire seacoast, and came home to Boulder in 2019 with my wife, our two kids and two mutts. I love sitting down with someone and finding out what makes them who they are. That's the part the pictures are really about.

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Young woman smiling in a sunlit grassy field
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Let's tell your story.

Tell me who it's for and what it's for. I'll come back with an idea and a clear quote before anything is booked.

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