Several weeks ago, Ashlee contacted me and asked if I’d be comfortable taking photos of her and her partner. I told her that I’d love to and then she let me in on the real plan. Her girlfriend, Novette, is a real fan of photos. Ashlee is a real fan of Novette. So she wanted to propose during our session so that I could capture it for them and would I be up for that.

Um, YES!

So I met them on a windy, windy Saturday afternoon and got to witness a special, private moment, followed by lots and lots of lip locking. I was really honored to be a part of that, not to mention the fact that they were just some really fun girls and I enjoyed photographing them.

(I believe love is love and people are people and the best kind of people are the ones who love photos so if you’re a people and you love photos, I am happy to make them for you, whoever you are.)

I had the opportunity to spend a few days in San Diego, learning from some first-class newborn photographers (baby folding class, I’ve been calling it). I’m so, so excited to come back and get to work on some Minneapolis newborns. Below are just a few of the photos I took while in San Diego.

I know Evan’s parents have been anxiously awaiting their blog update and today I was chastised by my mother for lack of blog updates so here we go! The days are just moving by too quickly and there’s so much going on!

When I stepped in the door to Evan’s house, he smiled and he kept smiling throughout the whole session. What a happy little guy! It’s not hard to see why either, he’s obviously quite adored. :)

He was also just discovering his tongue and the joys of sticking it out.

I have to say, I’m kind of appreciating the dreary weather because it’s making it much easier to stay inside and edit away. Sneaking up some August pics for this post…

Anyone who knows me knows I have a big soft spot for animals and especially for kitties so when I heard Dan was going to lose his feline friend to spinal cancer, my heart hurt. He’d done a good job of documenting Mooch’s life but I went over to get a few last images of them together. I was glad I could do it but man, it was tough. The emotions in the shots below almost killed me but at the same time, I was happy to be able to capture them. That’s a cat who’s had a good life.

Dan wrote a touching goodbye tribute to Mooch on his site.

(And while it obviously won’t fix things, I bet it wouldn’t hurt if you wanted to buy one of his fonts.)

For some reason, the majority of my clients lately seem to be little ladies so it was a nice change to hang out with Mr. L for awhile! I headed out to his home in Plymouth over the weekend and we spent some time in different areas of his family’s home.

Favorite teddy. :)

To this little man, the most amusing thing that happened during our session was one of the dogs taking off down into the neighbor’s yard and Dad running after him. That brought plenty of smiles. :)

And aforementioned doggie, with doggie brother, enjoying the newly laid sod in the backyard.

Thanks for having me out to play, guys!