Eagles

We went to my brother's today to take family photos. A mile or so from his house, we saw these three eagles sitting in a field. I had to grab my 70-200 and take a few quick shots. This eagle decided to really give me a thrill and fly a few feet for me. SO FUN!!!

St. Paul Photo Shoot

I had the pleasure of photographing my good friend Kasey in St. Paul a few weeks ago and thought I would share some of my favorites. Actually, Kasey is more like my little sister, and I have known her since she was only six months old! You can see from the pictures what a gorgeous lady she has turned into!

Fix it Friday with I Heart Faces

It has been AGES since I have made a post. I have today off, and this little girl was too adorable not to take a few minutes trying to my hand at editing for today's Fix it Friday. Here is the original photo straight out of the camera (photo not taken by me).


Here is my first attempt. I cropped the photo, brightened up the girl and made the colors brighter using TRA actions in PS4.


I love the bright colors in the first photo, but couldn't resist trying to make it look a little more "vintage"...with this edit, I added Kubota Image Tools "Blue Dawn Leonidas".


Let me know what you think and which edit is your favorite! If you want to see what others have done with this image, head on over to I Heart Faces by clicking the link below!

Spring Break Fun!

We had a great time on spring break...my parents were kind enough to let us borrow their place in Bradenton, FL. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the week...

Sunset from The Sun House Restaurant:

My Birthday dinner at Pelican Pete's Restaurant:

Complete with live band:

Sand castles on the beach:

Pirates Mascot:

St. Paddy's Day Parade:

Too many more fun times to mention...but we have plenty of memories and photos to prove that fun was had by all!

Owen - 6 Month Pictures

I am a bit behind in blogging as you can see! Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure taking Owen's 6 month pictures in the studio. Owen is the baby you see at the top of my blog page with his mom and dad ~ he has grown quite a bit since that photo was taken!

Owen is a happy, smiley little guy...but unfortunately for me, his momma, his toes, and Steve the chicken were all much more appealing than looking at my camera...so he was a challenge, but so much fun to take pictures of! I think we got some good ones here!

Merry Day After Christmas

We came home today after enjoying Christmas in Amery with our family. It was so nice to see everyone and to relax. This was the gorgeous site we came home too...ice on the rock wall waterfall...this is my favorite part of winter snow/ice storms!

Although a second storm soon followed once we let the boys loose...

Who can resist these two?

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!!

Yesterday I had a booth at the Hudson Hockey Association Craft Fair Fundraiser.  Traffic was slower than expected, but Santa showed up!  As you can see, he is looking well, and the kids liked him.  He even had fun trading his trademark cap for a set of antlers.  What a way to kick off the Christmas season!

For those of you that missed Santa, he agreed to visit me one more time this year so you all still have a chance to see him and get a photo.  Kids...get your Christmas lists ready!  Studio J is hosting an open house to celebrate our new studio, and Santa will be the star attraction from noon until 4 PM on Saturday, November 28th.  This event is also going to be a charity fundraiser for our favorite charities.  We really hope you can make it, so mark your calendars today!