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Our baby girl turned 2 last week. She melts my heart. Yesterday I had a rare experience with her. She woke up grumpy from her too-short nap, so I sat down with her in the recliner in her room. She a slept for about an hour on my chest. I watched her little hand move as she drifted in slumber, then she quickly tucked both hands deeply between us, snugging in as if I were her swaddle blanket. I was given a wonderful hour of prayer, reflection and random thoughts of what to add to the grocery list.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  

As you’ll see on my pricelist page, I’m now offering Digital Slideshows of my client’s favorite pictures from their shoot.  I’ve learned over the years that most clients like so many pictures that they don’t know what to do with them all.   Here’s the perfect solution.

FYI: The slideshows are set to music which I set at 75%, so if you’re watching this at “work” be aware of your volume!

This shoot was taken in October 2011 at Richardson Nature Preserve in Bloomington.   What a fun family!

Another example of the power of music set to images is from the Wayzata Ballerina shoot last fall.  This was a magical, very cold, very beautiful shoot taken by the Depot in Wayzata on Nov. 7th, 2011.  Well, except the first farm field shots that we did off Medina Rd. on our way to the Depot!  Note that when you’re working at dusk shoots move VERY fast (we went from doing her hair at home to finishing the shoot in about 40 minutes!).  That’s a lot of magic to cram in.  Kudos to my beautiful and talented subject who did not complain once about the freezing weather!

I can’t wait to photograph more dancers against fabulous environmental and urban landscapes.    Please forward this to any dancers you know!

The slideshows are made at a clients request using their favorite images.  Here’s how the slideshow videos are priced if you’re curious:

Web Size up to 320×240  $40

iPod/DVD up to 640×480    $80

Mid-Def up to 960×540      $120

Hi-Def up to 1280×720       $200

Full HD up to 1920×1080    $320

Truth: I have had a month of stress-related arm & neck pain, diminishing eyesight & middle-of-the-night moments of panic over this New Fancy Website Blog Thing.  I’ve been about “50-50 pleasure vs. pain to live with” on GOOD days.  So my intense gratitude goes out to those who’ve lived with me, who’ve I’ve ignored, who pray for me, and who I love.  And to Andrea, who helped me with the geeky side of things.  The queen of patience and all-things-technical.  We have not met but I want to hug you and drink a glass a bottle of wine with you.

And extra thanks to God for this non-winter.  Guess He knew I was going to have a rough January!

here i come

Really? As if I have time to “blog?”  It is good to have goals, right?

Here is where I’ll show off pictures from your session (with your permission) and comment about what’s going on in my business.  Perhaps a reflection or a rant here or there, but I doubt it.  Mostly just pretty pictures and fun topics.  Thanks for visiting!