. . . but noooo, I had to wear this one with the dog on it.”
Madeline is a Baby Plan graduate that came for her two year portraits last week. She also brought along older brother and Mom and Dad for a family portrait. It takes Maddie a while to warm up but by the end of the session, with Mom and Dad chasing her, we got some great smiles.
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It seems as though fall has arrived. One day it’s 75 and sunny and the next the wind is blowing, leaves are dropping and the temperature plummets. I love that chill in the air – fall is without question my favorite time of year.
Was up until two in the morning last night connecting a new wireless router so both of our home computers have internet access. I work on portrait orders at a computer in the basement but this machine was never connected to the internet. I’d have to finish an order, save to a jump drive and then take it upstairs and upload to the lab from that machine. Not a huge hassle but often times Kate and I were “fighting” for computer time. This will be much easier.
Watched an on-line video yesterday and the speaker recommended “iGoogle”. I’m sure everyone but me has heard of it but if you haven’t I highly recommend it. It allows you to have all of your favorite “spots” on one page plus there is a plethora of nifty gadgets you can add to your page. Doppler Radar, your Facebook wall, Twitter, inspirational quotes; the list is endless.
Now if I could just figure out RSS feeds!!!;-(
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Nice guy and he liked the downtown urban look for his outdoor images. He had this brick red shirt and it went perfect with the buildings on Historic Third Street. Any of you that know Carl probably already know he is a National Merit Semi-Finalist! Way to go Carl.
Posted in High School Senior
Back in the late 80′ and early 90’s I owned a real estate appraisal firm. Interest rates were at all time lows (for that period in history) and the mortgage refinancing business was crazy – and residential appraisers along with it. It was common for me to be at the computer writing appraisals until two or three in the morning.
If I complained about having to work so hard my Dad was a big one for saying, “Got to make hay while the sun shines!” (he was retired) I always felt if he said it one more time I was going to strangle him with my tape measure. (not really of course)
Late summer as a senior portrait photographer is kinda like the appraisal business. We were crazy busy all summer creating fun images and now I have the orders to work on. It means endless hours behind the computer, removing blemishes, softening eye bags and “popping” the eyes. Please don’t mis-understand, I’m not complaining. After all – you gotta make hay while the sun shines.
Enjoy the weekend – it’s going to be beautiful!!
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Funny isn’t it – how we never seem to be happy with the weather. Without a doubt this has been on of the most beautiful summers on record here in Minnesota. Day after day of wonderful blue sky days and moderate temps. But many times when you comment to someone about the beuatiful day the response is, “We sure could use some rain though.” or “A little cool for August isn’t it.” I wonder why that is? Is it in our nature to find fault – to complain? I’m pretty sure it’s in mine, (just ask Kate) but I’m working hard to correct that attitude. (Please bear with me during this remodeling project;-)
But, today was another glorious day – no matter what else I might say!! May we all enjoy a wonderful fall season.
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Tyler was in last week for a Senior’s Choice sessi0n. Nice guy with an easy smile. I guess I’d call this image a casual/formal portrait. More of a formal background and a nice sweater and shirt but a less than formal/traditional pose. A little of both.
Posted in High School Senior
Sawiya and Fuad are twins and were in a couple of weeks ago for their sessions. Quite honestly there are few, if any of our senior clients that are not polite and respectful. Sawiya and Fuad were especially so. I really enjoyed working with them – they were both great at posing and had some specific ideas of there own. Of course we did a few of the two of them together and this was one of my favorites. It’s under the overhang in the bank drive-up just down the street. There was a sodium vapor light overhead that gave the image kind of a funky feel.
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