My bonus daughter is taking a photography class this year, and her most recent project involved making stock images. So we set up a fun Halloween shoot with candy and some fall decor I had lying around, and got some fun ‘stock images’ out of it!

I can’t believe I almost have a five year old! Sometimes it feels like she’s growing too quickly; sometimes time can’t move fast enough (hello tantrums). Either way, I love watching her grow.
To commemorate her upcoming milestone birthday, I brought her to Silverwood Park to take pictures by the giant metal ‘5’ sculpture. It was a beautiful day, and we had a lot of fun walking around the park. 10/10, highly recommend.

My coworkers and I went on a fishing excursion for team-building, but I’m not big on fishing so I brought my camera instead.

I brought my camera with me to visit my friend and her kids on this rainy Memorial Day, and experimented with window reflections.

This weekend, the girls and I met my friend Kim and her family at a park in Ham Lake for some impromptu Easter pictures, and to let our girls run around and play together. They had a blast, and while we weren’t able to get posed pictures with the Easter setup I brought, the girls […]

A couple months ago, I came upon a Minolta camera bundle that included a 50mm f/1.4 lens. Now, I hadn’t touched my film camera in years, but the temptation was too great, so I gave in and bought it (yes, just for that lens). Bought new batteries for my camera, swapped in the ‘new’ lens, […]

Summer is my favorite season, and always seems to go by too fast; this summer was no exception. This summer was the first summer that we had 3 birthday parties to organize, as we had my husband’s oldest daughter living with us until the end of July, and our youngest just turned a year old. […]

Yesterday was my friend Jackie’s bridal shower, and I was a co-host, so of course I decided to take my camera along to get a few photos. Nothing crazy; I was there to celebrate, after all. But here are a few snaps of the spread, in case you’re curious. My mom painted the mason jars, […]

I finally tried something today that I’ve been itching to do for some time. I’m in a few photography groups on Facebook, and recently I’ve been seeing a lot of milk bath sessions posted in a few of the groups, so I decided to try it out today with my 11 month old.

I broke out my camera at home the other day so I could test out some new presets. Full disclosure: my stepdaughter took the outdoor photos here. Photographer in the making? We’ll see! I might need to put her to work as an assistant when she comes back for summer breaks.