Category Archives: Kids

personal challenge/minneapolis natural light photographer

one of the negatives of being in the business is that i never find/make the time to edit my own photos. and i take less photos of my own kids/family. recently my dad has been not doing the best and i honestly freaked out a bit last week and pulled out old photos to look...

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lucy and company/minneapolis newborn and natural light photographer

gosh, i flippin adore this family…i was so thrilled to do their newborn shoot and here are some of my absolute favorites…minus their birth announcement keeper:) lucy is one lucky baby girl…that’s all i am going to say on that!!!! as we all know…i don’t do that many newborn shoots…i don’t specialize in them and...

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winter mini shoots this month/minneapolis natural light photographer

i would love to book some winter mini shoots, perfect for kid/small family, senior, boudoir or head shot. i have the studio booked from 10-2 on both 2/17 and 2/20 (presidents day so kids are off of school). $295 includes 45 minute shoot time and the best 10-12 custom edited in a private gallery/cd. no...

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avery/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

what can i say…one special teen, and to receive two nominations from one community is huge:) here is the second letter that i received on miss A. Shelley- I would like to nominate Avery Pilot. She is my daughter Lizzie’s best friend, so we know her very well. I am AMAZED at the resilience of...

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a serious one/avery/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

miss avery was the winner of the free “mini shoot” with me…later this week i will share the nomination letters that i received:) this image is just another sneak peek…urbanized a bit! more to come soon, i promise! s

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this is avery/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

she was nominated by TWO people as one special teen/tween deserving of a mini shoot with me!!!! she met me at the studio today…yes, she skipped school a bit:)and this is just a sneak peek of one of her images…more to come next week. i love that she had her hair/make up done prior to...

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the H girls/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

where have i been? what have i been up to? studio time, another boudoir, ikea, moa dress shopping for allie’s first high school dance with a friend, traveling basketball tournament, a dance competition, etc. you name it it has all happened in the last 4 days. yikes! i finally finished up these girl’s edits and...

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alexa/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

just about to head out the door to the bus stop and then the night gets crazy and i was at the studio today working on a few things with my sub leasers:) anyways…one more quick sneak peek from the H girls shoot…here is alexa…such a cutie pie:)

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sneak peek for the hess girls/minneapolis natural light photographer

good morning and happy new year to all of you out there:) todd is not feeling well but the kids and i headed across the street to our neighbors for a little new years eve party/the kids played video games and swam in their indoor pool and the adults just hung out in the kitchen:)...

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personal images/minneapolis natural light photographer

Hello to all of you out there today taking a peek at my blog! My weekend project is working on personal images and I will be honest and say that this is the first time I have really been able to do this since last June and it feels good! I have gotten a few...

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more of the c kiddos/minneapolis natural light photographer

it has been one heck of a crazy week over here and i plugged away at their edits between everything else this week:) i love repeat clients…i did tyler’s senior pics last year and also the whole family last fall for their holiday cards! here are just a few of my favorites from their time...

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sneak peek for deb/minneapolis natural light photographer

get ready…a repeat family next…the C kiddos:) and here is just one of them…miss A and i honestly didn’t know if i’d get to any of their images yet tonight, but here is one. i don’t think her mom would care me sharing that she frantically rang me at 5:30 tonight and she left her...

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one more sneak peek from the M family shoot/minneapolis natural light photographer

here is one more from the M family shoot, i honestly hope to have a full blown album posted by tomorrow:) so check back in! what else do i know? crazy busy with life…kids…studio…basketball…it’s all good:) i need to edit jacob’s images next…but here is the kicker. i bought a new monitor for home so...

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allie/minneapolis natural light photographer

just a very quick play at the studio today with miss allie. this is a very serious shot of her, but i just love when i see myself in the catch lights in her eyes!

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one more sneak peek for the M family/minneapolis natural light photographer

here is miss G…I am on to her family’s edits next:) this is just a sneak peek for her mom as i know that she is patiently waiting! i hope to have all of their edits complete this weekend-between basketball tourni and everything else that hits:) check back for more real soon!

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new to me/minneapolis natural light photographer

as many of you know that follow my blog on a regular basis…i love walls, texture, color and shoot mainly outside/on location. i just took over my new studio october 1 and the walls and the floors are painted white. i am thrilled to have another look:) i took this shot last weekend at 4:40...

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nope, not a senior/minneapolis natural light photographer

M and her brothers met me at my new studio last weekend and we completed their shoot outside in all of the fun alleyways-love me some new walls:) this is just a start of their edits…her brothers are identical, very identical…wish me luck on remembering which one is which. i have had identical twins before,...

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full blown R post/minneapolis natural light photographer

i will be honest and say that a shoot with 4 kids is never easy. and this shoot was not easy either. but, i don’t think i have ever laughed as much while editing in my whole photography career. these images are the real deal…very candid and i am proud of it:) one of my...

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c man/minneapolis natural light photographer

C told me that he wasn’t going to smile…and he wasn’t kidding:) his mom has already emailed me once joking on how i was going to have to photoshop a smile onto his face! this sneak peek is for her…if she’s watching:) i will be working on their edits next! i think he’s awfully handsome…don’t...

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more of my favs from the O family/minneapolis natural light photographer

as i said previously, these three kiddos live across the street from me and i adore them and their parents. i take them out alone every year…and it is always a busy time, but we get it done. this time around we used a farm site near our neighborhood so it was quick and easy,...

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the R kiddos/sneak peek/minneapolis natural light photographer

just one quick sneak peek…before i start to get ready for my two family shoots today…i know that their mom is patiently waiting. let me just say that getting this shot wasn’t easy:) many more to follow yet this week! 4 kids are tough…no matter what ages:)

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dom/a before and after/minneapolis teen photographer

good morning! i just finished up editing the O family edits…but here is one quick post of dom…a dramatic edit for fun for your viewing! more to follow here real soon, i just need to watermark and resize etc. two family shoots this afternoon, fingers crossed for no rain:) and sooc also, images like these...

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the three O kiddos/minneapolis natural light photographer

for those of you that follow my blog on a regular basis you probably recognize these three. i take these three kiddos out every year…they live across the street from me and are near and dear to my heart:) this is just one quick sneak peek for their mom/dad. i am going as fast as...

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sally and jillian/minneapolis natural light photographer

i will first start of by stating that i did not know the P family prior to their shoot. we met on a chilly morning last week…and it was 33 degrees when we got to our on location site. brrrrr. i tried to be cool and i was dressed in a sweater dress, leggings and...

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personality plus/minneapolis natural light photographer

i got my kiddos off to the bus/it was a long mea break over here… and i honestly went back to bed for a few hours…much needed:) here i sit now with pandora blaring and i just have to say that i have smiled inside several times while editing miss j. she cracks me up:)...

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