Sneak Peek!

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Some of you may remember me posting about my friend Julie who passed away this last spring while trying to rescue a young girl from a river that had swept her off her feet. Shortly after Julie passed away I was contacted by this couple, who were expecting their first baby soon. They were college friends with Julie, had seen my pictures of her and asked me if I would do their baby's pictures in her place, as she could no longer do this for them. I was both humbled and honored by this.

Thank you for having me out to your place, guys! It was great to meet you and share memories of Julie. She will live on forever in our hearts and memories. Kendall is beautiful and I know Julie would have loved to be the one to capture her in her first weeks.

I hope you like your sneak peek!

| Baby Kendall |

Oh my gosh, I just have to post a teaser for a sneak peek! I started working on baby Kendall's pictures today and came across this one. I knew I HAD to play with it. Look at that face! That tear! Those lips!

SO CUTE!

I'll post a sneak peek later.

| Stephanie & Ty |

Stephanie is the wonderful person who bid on my package at a fundraiser for baby Ramona who needed a bone marrow transplant. The auction was last year in August. It's been a long year since then. Ramona had her transplant in October and in January she was 100% engrafted, but because of some complications during her treatment she was left with severe brain damage. On September 16, this year, because of complications from her brain damage little Ramona passed away.

Shortly after Ramona's passing away, Stephanie and Ty had their session with me. We met at a park in Princeton MN. It was nice for me to get out of the cities and explore some new land. They brought along their two dogs, Penny and Jewel.

They are expecting their first child in December. I hope things go well and that you enjoy this sneak peek of your session! Call me when your little one arrives.

This is Penny, she's so cute! Every man needs a picture of himself with his hunting dog.

{ It's in the mail! }

Since I finally am able to get the images in the mail to this bride, I can finally share with you some of the images from her Extreme Bridal Session. Thank you Jenn for being so patient through my computer crashing, my emails disappearing and just general slowness of me getting work done through the summer with my kids home.

I always hate to share more than a sneak peek when it comes to sessions, until the customer is able to have it in their hands and then their wait isn't so bad (unless you are Jenn, who got more than her share of waiting for this one). So Jenn, watch your mailbox on Tuesday!

I have too many favorites to show just one, so here's the story of Jenn's session.

Jenn took me up on a free Extreme Bridal Session that I offered last spring. We had to put it off for about a month because of the late spring and cold weather. When we first went out, the idea was to play in the water of Nine Mile Creek in Bloomington MN, but then when we were in the neighborhood and saw the construction equipment just sitting there... it begged to be played on!











Then one the way down to the creek we went out and played in the road... check out those red HOT boots! She was getting traffics attention!











And in the end we ended up down in the Nine Mile Creek in Bloomington. The weather couldn't have been more cooperative and the water was a great temperature! Sadly enough, my jeans got soaked enough to put my cell phone out of commission, but hey! Sometimes art needs sacrifice!























A different editing to a similiar image above.


Thanks Jenn for these great images! I hope you like these and the rest on the disk.

{ So cute! }

This is 9 day old Emma. Isn't she so cute and pink and cuddly?
It's been so long since I've had a newborn session, thanks mom and dad! Hope you like your sneak peek and congratulations on such a beautiful baby!

| Now is the time! |

Now is the time to be thinking about Christmas portraits. Before the weather gets too chilly make your apointment!

Don't forget to ask about having custom cards created!

| New Pricing |

Hi! Some of you may have noticed that I've increased my sitting fees considerably, beginning in the month of September for new appointments. If you have an existing appointment the price that was being charged when you made your appointment will be honored.

This increase became necessary in the beginning of September when I changed the model of my business. Prices for prints have not been affected.

Also in the beginning of September I've begun using a new print lab, which I am sure everyone will be pleased with. I never cease to strive to offer the best of everything when it comes to my clients.

I've also started offering proof books with each paid session, which I believe will be a big hit with you. It's a 4x6 ring bound booklet with a frosted cover that contains a 4x6 bordered print with your images on each page. These are not included in wedding packages.

| Celebrate! |

I love it when people let their hair down and are willing to play around when being shot. I think it makes this shot much more fun and enjoyable... you can't help but smile when you see their excitement.

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So the next time your photographer asks you to do something, and you're not quite sure about it... try it! You might really like the outcome!

| Kindergarten |

Ok, I admit it.... mornings are not the best part of the day for me. And the beginning of the week is worse than the end. So when Tuesday came last week and it was my kids first day of school, my mind was still sitting back on the back burner keeping warm and toasty in sleep. I totally forgot to get out the camera for when my 1st grader went off to school, even though I excitedly sat with him at his bus stop (I did get a really great picture of him last year when he started Kindergarten).

Later in the day my brain woke up and said, "HELLO!?" And this year I got a really great picture of his sister going off to Kindergarten, of course she too is an afternoon Kindergartner. (Afternoon=awake.)


Maybe that's where our tradition lies.... really great Kindergarten pictures and that's about it, because my oldest didn't get his picture taken this year when he started the 10th grade either, but I have some really cute pictures of him at his bus stop waiting for the Kindergarten bus.


So I guess it's a new tradition. Traditions are good.

Now it was a rainy day, and normally people don't bring on out their cameras into the rain, but if you get a little tricky and hold an umbrella over yourself with your free hand, you can get some really great shots that you normally wouldn't have! Don't let the weather scare you, unless of course it's a hurricane, then yeah, I'd leave the camera at home.

Here's Jaeden's way cute pictures...

| My new favorite |

To go along with the wedding in the post below... I just LOVE this one!