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the artistplymouth children’s photography

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:08:26 +0000

I took my oldest daughter to the Walker Art Center for her belated 13 year portraits .. I have heard great things about the lighting in the building and she loves art of any sort .. so it was a win-win! And the bonus for me .. spending time alone with my newest teenager .. and capturing how I see her … as an artist …

as a beautiful young woman …

and as a part of my heart that walks around outside of my body .. i love you miss E!

so excited .. studio and other reasons!twin cities children’s photography

admin — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:03:01 +0000

first .. i’m excited to announce that i now have access to studio space for sessions! i am sharing with 2 other photographers and absolutely love the space .. i’ll take some pics the next time i’m there .. but for now you can see some images i have taken there …. and the other reasons i was excited.

i finally captured some images of my son .. who is now 15! it’s been a few years since he’s allowed me .. so i told him that he owed me .. gotta love a mother’s guilt!

these next two were taken in the stairwell of the studio building ..

and i used the space to take my youngest daughter’s portraits .. cannot believe she is 9 now!

and with her brother’s shades .. she’s so cool!

another thing i’m excited about is that i’ll be offering mini-sessions .. stay tuned to the blog for announcements on the dates!

just bragging …

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:33:28 +0000

up my oldest daughter .. my artist extraordinaire at age 12!

i walked by the computer the other day and she was working on this drawing … i’m always amazed at what she comes up with .. isn’t this character so dang cute!!

where has the time gone?plymouth children’s photography

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:53:39 +0000

my youngest .. at age 3 and at age 9 (in a week) .. amazing how fast 6 years can fly by!

our ragamuffin!plymouth children’s photography

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:25:22 +0000

we’ve had riley for 3 months now and he’s really grown on us .. i mean how can you look at this little guy and not love him! these were taken right after giving him a much needed bath .. i know i need to get him in to the groomers but i happen to love his ragamuffin look .. so he’ll be sporting this look for a while longer!

the life of riley …

admin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:27:00 +0000

and the life of our oldest daughter intersected last week .. and our family now has a new member!!

they met at the Humane Society of Golden Valley when ‘E’ was attending a mini-camp during MEA. her birthday was coming up and she had been bugging us about getting a dog (for the last 5 years she has wanted a dog!) and our answer was always no .. we didn’t want a dog .. too much responsibility .. housetraining .. puppy nights .. shedding .. just not ready for it!

well .. somehow between those 2 days and monday the idea grew on her father and i and we agreed to adopt riley .. i seriously almost titled this post ‘when pigs fly’ as that was how adamant we were about not getting a dog! but this little guy stole our hearts and it seems he was meant for our daughter and our family!

and the happy birthday girl!

my tween!plymouth children’s photography

admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:35:01 +0000

i haven’t shared one of my own in a while .. but we needed to get her 12 year portraits done before she gets her braces on .. so we went out last night for a quick session at our favorite spot. and as usual she rocked it .. just by being herself .. man i just love this girl!!

her more serious side ..

and one of my favs .. love that smile!

and those eyes .. just amazing .. like her!

and this was all her own pose .. she is just a natural in front of the camera!

and here are a few from the other day when we went out to capture some with her new glasses .. i love those frames!

works for m&m’s

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:41:33 +0000

and thank goodness she does .. as i needed to get some practice using artificial lighting (OCF .. off camera flash) and today was the perfect day for it as it was totally dreary outside …

not sure on the processing here .. trying to go outside my 9 dots .. and ugh i need to fix my blog resizing action .. her fingers are NOT cutoff on the proof!

a sad dayminneapolis pet photography

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:37:42 +0000

i am so glad i took these images last week … because this morning my daughter’s beloved hamster Sunny passed away

and here are a few more from her life with us .. her first day at our home ..

putting up with “dress up” ..

being pampered with some yogurt ..

and with her “mama” ..

so long Sunny .. you really were the best hamster .. you will be missed!

on location sessionminneapolis children’s photography

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:37:46 +0000

we finally got out to do my youngest daughter’s “official” 7-year session .. and let me tell you .. photographer’s kids have to be the hardest people to photograph
especially when she didn’t want to wear the outfit i preferred .. can you guess which she picked and which i picked?

if you guessed mine as the second you win! but regardless of the outfit .. i love it when i can capture her personality .. and all the different sides of it!

and i’ll leave you with this last one .. which cracks me up to no end .. can you see why i love this girl so much!

a few of my babyminneapolis children’s photography

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:11:15 +0000

It’s hard to believe that my youngest is now 7! I love her in this striped shirt .. well actually I love her no matter what she wears I’m anxiously awaiting till it warms up so I can get her session done outside .. hopefully soon now that it’s above freezing here! But for now here she is enjoying a sucker and a book ..

the indignities i faceminneapolis children’s photography

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:24:01 +0000

at least i’m pretty sure that is what sunny, my oldest daughter’s hamster, is thinking when events like this occur:

or this …

but i know what she’s thinking here .. someone loves me!

and i couldn’t post without introducing my son’s hamster .. skittles ..

when we first got her she jumped at the slightest movement or noise and he initially named her jumpy .. she is getting better but she is still a bit skittish .. thus the renaming to skittles. and i have to admit the red eyes freaked me out a bit when he first picked her out .. but she’s growing on me .. especially when i see her praying

portraits at the pumpkin patch

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:29:09 +0000

the girls and i headed out on wednesday afternoon to the pumpkin patch to pick some pumpkins and we decided to take e’s 10-year portraits while we were there. it was perfect .. weather was gorgeous and we found some pumpkins too!

so nice they had this chair there for us to use

ok .. i’m a bit biased but isn’t she just gorgeous? and yes her father already has the guns ready!

my new favorite of my two girls .. cracks me up

and i had to show this cute lil’ guy .. erin was all over him .. and unfortunately his brother was all over me giving me 3 long gashes on my hand!

double digits .. double trouble?

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:26:43 +0000

my middle child turned 10 today .. and now she says she’s a tweenager! egads .. a soon to be teenager (her brother in january) and a tweenager .. am i really that old :{

anyway .. here’s a shot from the other day .. i was practicing with bounced flash .. hopefully if it warms up this week i’ll get going on her birthday portraits

and a drawing she did .. completely from her head .. not looking at anything .. she definitely has my mother’s artistic abilities

a rite of passage

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:54:27 +0000

it’s a proud day when a boy kills his first rooster

at least that’s what him and his Dad says .. and as long as I don’t have to skin the darn thing I’m okay with it!

a fun saturday

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:06:18 +0000

the kids and i headed over to apple jack’s to finally experience a corn maze and do some apple pickin’. turned out that about everyone else had the same idea!

the maze wasn’t very amazing .. i think we ended up taking some shortcuts thus reducing the amount of time running around getting lost .. which was fine with me. and then after the maze we headed out with some empty bags and came back with them full of apples and even some raspberries too! the next day we made a pie .. i should have taken some pictures of that it turned out really good .. but we had our neighbors over for dessert and it didn’t last long

Can you see T up there in the tree .. white shirt peeking out of the left side of the tree. He was loving it .. and even helped out some families who also wanted some!

This is so *them* .. E looking so sweet and then S trying to grab the spotlight! One of these days they’ll both realize I love them for who they each are