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.
Local Northfield author and blogger Shannon Hyland-Tassava came to my studio in Burnsville recently for head shots to use as she promotes her newly published book, The Essential Stay-at-Home Mom Manual: How to Have a Wondrous Life Amidst Kids and Chaos.
I was lucky enough to hear Shannon read from her book recently, and you can, too – join her at Monkey See, Monkey Read in Northfield on Wednesday, February 15 at 7:30.
Congratulations on your book, Shannon!
Kristi and Ryan came to the studio the day before Thanksgiving for maternity portraits, so that they could document the time leading up to the birth of their first baby. Kristi looked amazing, and it was wonderful to get Ryan into some of the portraits, as well. Dads may not carry the babies in their bodies, but they’re just as excited to meet the new little ones. While all of her portraits were gorgeous, I especially loved the dramatically-lit ones we created at the end of the session.
Kristi and Ryan’s baby is here and we already did the newborn session, but those images will be coming later!
Still catching up on blog posts from the fall! This is the S family, we met at the Hyland Lake Park Reserve on a drizzly day in 2011 for family portraits. The sky let up for us just long enough to get some great photographs against the gorgeous fall colors.
On a blustery but gorgeous fall day I met Christina, her mom and her sister in the quaint town of Lake City, Minnesota for Christina’s senior portrait session. The wind was a bit of a challenge, but in the end I think the windblown look worked perfectly with Christina’s hair.
We took some of her portraits in the downtown area, then in a park, and lastly at the Lake City Marina. Christina loves to sail, and she wanted to incorporate her passion for it into her photographs.
The collection Christina and her parents ordered includes a slideshow with some of their favorites, so I added that after the images. Enjoy the rest of your senior year, Christina!
