We had so much fun hanging out with this cutie for her 2-year portrait session. We even celebrated her 2nd birthday with a cake smash at the end of her session. She was very excited about the cake. Her personality and her smiles came out when she got to her cake. Happy 2nd Birthday, Miss S!
Good Earth Village, with its beautiful bluff views and sprawling grassy fields, has turned into one of my favorite locations after this family suggested we go there for their outdoor fall photos. It makes such a lovely backdrop for family portraits. We also went back to the studio for a few photos and were able to use a new backdrop.
I’m not even sure how I chose which photos to share as I love them all. They had many favorites as well that they decided to get a hard cover brag book with most of the photos from their session in it. You can see their book in our stories on Facebook and on Instagram.
P.S. If you’ve had a session with us this summer or recently you will recognize that this is the family of one of our assistants, Shelby.
Booking a newborn session is the perfect way to capture an amazing and special time for your family. We were so excited to meet this handsome little guy. If you’ve been reading our posts, you’ll remember a few blog posts back, we shared his family’s fall family/maternity session. Their new baby boy decided to make his debut a little early on Christmas Eve! He was clearly eager to be a part of the holiday! Loved the blues, cream, browns and greys we used for his session. And since he was born on Christmas Eve, we had to get one that was a a little Christmassy, too.
Since it feels so cold outside, I thought I’d share a session from much warmer days… a sunflower mini session.
My favorite captures are those that represent the lovely personalities of my subjects and the relationships they have. These sisters were each so beautifully different! It’s kinda amazing to watch their sisters bond and was so much fun to photograph because these sisters both have such a love for life and their smiles are contagious!
Hope the sunshine and their smiles warm you up on this cold Minnesota evening.
Yesterday Andrea stopped by the studio so we could do Waylon’s 6-month photos. We were able to use some of our new outfits and props for his 6-month portrait session and also did a few Christmas photos since he turned 6 months old on Christmas Day.
Some babies can be shy or cranky at their 6-month session and the pandemic and masks don’t help either. They’ve become aware of their surroundings, and sometimes they take a little while to warm up to the sights and lights of the sets. But Waylon has no fear, and he showed off that handsome smile of his in most of the photos. And look at those, eyes, they lit up the studio.
With having no fear, he’s a completely confident sitter, crawls, and can stand next to something already. He actually has been sitting and standing next to things for a while. He was even doing them when we did his 4-month portraits (will share some of them at the end, too since I never did them when we did them). We had missed doing his 3-month portraits as we had been busy, but kind of glad it happened so we could capture him sitting and standing early (even though he wasn’t totally happy about it). Can’t wait to see what he’s doing at his 9-month session and wonder if he will be walking by then.
Photography by Kari specializes in custom portraiture of newborn, family, children sports team banners, dog, and high school seniors in Spring Valley, MN, and surrounding Southeast Minnesota areas.
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