trade for trade. { frost on flower }

Here's another peek at what I was doing Saturday morning, before the little lady I just posted about.



This is Travis. Travis and I found each other on Craigslist. I've been doing some trades for work on our house since, let's be honest, I have no time to work on my house. I have the desire to.. but I have what amounts to, basically, negative time. Yep - that's a thing.



Enter: Travis.



Travis is a handyman. He's done a few different things with his time over the years. Most recently he worked in construction. But when construction work dwindled during the housing crisis he went the handyman route.



So Travis is going to help patch and paint our sunroom.



In exchange I had this solo session with him. And will have another session with him and his two kids as soon as the weather improves.







Have I told you how much I like solo portrait sessions?



Well, I do. But I'll save all that for another post. It's kind of a big deal.





Travis seems like a great guy and did a great job having my camera pointed at him for the bulk of an hour.



















It was great to meet you, Travis. See in my sunroom this weekend. ;)

a little lovely at the guthrie. { frost on flower }

As is not uncommon: I have a lot of photos to share with you. :P



This session was scheduled quite last minute. I'm so glad it worked out.



Basically.. they needed a photographer ASAP and I was like "hey... I'll be at the Guthrie tomorrow morning, can you be ready then?" And luckily there they were!



This little lovely with the super amazing hair is a model, understandably so.



In this first set of photos she is modeling a very elaborate headband. I just love the way it works with her hair. I could never pull that off.









I believe these photos were for the boutique that makes the items so I tried to focus a bit more on the headband than on her adorable smile in some of them.





The next headband was equally as elaborate.









After the headbands she changed into a handmade reversible dress with matching headband.





We spent some time goofing around..





... which, I think, worked out perfectly.







And then reversed the dress for an entirely different feel.









We got a lot of great work down in one area of the theater but I wanted to take her and her brother upstairs to see the view and have a little fun.



So we got a few more shots of both sides of the dress.





I can't wait to work with her again - we had a great time during our super speedy session. :)

teeny tiny baby { frost on flower }

I was so excited for this little guy to arrive. I first met his parents back in January when I photographed them during a maternity session at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. Their due date was the same as Olive's three years prior. He ended up arriving a little early, just like Olive did, two days after her birthday.

I was also quite excited to meet and photograph him as I had been told he was a very teeny tiny baby. After having my giant June back in November... I could use a little teeny baby time. :)



His nursery is a nautical theme so that's how our session started out.



Arshad's parents bought this tiny boat just for his first photo session. It would be really cute to use for future sessions as well.. maybe sitting inside of the boat when he's a bit bigger and able to sit.



As babies often do, he sensed the excitement of the day and wasn't too interested in being asleep.









Their apartment had the most perfect floor and a nice blank wall opposite some very large windows. It made my job so much easier!





He kept needing a little encouragement from mom and dad.







And from the boat we moved onto a bowl. :)







He sure seemed to be sleepy...







And from the bowl we went to a tiny suitcase.. because I really enjoy putting newborn babies in suitcases. :)





He wasn't the happiest camper at this point.. but that always gives me some time to focus on other cute baby parts.. like little bitty feet!





Tiny babies are pretty lucky - even when they're super sad they're still really really cute. Crying baby photos just aren't the same once they're a few months old.





And I had to grab a few documentary lifestyle shots at the end... :)



To see all of the photos from Arshad's newborn session at his home in Minneapolis please click here.

Welcome to the world little guy!