Ashley

Another fun senior girl I got to photograph was Ashley. She has beautiful, long red hair and it was curled just right to give it some body and make it look awesome. I love the fact that she brought her drawing/art supplies so that we could create a neat image showcasing that part of her personality.
Enjoy!

Working late the last couple nights

Well, I'm plowing through all the photo shoots I've been doing lately. I'm getting kind of tired and might have to call it a night soon. I'm trying to keep up with these seniors and I just had a couple weddings that I still need to proof and there's a new one this weekend that will be added to my plate soon. Plus an ordering session Friday I need to make a slideshow for and a 1 year old session! YIKES! :) But I LOVE IT!
Glad to be busy. Bring it on!
Here are some that I just finished proofing. They are of a beautiful senior girl that I just had the honor of photographing.
Rachel is a fun girl who has an amazing smile. She brought her mom and sisters with and they had a great time watching Rachel be a model. I think she is just gorgeous and it really shows.

The Newest Addition

I met this great family when I took pictures during Ben's Frame and Floral Holiday Open House last year in Albert Lea, MN. They were such a cute couple with an adorable little boy who looked just like his daddy...



Well now we're celebrating the addition of their newest member, little Charlie. This little boy was a total dream baby. Very happy and smiley. I think it really helped that the session was in their own home... it makes things so much easier on mom too! Call me if you're interested in an at-home session! 507-383-2344

Katie and Rob's Wedding

I had the honor of photographing Katie and Rob's wedding this weekend and I had an absolute blast! I hope you all had fun too!
We did so many great pictures of Katie and Rob together that are amazing! I don't know how I'm going to proof them! It will be hard.
The decorations at the reception were to die for! Katie did such a fantastic job of pulling it all together and really going with her theme of pink and black and the damask print. Very chic.
If she ever needs a second career, I think she could totally make it as a wedding planner! I know I'd recommend her!
Here's a little preview of some of my favorites for you guys.
Well, enjoy!
Becca

Besides the studio construction...

I suppose some of you are wondering if I'm still working during all this construction. Since that's all I seem to be posting lately. Well the answer is yes, yes, yes! :)
I've been busy and it's been hard to keep up with the construction updates, but those are getting a little boring lately so I'm going to share with you some of my favorite sessions from the last two weeks.
There have been lots of seniors since this is the prime time to take those graduation pics before school starts and schedules fill up!
I'd like to share Ella's...
She's a sweetheart. A definite beauty. She was a lot of fun to take pictures of.

Then there's Isaac and Matt. These boys are definitely your low-key kind of guys. They only wanted to do a couple outfits, "Come-on mom! Let's get this over with!" kind of guys. :) Gotta love 'em! I'm sure my boy, Collin, will be the same way.


And then there was Alec. He was definitely the kind of guy I can have more fun with. I could tell he really wanted his senior pictures to look good. I hope you love them, Alec!

Besides the seniors, I've been doing some families and babies. Here's a favorite baby of mine. Brooklyn is the newest member from one of my favorite customer's family. What a doll! I love her dark brown eyes and hair!

Oh, and I wanted to share Sophie with you too! I couldn't post hers right after the session because it was a surprise for Father's Day.... so here she is! This is the second time I've had the honor of photographing this cutie pie! I can't wait for the six month session!

Not much relaxing this weekend

The last two days have been very fun and exhausting all at once! The guys got a lot more siding put on and Adam put some concrete type stuff on the bottom to make it look more finished on the outside.

Andy finished mudding...

and then they textured. He wasn't real happy about the smooth wall I requested! LOL! I think he's already got over it! :)

Then they put in my front door. Here's Andy putting down some adhesive for the door jam.

Finally, I got to paint! It was a lot of hard work. Those are some tall walls! And I picked some pretty dark colors and that sheetrock really soaked it up, but I got it done... well part way done. So far the front gallery is finished. I went with a dark red on one wall and a dark tan on the other walls.
Then, in the studio I've painted a wall a lighter tan and my smooth wall is white. Next up, painting the dressing room and the two other walls in the studio. Hopefully I can get that done tomorrow.
Here's a picture of me painting... Collin's supervising :) I have to admit, he's been pretty patient throughout this whole process.

Hopefully paint soon!

The studio's coming right along. Andy's been taping and mudding the joints and I've been coating the screw holes... I only have to put a third coat on the ones up high now. Then we'll sand and texture (hopefully in the next day or two) and then it's paint!! :)

My door came a week or so ago and I got right on top of getting that baby stained! I wasn't the first one I picked out... I guess $2500 is a little too much to pay for a front door! LOL! But I looove it! Especially now that the stain is on it. It was still a pretty pricey door and I think it will be well worth it.

I've been having fun going shopping at Menards, Lowes and Home Depot lately. I got some great outdoor fixtures that will go on each side of the door, and then I have some tack lighting and a chandelier that will be awesome in the space.

Just today I went to Sherwin Williams and bought paint for the gallery area. It's going to be sooo much fun to see it on the walls! I can't wait!!!

I'm going to keep the colors a surprise though! You'll just have to keep coming back to my blog to find out. :)
Thanks for visiting!
Becca