Archive for July, 2009

Fashion Friday: Brother and Sister(s) Minneapolis Children’s photographer

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Today’s Fashion Friday was borrowed from a friend (thanks chels).  I love pink and blue together — and this is perfect for clients who have sessions coming up in the next couple of weeks!  You can easily have a more fall like look even in the summer — and not expire from the heat.

These outfits are from the Gap and Children’s place.

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Wordless Wendsday — Minneapolis Child Photographer

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

If you knew here you would know why this image needs no words!

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Grown Up Chaska Children’s Photographer

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

I can not believe that Miss T is now 4! I started photographing her when her brother was born, 18 months ago.  Time really is flying.  She went from looking like a toddler to a full fledged little girl!  This is why I love my job, I get to watch my families grow and change and document their lives for them.

I hope you like your “peak”  G Family– more to come this week!grotbo09-400

Fashion Friday: What to wear for LARGE GROUP PHOTOS

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

inspriationdressI think the most difficult part of any photo session is figuring out what to wear.  This becomes even more difficult when you find yourself trying to dress not one, not two but sometimes three or more famlies to do a large group portrait. 

There are a few options ranging form tradtional to more modern an funky. The key to all of them is to co-ordinate your style.  You do not all need to wear kaki pants and white polos to achieve this either, but you do need to plan ahead and all be on the same page.

To start with pick a style.  Will you be casual, formal or something in between.  Once you have your ’style’ then figure out a color scheme.  I love what Megan Cristillodid with a recent large group.  The familes all dressed in brown, lime green, organe and white and the results were stunning.  Click here to see how to you can match without buying the same outfit for everyone.  

Once you have a color scheme then you can start to put things together. I suggest you pick one outfit as the central ‘idea’ and go from there.  Just the difference in your starting outfit will take you in different directions.

These three dresses while all in similar color schemes would send me coordinatingmy extended family two different ways.  I would have to outfit: a two year old girl, four year old girl, two six year old boys, a 18 year old female, 19 year old male, two thirty something Moms, two forty something Dads and a Grandma.  

Inspiration dress A would take me down a road of bright colors and funky outfits.  Inspiration dress B would have me picking fun easy styles in knits and mixing solids and stripes and other fun colors.  The inspiration dress would having me going more traditional with colored shirts and polos in solid and more muted colors. Each look would be great, but totally different!

In fact I love the idea of Menga’s session so much that I will give a $100 print credit to the first LARGE group that contacts me and is willing to try something similar!

Wordless Wednesday: These Faces

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Their faces just Melt my heart!!

 

 

 

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