Wednesday, October 31, 2012

engagement at hope glen farm. { frost on flower }

I drove out to Cottage Grove to meet with a couple to review their wedding contract and do their engagement session. It was wonderful to meet them and to explore their wedding venue - Hope Glen Farm. There were quite a few neat photo spots. I can almost imagine their wedding already! We had a lot of fun and here are some of my favorite photos:

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Congratulations C+K! I can't wait to photograph your wedding in 2013!

Monday, October 29, 2012

tiny twins. need i say more? { frost on flower }

I absolutely could not wait to get home, upload these photos, and get to work. Last Saturday I spent two hours with these adorable twins. Those two hours were jam packed full of exploration, excitement, snacks, and even tears. When all was send and done I had close to a billion photos to look through. That's right... a billion.

While you probably wouldn't mind seeing nearly a billion photos of these cuties I'll save you a bit of time and show you my most favorite few. And by few, as always, I mean a bunch.




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As the air was quite cool in the morning we began indoors inside the Guthrie Theatre.




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We went straight up to the Amber Lounge. The girls had some time to get comfortable and do some exploring.




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They were pretty interested in being held for a while, which is understandable. I was new and we were in a weird yellow room with giant windows.  Pretty strange, right?




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Soon the girls got a bit more comfortable and peered out the windows into the fog.




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Same eyebrow raised. :)




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This little one was pretty into doing her own thing.. and quite quickly!




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We made our way down to the fourth floor where everything was a bit more normal colored.




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There was so much outside to look at it. I love getting reflections in these windows. :)




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There are giant comfy black chairs to climb on throughout the theatre.




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We of course blew kisses.




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And looked out the windows some more.




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And constantly asked for more snack. 




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And licked the windows.




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And wondered why window licking was happening. Ew.




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After the girls had about enough to exploring inside we went out, just past the Mill City Saturday market.




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We found this nice wall but the girls weren't overly interested in looking at me.




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This little lady spoke to my heart by exploring the numerous rocks.




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This one was pretty pumped that I brought bubbles along.




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We managed to get them together for a few seconds at a time.




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Though that didn't mean they were actually going to do the same thing or look in the same direction. 




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No comment. :)




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More snacks.




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I always get a few of these reaching for my camera shots. Love them. :)




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The girls were nearing the end of their available attention and tolerance for me and my camera. We headed down to the boardwalk for a few more shots before calling it a day.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

the mini session i most looked forward to. { frost on flower }

This is the last of mini sessions from earlier this month at Minnehaha Falls Park. I was looking forward to this one all day! I used to work with this mama over 1.5 years ago! It was great to meet her family and spend a little time with them. I ended up with so many fun photos!

Here are some of my favorites:

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These just about capture everything - close family, confusion, goofing off, runny noses, crying little ones... :)