{out and about}

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Just a note that I will be out of the "office" Thursday, March 25th -Sunday, April 4th to my second home out west, beautiful Arizona! I will periodically check email but any orders or scheduling will occur promptly upon my return from The Valley of the Sun....
{photos below from last years trip. all at ASU. Go Devils!}

{properly dressed} Apple Valley, Minnesota Child Photographer

“A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.”

-Anne Roiphe

Or perhaps it should read a little lady whose smile is open...This beauty is turning one in a week and it was amazing to watch the multitudes of emotion and expressions she brought to life in our time spent together. Always excited to be near mom and dad, full of smiles, curiosity, screeches, delight and confusion. All wrapped up to perfectly to tell the tale of the amazing first year of life which starts as a newborn, when one cannot even hold up her head, and ends as a toddler about to walk and take on the world.

{star gazer} Woodbury Baby Photographer

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

This little one was delightful to photograph. I was struck how her vibrant personality and eyes glistened like stars. She truly sparkled our entire time together and it was quite easy to catch her magic and sit back and dream.

{Simply. beautiful} Minneapolis Children Photographer

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
— Margaret Atwood

{identity} Minneapolis Child Photographer

"And that's when I realized, when you're a kid you don't need a costume, you ARE superman."
— Jerry Seinfeld (Halloween)

Yes. Those goggles are foggy. Yes he wore them that way, a long time.

And yes. I'll claim him. He's mine.

{travels} Twin Cities Children Photographer

"Think... of the world you carry within you."
— Rainer Maria Rilke

Simply why I enjoy working with children. The world within them has no lines, no rules, a natural love of life and learning. My job is simply to capture it in time to be remembered forever. These two beautiful children embrace beautiful worlds and it was truly a wonderful time for me to witness and record.

{While in Dreams...Awake} Twin Cities Fine Art Photographer

... Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
... Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm s'posed to be...
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

{Rainbow Connection}