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Bonjour! My name is Kelli France but you can call me “Francypants.” I am the owner of France Photography and founder of Francypants Academy, where I consult photographers worldwide. I love my job! I have run France Photography for over 10 years. I specialize in newborns & Seniors (children who are coming home and leaving home for the first time).

When I was a little girl, I was fanatical about fashion and magazines because I wanted to be a supermodel. I’d simulate the poses and ideas in fashion magazines with my hot-pink film camera from Kmart. In order to build my modeling portfolio, I went to modeling school. There I learned about posing in front of a camera, applying make-up for headshots, interviewing skills, and walking on the runway. When I finally accepted that my legs were just too darn short to be a supermodel, I found myself behind the camera instead of in front of it.

While I have the nickname, “Francypants”, I’m no fancy-pants. I don’t own a large studio or take high-volume photos. I’m a Mama who works from home by choice while taking care of my 3½ children in Colorado Springs. In between editing photos and consulting photographers, I change diapers, take kids to lessons, cook “Kelli Krocker” meals, smooch sticky faces, and count down the days until date night.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, I founded Francypants Academy to combine my two loves: photography and teaching. I had been to several frustrating photo workshops where rock-star photographers teach methods that are difficult and unrealistic to implement when you don’t own a studio or do hundreds of sessions a year. At Francypants Academy, you’ll learn how to build a professional and profitable boutique business from home while maintaining your Mama-hood. You don’t need to work full-time or own a studio to be successful!

I consider myself an “expert” in running a photography business because, according to Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize Winner, “An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” I have experienced everything from film to digital (and now videography!), Canon to Nikon, online sales to in-person sales, working part-time to being the breadwinner, and building up a thriving business to starting again in a new state. In the past 10 years I truly have made almost all the mistakes that can be made but now I have many happy returning clients who invest an average of $1000-$3000 per session. I have learned how to make a life and a living doing what I love.

I have been published in Professional Photographers Magazine and Colorado Weddings Magazine. I was the keynote speaker to “The Savvy Sisterhood Photography Workshop” and have hosted workshops of my own. I am also a contributing writer to The Creative Mama Blog.

For more info about moi, check out my interviews on The Savvy Photographer, The Creative Mama, All Things Baby, and Moms with Cameras.

My eggo is prego! Baby #4 is due October 12th 2011
I like French fries and learned French in Jr. High but that’s about as French as I get
I love to shop and have way too many shoes
I can stick my entire fist in my mouth
I have NINE siblings (2 brothers, 4 stepbrothers, 1 step sister, & 2 half sisters)
I like riding my pink beach cruiser bike
I heart Whole Foods…and any food, for that matter!
I was voted “Most Likely to be a Walmart Greeter” in high school
Reading is one of my favorite pastimes
My husband and I went to “The Price is Right” on our honeymoon
My kids’ personalities are like salsa: hot. medium. mild.
My daughter was born on my birthday
We have, not one, but TWO trampolines in our backyard
I am a Mormon