About Salina J Photography
Hi! My name is Salina, and I am a photographer working in the Minneapolis/St. Paul and southern Minnesota areas. I enjoy meeting new people, and luckily for me, my profession allows me to do that every week, whether I am photographing a newborn, baby, child, family or creating senior pictures. This blog showcases my recent photography, and will help you get to know me and my style of portraits a little better. I am based out of Northfield, but work on-location throughout the Twin Cities (and beyond) or in my studio in Burnsville. I work with my clients to choose the right locations, times and wardrobe pieces to ensure their portraits are beautiful and true reflections of who they are.
This is Nicole, who will be a senior in Lakeville this coming fall. She has the most amazing amber-colored eyes, they just pop right out of her portraits. Gorgeous! I loved Nicole’s choice of clothing for this session – the blue is bright and complements her blonde hair and light eyes, and the brown top worked well for the urban/industrial background we shot at later on.
First things first – I do not offer wedding services at this time, but I have several wonderful photographers I have assisted by working as a second shooter. Earlier this month I helped Kristin of Kristin Knudson Photography at a wedding and reception held at the gorgeous Plummer House in Rochester.
The day was cold, especially considering a few weeks later Minnesota would hit a record-breaking high of over 90 degrees. That day the sun would come out for five minutes and everyone would rush to a sunny patch of lawn. In between the rays of sunshine it hailed (hailed!) mini pellets twice and sprinkled. Luckily every time we were outside for portraits the weather held. The rain made the new spring grass a very bright green!
Here are some images from Jesse and Tiffany’s wedding. They were so obviously in love, what a happy day!
Today is the day! Becky Higgins, who has a great blog full of creative inspiration, is coordinating a massive photography giveaway with photographers all over the United States and even other countries. All May she’s been posting five individual photographers’ profiles, and today is the day for Salina J Photography, representing Minneapolis/St. Paul!
Go visit Becky’s blog today and leave a comment in my post (not on THIS blog) to enter.
The lucky family will receive a full on-location session in 2010, one 16×20 mounted print and 10 full-resolution, completely edited images on disc with a print release. A la carte value of this prize is $1040. This prize is available to families (up to six people) in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area or those willing to travel there.
You may enter for yourself or nominate a family you think would love or deserve this fabulous gift. Good luck!
Meet the adorable Maya and Emma, who I photographed in Northfield recently. Miss Maya is one of the most well-spoken three year old children I have ever met, and she had some very specific ideas of how her photo session should go. She would say, “I want to look beautiful,” and then give me a big smile and pose with her cheek on her shoulder. Love a child who enjoys posing for the camera!
Her baby sister Emma was so sweet and had nothing but smiles for me and her mom as we moved her from spot to spot for photographs. The image of her peeking out of the basket is one of my new favorites, and is currently the opening portrait on my new website.
