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He is getting so big!

Lucas and his Mom and Dad paid me a visit today at my studio downtown Minneapolis. Lucas was my very first newborn and it is so much fun to see how they have changed and grown! He did such a great job for me and he loves his Elmo!! I had a little Elmo puppet with me today to see if we could get a few more smiles out of him and once he saw that it was all he wanted! Thank you again for a great time!

We got one!

Love his eyes!




Love this look! I think he knew what was coming!

UP, UP, and AWAY!!!

One of my favorites!

Love this look, just a content little guy!

Love this one as well! Just hanging out to read with Mom and Dad!

Tried a different background here and I think I like it!

Slideshow of Ava - Lifestyle Photography

Finally here is the slideshow form our session yesterday. It took me forever to get this loaded. If you know the secret to uploading slideshows to blogger PLEASE email me... seriously, this took all day! Enjoy the show! Sorry for the not so great resultion on the pics (blogger is so bad) trying to figure something out in the meantime!

More pics from the studio!!!

So I brought my husband, Matt, down to the studio so he could see what I was getting myself into! He loved it and of course loved the coffee house below. I tried some new places and settings with Ava today and of course since it was so nice outside here we had to check it out! It is so rare with Ava that I end up with more then two or three good photos. And today we had our moments but overall she is really getting into it. I will show my favorites and I will post a slideshow together so that you can see the rest plus get a better feel of the different places inside and outside of the studio... (you may see a few princess polly pockets and cookies).. Some of these images are truly who Ava is to me. The last image in the slideshow was taken right inside our jeep (great light can be found anywhere even in the car seat!)

NEW STUDIO - Ava pics

I am so excited to share these with everyone! Ava and I went downtown yesterday to my new studio to do some practice shots and figure out the light. I am still all natural light so these pictures were not taken with a flash or lighting system just with what was available. I love it!! It was so much fun with Ava and she actually got into it, though a M&M cookies was used as a bribe. Thank goodness the coffee shop below us have those on hand!! Yes, there is a coffee shop below us that has a breakfast menu and lunch menu of sandwich and soups and wonderful bake goods..... These are just from inside we did not even go outside! There are a ton more spots outside. I must be rubbing off a little on Ava because as we were leaving I was telling her about all the great textures and backdrops we could use and she pointed to a perfect spot and said" Mom, I think the light looks good over there", and you know what she was right! Next time I can not put my camera away until after we are in the car!!!!!

I could hardly get her to stay still!

I love this one of her!




I love this window and think I am going to have lots of fun with it!

Tried some different coloring and texture in photoshop!

My Mom made this coat for her and she also made both of the dresses as well!

I was in such a hurry to get downtown that I forgot to take off my Ugg slippers, this is Ava's reaction when she noticed them (seriously, they are the best thing ever!).

Blessed

This is how I feel this week! Have a good night!

NEWNESS IS COMING!!!!

Well this little baby arrived on my doorsteps on Friday this week and I finally got a chance to play with it this morning with Ava. As you can tell she was thrilled with another camera in the house! We were making (okay, Matt) was making pancakes for us this morning and Ava got her name as a pancake! We never tried this with her and as you can tell she loved it and ate all three! She even got over her confusion of the letter "v" and "u" with this little lesson! Anyway my Nikon D700 is awesome and I can not wait to use it with my clients! I am so excited for this new year (yes, I know it has been a month already). I have so many exciting things to share this month so be watching the blog for updates and special promotions!