This is Mabel, and she is the most gentle, most timid sweetheart in the world. I photographed her younger brother earlier this year, and her mom brought her in for her own session yesterday. Oh and by the way, starting the day by photographing sweet, gentle dogs (or even funny, crazy dogs) is the best morning pick-me-up ever. So what I'm saying is, please bring me your dogs for photos. It makes me super happy.I have several internet shares of the day, so let's get started:+ I could totally rock these Converse this winter.+ I would like to stay here when I'm in Palm Springs please (if I'm not staying with my buddy Chris, that is).+ How about these for the best international places to travel alone? I went to Dublin by myself, and it was fantastic.+ Too bad these nasty pins are sold out.+ This is like a new form of Consumer Reports and I am HOOKED.
In case I haven't mentioned it, I've been slammed with family photo shoots these last few weeks. And I'm gonna be honest, it has been super fun! Because the fall color is out of this world right now!So, if you are reading this and you are a client of mine, might I suggest that you book your session for 2017 between Oct. 10 and Oct. 25? I feel like this is the peak of color, and I'll also tell you that several clients have already done this, so you wouldn't be alone in nabbing up the prime dates for your holiday cards.
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I had a shoot around sunrise yesterday morning down at the river, and I got there 15 minutes before my clients. So I poked around and took some photos of how pretty it was down there at that hour. What a city I live in.And while I've shot in this location many times at sunset, it was way better at sunrise.
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This weekend was lovely in that the weather was fantastic enough to where we spent the days outside wrapped up in layers, playing in the sunshine, and the evenings sitting by fires, sipping tea and reading. We also went to the zoo, had our own family photo session, went out for breakfast, raked leaves and watched 
Thursday morning I had a session with a 20-month old, and after playing in the leaves, we wandered into the woods and just look who was waiting for us! Hello, cutie! I see doe in the woods all the time, but this is the first buck I've seen in the city.What are you guys up to this weekend? I'm gonna do some cooking and try to enjoy the weather (sunny! sixties!). Get out there!OK, internet shares!+ 
There is nothing quite like being woken up by crying in the middle of the night and opening your child's bedroom door to see him puking (and crying) over the side of the crib. Oh, and let's not forget the smell.So Ezra stayed home with Mom yesterday, and lucky for both of us he seemed fine. No fever, no more puking and great spirits. Because he had puked, I was too gun shy to take him out in public (a serious fear of mine is having my kid puke all over a public place -- ew), and he didn't want to even leave the house. So we watched Shawn the Sheep all morning, and then later I busted out this train I was saving for Christmas. It did the trick and he was happy all day long.In other hilarious news, for about the last six months, I keep getting contacted through my web form by actors in NYC who need head shots in the next day or two. The second or third person who reached out, said that their agent had sent them to me. I was completely baffled as, clearly, I cannot fly to NYC for a small headshot session on a day or two's notice. I kept emailing these nice folks back explaining I lived in Minnesota, and then I never heard a word back.Until today! An actress emailed me back, apologizing for the mix up, and said she had typed in the url wrong. Her agent was sending her 
I snapped this photo while shooting a family session this weekend at a lake. Sidebar: The fall color right now is so damn gorgeous right now! Everyone who likes this color, real quick shoot me an email and let's book a session for the second week of October 2017. Deal?Ok, back to business. So I love looking at pebbles in the water, but it had just started to sprinkle a little, and I loooooooove it when water ripples and distorts an image. I don't know why, but it pleases me to no end. I wish this image would have had a few more ripples in it, but beggars can't be choosers.So how are you guys doing this week? It's kinda nuts over here with the many, many, many photo shoots going on. But they make me happy, so that's not really a complaint. I did go to the doctor today for my physical and I got the flu shot and holy hell did it hurt bad this year. I actually sucked in my breath out of pain and the nurse commented that a lot of people were finding this year's shot more painful. It's not the needle, but it's the sting of feeling the magic medicine entering your bloodstream. Yikes. Is that graphic enough for you? Sorry. And yes, my arm is sore. That said, please get your flu shot. I need a world-wide effort to keep my family healthy this winter.For your internet shares today:+ 
Well, I still feel a bit bad about Monday's post not showing emotion or what something really feels like. I think for those photos to have done what I wanted, I needed fog coming off water or something like that.So I'm going to try to make up for it today with SO MUCH EMOTION.This little girl turned one last week, and to say she did not like the texture of frosting stuck to her fingers is a complete understatement (and sadly hilarious at the same time).Oh, toddlers and their feelings.For your internet shares:+