i have sat at my desk ALL day…pandora and diet coke are my best friends…along with a bath and body candle burning in the corner and fuzzy socks on my feet and a blanket and boots -one of our cats- in my lap half the time! but i am proud to show you a sampling of images from alicia’s shoot from last week. alicia is an artist…so we incorporated some of her artistic talents into her shoot:) without further ado…here’s alicia!





and yes, another bike shot…i couldn’t resist!





a very fun shoot on the streets of mpls in the ne arts district, etc. i wish alicia the best for her senior year at buffalo:)
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love me a new wall with some punch:) NUFF SAID!

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this family was on my books for last summer but they had to reschedule so we planned on october but then it got sooooo nasty out/very cold/very rainy/very windy and that is not what they wanted. i am friends with annette and this year she booked way early and we went for august:) little did we know that we would get 90 degrees and wayyyyyyyy humid…but we went for it and i’m glad we did! from looking at this pics nobody would ever know that it was that hot out. anyways, here is just a sneak peek of some of my favs! i have enjoyed watching these girls grow and change…natalie is logan’s age, so we have that in common! just a fantastic family all the way around…when the shoot was completed we actually went for some irish pub and a brewski! thanks scott family:)






i survived the summer…wow, on that fact! i honestly only raised my voice a few times to my kids…i can proudly say that:) ***one being in the last two weeks when i couldn’t get my car to start 45 minutes before i needed to be downtown, the steering wheel was locked…btw, nobody fessed up to that either:) i did the happy dance a bit this morning…but then this afternoon i took a peek at schoolview already for my daughter, and i’m not sure i’m ready for all of the homework stuff yet either. yikes, it’s tough to be a kid nowdays and tough to be parents too!
this weekend i did 5 shoots…and i was supposed to have six…talk about nutso, one rescheduled due to the rain thursday morning. i am doing my best to stay on top of things…please be patient as in the next week or two it is going to take longer than my *normal* start to finish timeline. i’m going as fast as i can:)
i did take some time off this weekend and enjoyed the state fair with the fam…and also the reanaissance festival for a few hours yesterday…i love the insults at the festival!!!
anyways…i’m back…and i hope to start blogging a bit more now! thanks for following my work in a regular basis!
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here is just a sneak peek of the S family shoot that we did in the warehouse district of minneapolis! i hope to tackle more of their edits tomorrow and monday…i have 5 (or possibly 6) shoots this holiday weekend…i know, i know…call me crazy!!! i am going as fast as i can…
annette does not like cut off shots…feet shots…or fake moustache shots…but just wait till you see what i got:) LOL

i met sami and her delightful mom in minneapolis for her shoot. she is a senior at maple grove this year and heard about me from a friend that goes to providence that i have did pics for 2 years ago? here is just a sampling of some of my favs from her shoot…her blue eyes, and one eye has a fantastic brown spot, just “pop” in so many of these!







and look at her blue eyes in this one…this wall is actually gray:)
