Ready To Fly

Tara came in for her senior pictures.I've known her since she was a little girl.It's so cool to see these kids growing up and ready to move on to the next step in life.

Tara-I know this isn't your favorite but it is a cool picture.

I love this one. It started to snow while we were down on the train tracks.

This is one of my favorites. It was hard to choose only a few to put on here. You did a great job and I wish you all of the very best life has to offer,Tara.

AC-You Rock!

AnneChristine is getting ready to fly the coop. We did some senior pictures that you definitely wont get from the school photographer!

AC is such a naturally beautiful person. She always makes me smile.

LincolnWay Central has been lucky to have AC. She is one of the best tennis players(if not THE best) the school has ever had. She's got several colleges interested in her. It'll be interesting to see where she ends up.

Thanks for giving me the honor of taking your senior pictures. I had a lot of fun with you & your mom while we did these. I'm so proud of all you've accomplished and can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

Down The Road I Go

Paul came to see me for his senior pictures last week. It was pretty chilly out but Paul and his mom were game for some outdoor shots. Paul-this one is your cd cover.

Love the sepia on this one. I kind of feel bad for seniors...such big decisions to make.It seems like there are so many more opportunities now then when I was a senior. (not that long ago...really.) Much harder to make a choice.My one piece of advice-love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life.I can't remember who said that but how true.

I still see the little boy in this one. I've known Paul since he was in 4th grade. Same smile. Same humor.A great athlete but equally great musician.Paul-I hope you keep your music alive.

This is one of my favorites. One of them. Jane-have fun picking. Tough choices, girlfriend.

I LOVE this one. It's SO them!! Jane-if you even say anything negative about this picture I will delete the whole file!!For real. Seriously, they have a really close relationship. It's beautiful to see. Love & respect.

Don't even ask. By picture #345 we were getting slap-happy. Paul-just out of respect for you-I didn't put the pumpkin one or the little white stool one in here. I'm saving those...

I really loved doing your pictures. I've watched you grow into a nice,young man and I can't wait to see what you do with your life.

Rock'em Sock'em

I'm pretty sure this was Jonathon & Kevin's favorite part of the session. It was at the end and they'd done an awesome job.We decided to have a little fun. This is one of my favorite pictures from the session.

Isn't this a commom pose among siblings?

They look like they could do some damage here.

Thanks, Jonathon & Kevin. You guys did a great job!

Richardson Rugrats

This is another family from Minnesota.There are so many great places to shoot from at the lake. Rosie,Sophie & Will are lucky enough to spend almost all summer at Pelican Lake!

I love how each child has their own personalty.Rosie is definitely the "big" sister.The younger kids look up to her and follow her lead when playing. Can't you tell how sweet she is?

Sophie is next in line. She's a little quieter. She's content to play in the sand or swing on her new swing over the water. She is always thinking. Very fun to observe.

Will is just a complete crack-up! He always has a twinkle in his eye.He laughs a lot. I watch him run from one part of the resort to another-constant action. I want that energy!

I like how this is not posed. They did such a good job with these family pictures.Great listeners!

Looks like Dad just told a funny joke.I love this age group-they still think their parents are the greatest.Jason & Audra have done an amazing job with their kids! They are smart,funny,polite & of course, beautiful.

The road to Shangri-La.This is the road that leads into the resort. It's such a pretty road-gentle curves and suggled in the trees.

Thanks Jason & Audra! It really is an honor to take your family pictures.You have a beautiful family!

Minnesota Family

While we were on our annual trip to Minnesota-I was able to do a few family portraits.Jeff,Paola,Nicci & Brooke were my first family.They look like they should be in a magazine!This is a barn that I have been admiring for a few years. It's perfect! The poor guy who owns it.I knocked on his door to ask if I could take a few pictures by his barn. I was totally out of breath and only half my words were coming out.He probably thought I was a crazy lady.(some of you might agree) He couldn't fathom why we wanted to use his barn. He doesn't see how cool looking it is.He just sees that it needs a coat of paint.I hope he never paints it.

I love these casual shots. This is the "real" them. Teenagers just don't stand with perfect posture,heads tilted at the "right" angle.They want to be comfortable...chill...I can't think of any other cool words.You get the picture.

Don't they look like they are in the Secret Garden? This is the path from one of the cabins to the place where we park our cars.It's so beautiful up there.

I felt really bad about this.I had the bright idea to have them standing in a field.Little did we know that it was an ant colony!Literally thousand's(okay-maybe hundreds) of ants everywhere!I've never seen anything like it.

Nicci could still feel them crawling.You know how that is after you know they are there.You feel them everywhere!

The show must go on though!We snapped this one really fast and got the heck out of there.They were crawling in our pant legs,on our feet(of course they were much worse for these guys than myself.)-EEEEWWWW!I can feel them right now.We were getting rid of ants for the rest of the shoot. I'm so sorry you guys!

Thanks Olson family.Your pictures turned out beautiful!It makes my job a lot easier when my clients are so photogenic!

Senioritis

On our way to the cabin we stopped to see our friends the Hoekers in Duluth. Josie wanted some senior pictures done. Talk about knock your socks off! Josie is so pretty and easy to photograph.I can't wait to work on the rest.

I love this shot-it's like an oxy-moron.Does anyone even say that anymore? We had to hike to get to this waterfall-real hiking. So I thought it would be cute with her heels because there's no way you'd wear those here. We took a lot here.

This was by Lake Superior in Minnesota. Duluth is one of my favorite towns in the world! Great shops/places to eat. Cool old buildings with textured brick walls. You guys know how I love texture!

Thanks for letting me take your senior pictures, Jos. I'm honored. You have so much to look forward to this year.Enjoy every minute of it!