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.
I am looking for some people to model the weekend of July 15-17. You do not need to be a professional model, just someone who is comfortable in front of the camera. I would prefer children aged 6 and older who will be able to take direction well, teens, and young adults.
If you are interested and would like more details, please send an email to salina@salinajphotography.com with a few clear photos, as well as your age or the age of your children, and your availability that weekend.
Look at sweet little Claire! Love her expressions in these, like she’s just quietly regarding me and the camera. These were taken in my Burnsville studio, using natural light (a softer look than my studio lighting provides) with a gray background. So happy to have had you in the studio, Claire!
Lilly has worked as a model before (her face has been in Target ads!) so I knew she’d be full of natural smiles for me when she came to the studio. Love her spunky personality! That zebra outfit really brought out her wild side, she was dancing and posing for me like she’d been on the runway for years. Thanks, Lilly!
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!
