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TCPPA Seminar

I am spending my day learning about Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot etc at a Twin Cities Professional Photographers seminar. There is a lot to learn today. Jon Wright and Bill Clark are the volunteer teachers to about a dozen of us photographers. All tuition monies for today are going to PPA Charities.

Hopping around the Nation's Capital in Washington DC

Gettysburg Battlefields

Pre Cherry Blossom Time in Washington DC

We are a couple weeks too early for Cherry Blossom time. Still, I had fun taking photos with the buds.

Jesus Christ Superstar-- The Musical

Once again, I was wowed by the talent in our church (Saint Odilia's in Shoreview, Minnesota) as I watched the performance of Jesus Christ Superstar on Thursday night. The singing was fantastic by the cast and the crew. I took the photos at their final dress rehearsal/sneak preview night on Thursday. They have four performances this week-end. If you can make it to the play, I highly recommend it.

Congratulations to the cast and crew for a wonderful performance.

January Walks

After school, Thomas said, 'Let's take Roxie for a walk in the woods."
I agreed, but needed more time to "work" before I could "play". I wrapped up my projects and we headed for our walk in the woods all bundled up because it was darn cold outside. After about 15 minutes, our short haired Boxer/Whippet combination dog was ready to head home. She was standing on three legs only as she watched Thomas walk the tracks. I loved the view from behind her head as she watched Thomas walk the tracks. When we turned back towards our home, she was like a horse going back to the barn. Her gait picked up and she pulled us back to a warm home. What a gift to go back inside after walking in 10 degree temps. Roxie was not interested in seeing the rest of the sunset.

Jack Frost

The natural beauty on the windows when the temperature stays at 20 below zero is fantastic to see----from the inside.

We were cocooning inside on these chilly January days and enjoying the designs on the window panes.

We enjoyed these gorgeous sites when we celebrated our 27th Wedding Anniversary at our favorite Bed and Breakfast in Hastings, Minnesota--Rosewood.

This was window art during the day and at night,

Jonathon

Jonathon was in yesterday for his 9 month old session. He arrived in a deep sleep, so I was able to hold and cuddle with him for a bit before he woke up. He's at a great age and size for cuddling, so I was happy to get "my baby fix" in.

This little guy is starting to look more and more like his Dad! Jonathon has gorgeous eyes and beautiful skin tones. The day light was bright enough that we were able to do our whole session by window light---my favorite light!

January Calendar Page

The Goddess of Winter with her

mighty tool---the shovel.

This is the January photo for the Cousin's 2009 Calendar.

Megan made the January spread because her birthday falls in January.

My favorite Megan image from this calendar session will be posted later this month.

Over the next year, I will be posting the printed calendar pages and some of the out takes.

First Eucharist Photo

In the middle of January, a sign of spring for me is starting to capture the second graders as they get ready for their First Communion Celebration. I love working with the second graders each year.

The youngest of five, Abigail, was in this week wearing her sister's dress and her Mom's veil. Abby was a natural poser and was just a delight.

Not the Grandma's Choice

I chuckled when I looked over the order from Jake and Elli. This is the image they ordered of their son Daven. This is not the same image that either of the Grandma's ordered. And actually, this is not the same back ground that Jake and Elli will get with their portrait order. Their portrait will be the high key back ground that the funny face was captured on.
Just for me, I played around with a different background in photo shop. It's always a good chance to play with layers and brushes which is what I did for this blog image.
So, the Grandma's both ordered an image of Daven grinning from ear to ear with his tongue in his mouth. It is a darling image, and it makes me laugh. However, this image makes me chuckle!!
Daven is a happy little guy with a wonderful set of parents and grandparents. He is a blessed little guy.

'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

This young woman's voice is as beautiful as her eyes. Last Saturday night, at the Partners in Praise Christmas concert she sang a solo in the song, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Melissa did an awesome job singing. The whole concert was fantastic and a very memorable evening. This is one of the photos from Melissa's senior session.

Mother as Prop

I have the priviledge of taking the preschool photos at the Shoreview Community center each year. It is enjoyable working with the staff and the munchkins.

I have learned NOT to ask the 2-5 year olds to say Hi to me because they are unable to do this without raising a hand to wave. It makes me smile each time.

Thank God for photo shop so I can swap heads in and out of my main photo. It is a challenge to get 16 two and a half year olds to look at the camera at the same time!!

This family came in before one of the class sessions and asked for a picture of just the kids. Since I had limited chairs and prop supplies with me, I used the Mom as a chair and we put the baby in her lap. Back at my computer, I was able to erase her from the photo. It was much easier to do this rather than try and get the siblings to hold the baby in my makeshift classroom studio. Plus I just had a couple minutes to take their photo.

In the first image, I actually like the expression on Mom's face as she looks with joy at her brood. I ended up printing both images for them to have because I like having Mom in the image, but since they requested just the chilren they get both.

During our combination individual/family photo session, Max had his serious face moments, his shy moments, and his giggling--life is good moments. This image was made at the end of their session. The family was starting to gather up their belongings when I noticed how I really liked the angle of natural light coming in through my window. I asked if we could take a few more photos even though we had wrapped up the session and had been visiting for a while.

The family agreed and we were able to make some more pictures of 3 year old Greta on a red sled in front of this snow scene back drop. When we tried to do the same with Max, he would have nothing to do with the red sled or sitting by himself. After all, it was nap time. He was done with any posing or artificial props. However, he lit up with lots of smiles when his Dad became a horse and he could ride him around in front of my window. I love the pure joy on Max's face. Ride 'em cowboy!!!

Holiday Traditions

The Rinehart family has been coming to my studio for the past 7 years to create their thematic Christmas card.

It has been a blast working with them as they dress up to act out their parts for the card. This is last year's card. I can not post this year's card until after they have sent out their 2008 cards.

In this scene--"It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas", we have tangled up Christmas lights, burnt cookies, kid's fighting, and long lists being made for Santa.

They are a fun family. I will post more of their cards later.

Easy and Happy Children

These two started coming to my studio years ago when I was using film. They have always been very easy to photograph. They sit down at the set and smile without any coaxing. They have beautiful smiles. I like their smiles, but this time I wanted to also see some giggles. I asked Jolene to do whatever she does to make the kids giggle at home. So Jolene stood behind me and acted silly and her two children giggled away. I wish I had recorded their giggles and chortles on a sound track because it was so fun to hear and watch them.

Thanks, Jolene and John, for raising such wonderful children and allowing me to do your Christmas photo year after year.

Scholastica and Justin

Yes, to all the photographers out there, I am using an on camera flash at this point in the ceremony. I am waiting in the back of church for the minister to introduce Justin and Scholastica as husband and wife. In the meantime, the Color Gaurds have lined up in front of me waiting for the command to march forward where they would establish an arch of swords for the couple to walk under. I saw this line up and snapped away because I wanted this image.
I loved the white and black skin tones in the foreground against the white and black skin tones in the background. Love is color blind!! That is good.

I received a very happy and excited phone call from a bride this morning after my husband delivered her Wedding Album to her. She was thrilled and happy to get it before she leaves for a short tour of duty in Iraq. During this visit, she is hoping and praying to get a chance to see her husband, Justin, who is already over there serving our country. They have been apart for at least 6 months

and my prayer is that they can get some fun couple time together.

May God Bless Both of You.

The Mississippi River at Night

Minneapolis is a beautiful city. I took this photo with the Mississippi River in the foreground to capture some reflections from our wonderful city.