We had the opportunity to get out in the beautiful weather this afternoon to photograph 20 month old John. It was pretty chilly out, but he didn't seem to mind. John and his parents were a lot of fun to work with, and we all had a great time.

As a rule, I don't post images from a session before the proofing session, but in this case I just can't resist.

We had the opportunity to photograph the players and teams in the Upward basketball league at Brainerd Baptist Church. It was a new type of photography for us, but we enjoyed the challenge.



We used a bold, edgy lighting setup to create portraits that are similar to those of professional athletes. We had a great time photographing the kids, and the photos turned out great.

We're hoping to do more of this type of work in the future.

It was my great pleasure to be a part of the MCR Foundation’s “Love Your Body, a Celebration of Healthy Body Image & Positive Self Esteem” event on Thursday, February 25 at the Loose Cannon Gallery. The non-profit foundation works to raise awareness of eating disorders and unhealthy body image, particularly in school age children. This is a terrible problem among children today, and it’s a cause that I am very happy to be able to support.

I believe very strongly that we all have something beautiful about us, and the overwhelming message being sent my the media is the we’re not beautiful and we need to starve ourselves and buy their products in order to ‘fix’ our appearance. That this is done for the sole purpose of making a profit makes it all the worse.

The event featured a partial screening of the documentary America the Beautiful which explores the impact that marketing and super models has on the self-esteem of children. I highly recommend that anyone with young children watch it, and consider how to limit the impact of media on your child.

Images from the event can be viewed in this online gallery.

We had the opportunity to photograph this lovely baby last month. Meet sweet Julia.



Mom, Jennifer, and Julia



Aww, sweet kisses.



We look forward to watching you grow, Julia.

We once again had the pleasure of photographing the adorable Piper last week.



This was her 7 month session and we had to get this shot.



This is the shot we have taken at every session so far. I can't wait to see them all after she turns One.



Thank you, Jill, for allowing us to capture such sweet images of your baby girl.