May « 2011 « Child, Newborn and Senior Photographer – Minneapolis, Burnsville, Northfield, Lakeville

Archive: May, 2011

Charlotte – Minnesota Studio Photographer for Kids

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Meet Miss Charlotte, who came to the studio for her portraits with confidence, a great smile, and a fabulous wardrobe. Love her glasses (I wear glasses, myself, so I’m always admiring other cool frames). Thank you, Charlotte, it was a pleasure to meet you!

I have several more studio sessions to blog in the coming week or so, and then I am moving on to share some of my recent outdoor photography. Nearly giddy that the sun was shining yesterday, and I love spring and summer in Minnesota, when sunset happens later in the evening, stretching days out to enjoy even longer.

Posted in Children, Studio | 10 Comments »

Surfer Jude – Minneapolis, MN Studio Photographer

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Okay, confession. I’ve never been to California, and I’ve never actually met anyone who surfs (surfing, if it exists in Minnesota somehow, is far off my radar), but when I met Jude in my Burnsville studio I immediately thought, “Here’s a kid who looks like he belongs on a surfboard on a beach somewhere.” He just has that cool, laid-back look. He was a very willing model as I photographed him using studio strobes (have I mentioned I love my studio?), and despite the fact that my favorite images of him ended up being serious or semi-serious, he really was a happy, smiley kid. In fact, in the black and white portrait, I had just asked him for a serious face, and it was a little too hard for him to contain his grin, which you see a hint of here.

Thanks to Jude and his mom for coming in to the studio for the modeling session, he did a wonderful job!

Tags: burnsville mn photographer, edina photographer, lakeville child photographer, minneapolis head shots, minneapolis photographer, minnesota head shots, natural light photographer, northfield photographer, studio lighting
Posted in Children, Studio | 13 Comments »

Taylor – Northfield, MN Senior Portrait Photography Studio

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

This is Taylor, a high school senior who drove all the way to my studio in Burnsville from little Rockford, MN to act as a model for me so I could experiment with more lighting set ups. He was very enthusiastic and outgoing, and would dance a little in between takes, then put on his serious face when the camera came back up to my eyes. Thanks, Taylor! When I photograph people, most often their portraits are in color, but with the lighting in these I really preferred them in black and white.

Tags: apple valley photographer, burnsville mn photographer, edina photographer, lakeville senior portraits, minnesota senior photographer, mn senior photographer, northfield photographer, senior portraits
Posted in Seniors, Studio | 12 Comments »

Models in the New Studio – Minneapolis Photographer

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

I am in my new space and really enjoying having the room to play with strobes and large rolls of seamless paper, just to name a few photography toys I can use now. I put out a call for people to come in and act as models while I experimented with different lighting techniques. Sabe and Kadra are sisters and they came in one early evening. They made for beautiful subjects!