Family

Who ever said, "The love of a family is life's greatest blessing", surely said it right.
This is Ann and D.L. and their ever growing beautiful family out on the beach rocks outside of the home they more recently have built.



and a couple of cute little shots I got that evening of one of their grandsons.

Don't box me in!

Put me in a little box and see what I will do! These are some of my images from a job I had today taking images of the inside of several elevator cabs, that a company makes, for their new website. The lady making the website for them has agreed to barter with me for my images, and design me a smashing new website for my wedding line.
We had so much fun doing this, the biggest kicker was when people would go to get on the elevator, to watch their reactions. I found it super amusing when people would try to ignore us, as if they see a photo studio set up in the elevator every day.
Thanks for the fun job Tina!

Josh and Paige

Today I was delighted to join Josh and Paige on their wedding day at the Saint Paul LDS Temple. The day was overcast, but that didn't put a damper on the bright colors of the day!
Congratulations on your wedding and I wish you many years of happiness! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

Good News!

Rachel, I got a cute one and I didn't even have to clone around any heads! :)

Sometimes I like to play with images and try new things out on them, new looks, new texture, etc. Today I wanted to do something special with this image, but everything I tried didn't look right. Then I decided to try the Midnight Sepia action I have and there it was, what I was looking for.
I am actually excited about how it turned out.
It kind of reminds me of a mix of Greg Olson and Liz Lemmon Swindle look, only in a photograph instead.

Hill Family Reunion

Last weekend I spent some time at the Hill Family Reunion held in New Brighton Minnesota and what fun it was to meet the extended family of one of my favorite families. Thank you Erin and Matt for having me out to photograph your family!

Matt organized Erin's family to spell Hill on their back lawn, which incidentally was a hill as well!
I had to somewhat manipulate this image to fit for a 10x20 storyboard frame, and I think it kind of looks funny how the porportions ended up, but it's grown on me.



Some of Erin's neices and nephew.





Beautiful Erin and her dad... I LOVE this picture.

60 Years

Not many people get to watch their parents celebrate a
60th wedding anniversary, but these lucky people did!
A dinner was held in their honor at the Pool and Yacht Club in Lilydale, Minnesota.

Awwwww... still in love. <3

Two of their beautiful great-grandchildren.

Congratulations on your anniversary and on your beautiful family.
I had to add this one last image, I just ADORE it!

A twist on an old favorite

I, personally, love the hands holding baby's head shots. Usually I do this shot with mom's hands, but during this session dad was really wanting to have some shots with his son, and was willing to do whatever.
I love this shot. A strong daddy's hands holding his tiny newborn's head tenderly in his palms.



I love the look of black and white with the black backdrop that was used in this session, but mom and dad will get the option of color as well.