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Michaelanne Dehner does it all: she rides show horses, she runs marathons, she climbs mountains, she acts and she can sing. And I don’t mean that she can harmonize with a song on the radio — she can sing. She can wail. She can sing in front of 50,000 baseball fans. Here’s a video of her performing the national anthem before a Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field. I was there, and it was the most rousing rendition of it I’ve ever heard.

This summer she’ll be singing the national anthem at Invesco Field at Mile High before a Denver Outlaws game. So, a few weeks ago, we met to shoot a series of headshots so she can land more of these types of singing gigs.

Our location was at the Eliot Street Collective in the Highlands neighborhood of Denver. It’s a cool little mixed-use space with exposed brick, gorgeous hardwood floors, bright colors and lots of natural light.

We did three shoots, with three different wardrobes, each striving for a different mood. Shoot #1 was going for simple, delicate, approachable, natural and mellow.

I’ll be posting Shoots #2 and #3 later in the week.