rhonda stark photography: minneapolis children’s photographer

i met up with “M” the other night for his senior session and let me tell you i was glad that i brought my step stool .. although i could have used a ladder .. for he was pretty tall. now i’m not short by any means (5′8″ on a good day) but i felt it when i stood next to him!

anyway .. and this is the very cool part .. he could do that thing with the basketball where it spins on his finger .. i was amazed at how long it kept going!

after shooting a few at his house (oh .. the basketball court was at his house .. another cool thing) we headed over to Dundee Nursery to finish up his session. i have always thought it would be a cool place to shoot a senior session and finally called to see if it was possible. they were so nice and allowed us to do so! when i told my husband that i was doing the shoot there he was a bit skeptical .. but i knew it would be cool and have great little spots .. and i wasn’t disappointed.

loved this cool little building .. do you see what i mean about him being tall!

and this spot too ..

and since i’ve title this entry ‘very cool’ i have to show this shot .. isn’t this the essence of cool here .. i love the stare and the tiny bit of a smirk!

thanks again mom & dad & “M” for having me out to capture this milestone in your life! and a special thanks to Dundee Nursery for the use of their property!
and thanks for putting up with all my cool comments .. i’m totally dating myself here aren’t i

when talking with “A”s mom prior to his session we had decided on a golf course location and another location that i like to use for his senior session. but come the day of the session, “A” really just wanted to stick with one location. no problem and so off we went to my location .. and proceeded to capture some great images like this one .. which i love the eyes with the shirt .. great call mom!

and then after a bit of persuasion from his mom & me we ended up at the golf course location .. and captured this image .. again those eyes are killer!

and so you know that mr. “A” has a killer smile to go with those eyes .. here’s another we captured at yet another location i talked him into .. thanks for being a great sport “A”!

thanks again mom & dad for choosing me to capture this time in your son’s life .. i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready! and “A” .. enjoy the last few weeks of summer!

i mean can’t you tell …
the only thing tough about it was trying to narrow down my sneak peek images seriously .. i have so many favorites .. miss “A” could not take a bad picture and was so easy to work with!

i love these shots .. appropriate as she is a lifeguard. and we got lucky .. the beach was closed so we had it pretty much to ourselves!

and this shot .. loved the color and her eyes in this one ..

and again .. this shot at my favorite location .. she’s just a natural beauty!

i could keep posting but i really need to get dinner started!! mom & “A” i had a fun time .. thanks for driving and for choosing me to capture this fun time in your life ..i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

do you see what i mean? miss M reminds me of that classic beauty of the past .. she was all spiffed up in this gorgeous dress when we met at her house. and i thought to myself .. well this will be an easy session for sure! and it was .. well except for the traffic we encountered when we reached our destination .. como zoo. but after cruising around a bit we finally grabbed a parking spot and got started. and the above image was from one of our first stops .. easy peasy!

it was a hot afternoon but we managed to stick to the shade and cooled off with a ride on the Cafesjian’s Carousel .. which was one of the reasons we came to the zoo for miss M’s senior session .. she had fond memories of it and chose it for her location .. i loved it! i have to say it was my first time riding the carousel and taking pictures .. and i’m sure i looked quite lovely up there trying to hang on to both my horse and my camera!! but i think it was worth it ..

i was glad that miss M brought a change of clothes (thanks to her sis for letting her borrow the top!) as i think it brought out another side of her .. i just loved the way she was working the camera!

thanks M (and Mom) for choosing me to capture your senior session .. it was a true pleasure meeting you and spending the time with you! and thanks for putting up with all my stops towards the end of the session .. i think you’ll be quite pleased

i’ll be in touch when your full gallery is ready .. enjoy the weekend!

what an enjoyable session .. great weather .. great location .. and the nicest guy for a subject! he wanted to meet down at the guthrie and i’m so glad he suggested it. i loved the location .. lots of little areas with many different looks!

in the “yellow room” at the guthrie .. very cool room and very yellow .. this is definitely toned down from the original ..

outside near the mill city museum ..

another outside near the museum ..

hope you enjoy your sneak peek .. enjoy the first days of school next week!

i just had to post a few from M’s session .. i enjoyed processing a few of these different from my normal kids stuff!

i enjoyed getting to know you M .. hope you had a good time and i didn’t bore you too much
enjoy the remainder of your summer!

mom .. i’ll be in touch when the rest of his gallery is ready .. thanks again!