Category Archives: family

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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last minute holiday mini’s/minneapolis natural light photographer

i am going to do one more set of holiday mini’s…the day before thanksgiving…outside my new studio if the weather permits, inside my studio if the weather doesn’t. 9:30 10:00 christensen 10:30 11:00 $250 for the session, 30 minutes shoot time, best 8-10 edited in color and bw $25 extra pp for more than 4...

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sneak peek for the P family/minneapolis natural light photographer

i met the P family on the west side of town…and oh, it was a chilly morning! but, we got it done. we had lots of good laughs and let me say i have lots of bloopers/outtakes due to miss J…gotta love her personality/spunk though:) she makes me laugh…i’d love to have one of her...

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shooting schedule update/minneapolis natural light photographer

good morning everyone out there:) i am headed down to the studio again today to do more work. i am so excited to edit a bit later today if all goes well as i had two very fun, gorgeous seniors on the streets on saturday-if you haven’t already taken a peek at my earlier post,...

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the C family/minneapolis natural light, kid and family photographer

I left my house for 3:3 basketball and my uploads were running on this family, but computer issues and it froze:( therefore, they are still uploading, but here are some of my favorites for his mom…as i bet she’s checking back tonight! heather, i apologize, i will get you into your whole gallery tomorrow! on...

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alex/minneapolis natural light kid and family photographer

just in case his mom is watching my blog, your edits are being worked on today! thanks so much for your patience…i know it’s been a long two week wait for these families:) here is a sneak peek of mr A…flippin adorable:) that’s all i’m gonna say for now, so i can get back to...

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the holmbergs/minneapolis natural light, kid, and family photographer

like i said earlier…here comes another sweet family…another repeat client that i adore. what more can i say? here are some of my favorites from their mini shoot with me outside in ne mpls.

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good morning mpls/minneapolis natural light and kid/family photographer

i am almost done with this family…but i did this quick peek on facebook late yesterday so i will upload it here as well, but check on back later today for a full blown post of addie/her parents! my comment on facebook was “how could you say no to this face”…seriously! i’d be in big...

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addie and company/minneapolis natural light, kid, and family photographer

i am sure you all recognize miss addie from my website…here she is again…and this time much older and bigger:) i adore her and her parents and it is always my pleasure to do their portraits. they are good friends with the S family-see previous post and let me just say that nice people hang...

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the S family/happy everything/minneapolis natural light & family photographer

this adorable family and i have a history…and this history is one that i am proud of. i love repeat clients and they are the type of family that keeps me willing to do family shoots every year. i don’t want to give them up:) no lie-they are flexible, they are easy going, they are...

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oh, mr O/minneapolis natural light and kid & family photographer

you may recognize this big guy…he’s 4 now and oh, so, so, handsome! here is owen…one of my repeat clients, one of my clients that treat me the BEST:) anyways, it was my absolute pleasure to shoot his family two weeks ago near my old studio in ne mpls. many more to follow…i hope, i...

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kid/family fall shoot dates & times/minneapolis natural light photographer

MEA MADNESS OCTOBER 20 1:30-3:00 3:00-4:30 OCTOBER 23 1:30-3:00 trautman family 3:00-4:30 polingo family and their motorcycles:) OCTOBER 25 1:30-3:00 3:00-4:30 ***BOOKED*** Stevenson family HALLOWEEN WEEKEND OCTOBER 30 1:30-3:00 ***BOOKED*** olmscheid family 3:00-4:30***BOOKED***merrill family ***the scoop on these: $100 down to hold your date/time with the remaining balance of $395 collected the day of the...

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more of the k family/minneapolis natural light photographer

such an awesome family…and here are just a few more of my personal favorites from our night together! it was such an easy night with them…i love that i was able to get decent individual shots and also ones of the just the kids and then also decent ones of the whole family as well,...

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more oranges and limes/mini #2/minneapolis natural light photographer

oh my…here comes more cuteness on my blog! the H family agreed to come “styled” as well and here are some of my favorites from their mini shoot with me! i don’t do that many kid/family shoots anymore, but every time i do i really learn to love the fact that nothing is perfect with...

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the E family/minneapolis natural light photographer

When the E and the H family signed up for their mini’s with me i shot them a blog post by megan cristello and she had families “styled” in orange, brown, white and chartreuse clothing and she brought oranges, limes, orange/green/brown popsicles, and the same colored bottled pops! well…the E kiddos were my first mini...

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sneak peek for the E family/minneapolis natural light photographer

before i hit the bed after two seniors tonight…just one sneak peek for the E family…just a shot of kids being typical kids at 2 and 4:) i will have their private gallery ready tomorrow… some people may say that this shot is imperfect…but i love it…i love that emmie is not looking at the...

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on to my mini sessions/minneapolis natural light photographer

i was at my potential “new” studio this morning…so lots going on there still. i just got my daughter to tennis and fed them too! i have two shoots tonight, both orono girls in the warehouse district, so very excited! but, before i head out the door here is one more sneak peek of the...

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all mine/allie/minneapolis natural light and teen photographer

i am out the door for another shoot tonight but i took allie to heartbreaker yesterday and she got a couple new dresses, shoes and earrings and i bribed her that she couldn’t wear them until she did a mini photo shoot today. of course she decided she was ready at 3 pm, full sun...

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kid & family update/minneapolis natural light photographer

i will be adding one more kid/small family mini shoot date for late october/early november…and that is all that i plan on adding to my schedule for 2011. after those are full i will be referring you out to other photographers so be on the lookout for that date as it will be first come,...

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lucy and company/minneapolis natural light photographer

I often get asked by my photographer friends “why don’t you just do seniors”…and i sputter and i pause and i say “i know, i know, i could do that”. i usually just think for a moment and they say “maybe i will make that change next year”! but, i will be 100% honest and...

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little lucy/minneapolis natural light photographer

we scheduled and rescheduled…but we finally got it done yesterday morning! here is a sneak peek of the cutest little girl in the cutest little pigtails:) here’s lucy! i FINALLY got this expression from her when talking about tooting, farting, and passing gas…i’ll do what it takes though:)plenty of good laughs! more to come in...

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MIA yesterday/minneapolis natural light photographer

I am playing major catch up today and I apologize to everyone for not getting back to you yesterday. I ate lunch with a photographer friend, erin benner, on Tuesday at Brueggers near the Galleria and we both started having food poisoning symptoms Wednesday night. It was downright nasty for both of us, I was...

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more of parker/minneapolis baby, kid and family natural light photographer

here are a few more, some with smiles, like i promised of cutie pie parker. his parents were oh, such troopers on our shoot this week! he sure was a serious guy, but stinkin cute nonetheless:) thanks D family for your business, i hope to see you again in the future! we almost named our...

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parker/aka mr. serious/minneapolis baby and kid natural light photographer

I had the pleasure of meeting parker and his delightful parents near loring park last night…FINALLY!!!! the weather finally cooperated for an outside shoot like we wanted! parker did really, really well for his age but he was oh, so serious! stinkin cute, but serious! here is just one sneak peek for his mom…many more...

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