Category Archives: on location

allie and madison/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

i am out the door for a full day of errands…lots going on in my life in all honesty as my dad has been doctoring and not doing the best. it stinks to have our parents health lessening and we have it on both sides. my dad has myastheniusgravidus and diabetes and my mother in...

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my girl/allie/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

miss allie at 14. more from this shoot to follow yet this week! she borrowed madison’s fun ear muffs:) i’d LOVE to do more winter shoots…just saying:)

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madison/love me a snow day like today/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

this is gorgeous madison…one of allie’s dance teammates and friend:) we did a small shoot in minnetrista today, they froze, but we had some fun too! here is my first edit from their time with me! more to come later this week for sure!

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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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a few more of the s family/minneapolis natural light photographer

as i previously posted…mom S contacted me and we had basically a 24 hour time period to get her shoot in/done…and we met december 26th…you see her three kiddos were all home for the holiday, they traveled home from california and colorado! here are just a few more of my favorites:) this is a fabulous...

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oh, rocco/minneapolis natural light photographer

one more sneak peek for the S family, in case they are looking:) this shot is all about rocco…seriously…how stinkin cute! i hope to finish their edits up in the next 24 hours if all goes well on this end! *wish me luck*! so many good ones!!!!

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sneak peek for nancy/minneapolis natural light photographer

these three kiddos traveled home for christmas and we did their shoot december 26th as it was the only day that worked for them. here is just a sneak peek for their mom:) more to follow soon! i love their bright colored clothing…very fun!

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bob/head shots and more/minneapolis natural light photographer

bob met me at the studio this past week for a typical head shot for his work/twitter, etc and of course i don’t do a lot of typical head shots, so i encouraged him to go outside with me as well to get some “regular” shots as well:) here are just a few of my...

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back to work/minneapolis natural light photographer

i have to admit that even though i haven’t been shooting much this december, i still felt crazy busy. the studio is taking up lots of my time as are the kids. it was nice to have some free time to prepare for christmas…and christmas was okay, but i will be honest and say that...

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boudoir personal project/minneapolis boudoir photographer

my facebook post this morning! i am looking for one outdoor female boudoir model for a personal project! (i did type outdoor). great holiday gift for yourself, your hubby or partner! shoot to be completed 12/12, 12/13 or 12/14. complimentary shoot with the ability to order individual digital images if you choose to do so!...

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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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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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just a few more of jacob/minnetonka senior 2012/minneapolis senior photographer

Here are just a few of my personal favs from my time with jacob/minnetonka 2012. i thoroughly enjoyed working with him and his mom, very nice people! we had a slightly chilly day, but not bad for mid october, we got lucky.

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one more jacob sneak peek/minnetonka 2012/minneapolis senior photographer

my tallest senior to date. jacob is 6 foot 7 inches:) this one of his more serious images! as a photographer…i am not going to lie…it is a bit tougher to get comfortable looking positions when one is as tall as jacob:) one thing that i have found that helps is that we did his...

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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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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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biker love/13th years together/minneapolis natural light photographer

Good Morning to all of you out there! First off, I have to say that I am so glad that we did this shoot. Lynda contacted me in August? in the midst of my senior season and asked for a shoot. I was overwhelmed a bit, overbooked, etc so I kindly asked if I could...

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one more sneak peek/minneapolis natural light photographer

i found some time last night to edit a bit…i should be done for sure on theirs by sunday if all goes well. today i am headed to my studio and i have 5 different photographers stopping by between 10-2…they all are interested in either renting by the half day/day or coming on board as...

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next up/biker love/minneapolis natural light photographer

i am seriously so darn excited to get to these edits as they are something different for me. these two adults live in my neighborhood and i am oh, so tickled that they hired me for this biker/anniversary shoot! one more sneak peek for them… another total teaser for them:) i am a sucker for...

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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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