Blu and Katie Hartkopp

Blu is a commercial photographer. He first got his hands on a camera as a child and played at taking pictures until a teacher in high school encouraged him to start entering contests with his work and use the camera as an extension of his voice. His images where very well received, winning prizes and most of all Blu was telling stories with his camera. Digital imagery opened up more opportunities for Blu and after receiving a scholarship to a photo school in Massachusetts; Blu started his Denver based photo studio. His arsenal of tools keeps growing but the backbone of all his pictures is still the story.

Katie fell in love with the stage as a child and to this day she is fascinated with the power of story telling to unite people. She’s worked as an executive director, performed in, promoted, and costumed countless productions and directed youth theatre or a local community theatre group. Since her daughters birth, she’s scaled back to performing monthly family friendly improv shows and entertaining her daughter, daily. As a mom, Katie prides herself on story time and is delighted that her love of storytelling has resulted in quality time with a daughter that adores books.

Do you speak rose?

Join a young girl and her friends for a tea party in a beautiful garden and you will learn the language of flowers.

Tea with Roses is a Daddy’s Pictures children’s book “With his camera, like magic it seems, Daddy shoots pictures that capture my dreams.”