THE BLOG

Earlier this year, I was contacted by someone who wanted to have family portraits taken for her mom.  They hadn’t had any since they were kids, and she wanted to give this as a gift to her mother for her birthday.  First of all – so sweet!  It makes me so happy when people think […]

I’ve been photographing Patrick since he was a teeny newborn, and now look at him!  That first year brings SO many changes, and I love when families choose me to capture all the different stages that babies encounter.  At one year, Patrick is a happy, smiling little guy who is getting pretty fast on his […]

New for 2016, I will be offering “a day in the life ” sessions, and this is the family that started it all.  They first contacted me in 2012 when they were looking for a Lakeville MN lifestyle photographer.  They mentioned wanting me there for several hours, taking as many photos as possible.  Looking at […]

I had the pleasure of photographing Tristian’s newborn portraits earlier this year when his mom was searching for a Rogers MN newborn photographer.  He was three weeks old at the time, and wide awake for a good portion of his session.  Funny how each baby is different, though.  He was wide awake for the first […]

I photographed Evie and her parents earlier this year, and had such a great time with them!  Evie wasn’t so sure about this whole portrait thing at first, but she warmed up and after a while, and we got some great smiles out of her.  She loved playing with mom and dad, and she has […]

This little guy was in the studio yesterday, and I decided to try something a little different.  I used natural light (which I never do for newborn portraits at my St. Paul studio), I used an all white backdrop (that I was actually planning on getting rid of  because I never used it – it […]