At 5 Days...

A couple months ago, I took maternity photos for my friend, Nealy. Loved that shoot! Her daughter was born back in January and she asked if I'd come take Callie's birth announcement photo. So, here is beautiful Callie at 5 days old. Precious.

Newest Kid on Campus

Over the weekend, I met a great family at the University of Minnesota campus for their session. Lori and Justin met at the U, so it was a great location to have their first family portrait taken! It was a beautiful morning for being February, so I was excited to get the shoot underway. But first my parking meter broke after inserting half my quarters and then I stepped in a giant puddle on my walk to the Washington Ave bridge where I would meet the family. I was worried about what else could go wrong, but nothing did! I had a blast working with Lori, Justin and Zoey and can't wait to meet up with them again in the future (I hope!).

The Secrets of a February Thaw

It was a beautiful 40 degrees today when I left work at 4:30 PM. On my drive home from work, I thought what a great day it would be to go out and do some experimenting with my camera. My goal was to use ONLY manual settings... as in ONLY use the M on my DSLR... as in I would HAVE to pick the shutter speed AND the aperture. Guess what? I did it!! I first went to a bridge as a freight train was passing underneath. I played a bit with blur. Then, I noticed this tiny stuffed animal laying on a sheet of ice in the street. I started noticing all this other garbage on the sidewalks and in the street. It was all made visible from the melting snow. So, I shifted to two goals: shoot manual and shoot garbage revealed by the February thaw. It was a fun 30 minutes, but kind of gross and disgusting too.

Oh, and the sunset was gorgeous! Especially the clouds.

I walked back to my front door after about a half hour and noticed this older couple walking along the sidewalk. It was just kind of cute to me. I had been reading online about street photography the other day and how I want to experiment with that sometime this spring too. Maybe that's why I snuck this shot of these two walkers.