Bethany {River Falls Maternity}

Many of my friends have recently announced that they are pregnant. This has given me some great opportunities to brush up on my maternity and newborn portfolios! I was excited to take maternity photos for Andrew & Bethany because I had done their engagement portraits as well as wedding photos previously. We always have a great time on photo shoots and this was no exception! We walked down under the swinging bridge at Glen Park and then spent some time in my home studio.

I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! You're gorgeous, Bethany, and I can't wait to meet the new addition to your family in a few weeks! :)

























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Willenbring Family {River Falls Portraits}

For the last two years, we've done a family session at Glen Park in October. The first year there were three & the next year four. This year, I met Jessi, Joe, James & John at Glen Park again - a little later in October but on a perfect day! James & John were another year older and they did a great job.

I hope you all had a good time - I sure did! :)





We got some full family photos, as well as Jessi, Joe and each of the boys...



...and each parent with each boy. :)







I love how differently James & John reacted to the leaves!







I L.O.V.E. this one! (Great thought, Jessi!)



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River Falls Senior: Shane

In December, I photographed an awesome outdoor wedding in a blizzard. Recently, this family contacted me again - this time about senior photos for one of their other children. We scheduled our session quite a while back and everyone was excited to get together. Well, everyone except Shane. :) Actually, we started at his home then did some indoor studio portraits and continued on to Glen Park and the high school to grab our last shots. As you can imagine, this was a long process, and he did great! We planned it out so well, we even managed to get home before the Packer game started!

Here are a few of my favorites from the afternoon.


















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Strusz Family Take #2

We planned to do outdoor portraits sometime after we finished indoor portraits. We eventually planned to head to Mears Park in St. Paul during October. Although the weather report indicated there was a decent chance of rain, the day ended up being gorgeous! Unfortunately, we got to Mears Park to find out that there was a Zombie Pub Crawl going on & there was a block party in the park. Once we knew we needed a ticket/wristband to get in, we decided to head somewhere else in the city - Harriet Island!

Even though we had to make a last-minute location change, everything turned out great! We had fun and there was a playground close by for Eli! It was great to see you guys again - thanks for letting me snap some more photos. :)

Sneak Peek: Liz & Andy e-Pics

We've had some amazing fall colors here in Wisconsin this year - the best they've been in a while. Although the weather feels more like summer right now, it's so pretty that I'm using any excuse I can to spend some time outside!

Last weekend, we took a drive to a state park to take engagement pictures for Liz and Andy. We had a great time walking through the park with frequent photo stops. It was much busier than I'd expected - possibly because it was an extremely nice day! You might recognize the park...we may have had a slight "run-in" with the "law" so I'm not linking to the park's page this time around. :)  (apparently, you need a permit to take paid portraits on state land...)

Liz and Andy - I hope you had a great time with us at the park! We certainly had a fun day! I can't wait for your wedding this December... I just know it'll be beautiful & snowy (but just enough snow, not too much)! :)

Here are some of my favorites!






























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Sneak Peek: Olson Family

On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to spend some time with the Olson family at one of their favorite parks. We took a walk around the park with some stops for portraits and some stops for playing and exploring. Andy and Annika are only 5 but they did a great job! They each had a "prize" waiting for them when we finished pictures - Barbie for Annika (she even showed it to me!) and Spiderman for Andy.

Thank you for letting me help document a day in the life of your family! It was great to meet you and get to try out a different park for portraits!





















The aftermath of "Make a silly face!"

Brooklynn is (almost) 2 years old!

I can't believe Brooklynn will already be two! It seems like just yesterday I was taking her newborn and 6-month portraits. Andrea, Travis and I spent another beautiful evening with Brooklynn at Glen Park, just like we did for her twelve-month portraits. Brooke did an amazing job - a whole 2 hours of pictures and she stayed happy the whole time!

I'm...ten? :)




Andrea brought a flower, which worked out perfectly!








A quick outfit change and right back to more pictures!




We found some gorgeous light as the evening went on...












What a little model!








Brooklynn's starting to get too quick for my lenses! :)




As always, thank you Andrea & Travis for letting me help document Brooklynn's life! She is absolutely adorable & I can't believe how big she's gotten! (I bet you can't either! :) )