FAMILY : TYLER, KRISTI & NICK

What a wonderful couple…what a sweet baby! I had the great pleasure of hanging out with Tyler and his mom and dad earlier this month. Actually, Tyler was sleeping when I got there, but when he did wake up…awe…nothing but smiles! We had a fun time doing a few shots at their house. It was such a nice day and luckily both Kristi and Nick were up for a walk downtown. La Crosse (WI) has some beautiful old buildings and Nick told me about this cool park by the river. Thanks for being so much fun guys!

Here are some of my favorite images from the day. Enjoy!

Love the Klimt! A gift from Nick to Kristi. How sweet!

This is what Tyler looked like just minutes after he woke up. Amazing!

FAMILY : SPENCER, CHLOE, KAYLIN, SHELLY & RICK

We met at the beautiful Hok-Si-La city park north of Lake City MN. Besides a couple of dog walkers, we had the park to ourselves. Wow! What a fun day! Got to meet this fun bunch in beautiful fall weather. The sprinkles were just to the south of us. Perfect!

Check out Chloe’s blue eyes…they are some of the bluest eyes I have ever seen!

We found a bunch of different backgrounds. I was overjoyed when they agreed to pose in front of the bathrooms. Goodness do I have great clients. The doors are about as blue as Chloe’s eyes.

Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy!

Chloe just couldn’t resist…and neither could I. Perfect!

 

CARDS : TRI-FOLD

One of the things I just LOVE doing…is coming up with ideas for cards. Here are some of the ideas for this years Christmas card for one of my clients.

Enjoy!

KIDS : JACKSON & JACOBY

Earlier this fall I did pictures of two sweet brothers; Jackson and Jacoby. When I pulled up I had envisioned them sitting in front of the house…did a bunch of pictures…and by the time we got around to my idea…the boys were done. I came back to get just that one shot and think it turned out super sweet. It ended up on the Christmas card I made for the family. I will show some cards in my next post.

The house picture and another favorite were both worked to look a little more artsy. I can’t wait to see how the second one will look on the wall!

Enjoy!

SENIOR : JEREMY

I traveled to Trempeleau WI to do senior portraits for Jeremy. He lives on a dairy farm with his family and there were lots of fun backgrounds to pick from. I think we got a big variety of images and angles. I had a fun time and could probably have spent a whole week playing around with all the old buildings. Mom kept repeating how she never would have thought of this or that for a background. Lots of laughs! It was hard to put the camera down.

Here are a few of my favorites from that day! Enjoy!

SENIOR : LUCAS

Three years ago I did senior pictures for one of Lucas’ older sisters, Karli. We had a fun time and mom mentioned her son and more senior pictures in a few years. Well, that day happened last Saturday. After days with rain lucked out with a nice dry day.

We started out with Elroy the dog. The house is surrounded with farmland and even some farm buildings. Needless to say, it was not hard to find fun places for pictures. With finished down on the highway and had a fun time. What a sweet family!

Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy!

BABY : ROLAND

One of my sweet nieces, Rachel,  just had a baby, well actually it’s been about a month. He is soooo precious and has that wonderful baby smell. A while back they came over for lunch and I got a couple of snaps of the sleeping prince…and one of big brother playing on the floor. I should have taken lots more shots, but hey, sometimes you just gotta take it all in.

He is such a good baby, but I have hardly seen him with his eyes open. I guess it would help if I went to visit a little more often. Gotta find the time!

Enjoy these few shots of…baby Mario…as we jokingly call him.

Check out those itty bitty toes!

KIDS : GRACE, MARIAH & DANE

Last year my good friend wanted me to take some shots of her kids. Wouldn’t you know it…Dane either got his face scratched up or decided he needed a haircut…all by himself. Ha ha ha…kids are just fun! Well, last summer came and went. Finally, this year we made it work!

The girls were excited and Dane thought, after one or two shots,…hey this was easy…now I’m done…let’s play! Not so fast buddy! He was a trooper and we did a bunch more. After all the shots we all went on a little relaxing trip down the valley. Just wishing summer wouldn’t be all over so soon!

Here are some of the shots of these wonderful, beautiful kids…that I get to hang out with often. Enjoy!

KIDS : LIBBY, GABE & PAULEY

It’s been too long since my last post. I’ll try to catch up with a few in the next few days. This summer has been crazy!

Last week I went down to Beaver State Park with Libby, Gabe, Pauley and their mom. As always, I had such a fun time with those guys. Love to chat away with mom. They have grown sooo much since last year!

We had the most beautiful weather and the place pretty much all to ourselves. Some of the shots I took while standing in the creek. I guess I need new rain boots, because my one foot felt icy cold all of a sudden. The kids had big eyes, when I took the boot off and poured water out of it. Later I managed to dip my butt in the water as well. Mom laughed at me and wished she had a camera…funny! Good times!

While the kids were sitting by the river throwing rocks in the water, there was a quick wind gust…then we had a slow shower of golden leaves falling quietly all around us…like snow. It was truly a magical moment!

Here are a few shots of those beautiful kids! Enjoy!

SENIOR : KALEY

Just the other day I had the pleasure of walking around town with Kaley and her mother Kay. I couldn’t stop saying ooh and aah…it was so much fun! We were shooting senior pictures, but I was thinking Vogue…ha…ha… Kaley has the most beautiful face and the sweetest personality. Her blue eyes were just radiant! Love the fact that she had on her mothers boots…just as stylish today as when they were worn last. Stylish, because Kaley is good at putting together the right outfits…simple and classy or layered up and sassy. Love it!

We walked around and found one fun place after another. For such a small town, there are an amazing amount of “backdrops” you would never be able to buy.

Kaley knew without hesitating what she wanted to wear and at the very end even put on her leotard…the girl is a gymnast…and a graceful one at that, from what I can see.

What a treat for me to get to capture some moments of this wonderful young woman! Enjoy!