Changes, changes...

We're working on overhauling the studio this week - so if you drop by, please excuse the mess! We're doing spring (well, I guess you could almost say summer) cleaning, as well as painting and rearranging things. We have very few breaks in the schedule, so we sort of had to create one by blocking off some time to get it done already! If you haven't noticed the new logo on our blog page, we're trying to update our signs, business cards, brochures, and so forth to reflect that, too. We'll be away from our hard drives and work email for a few days, so please give us a call if you need anything! I'll try to post photos of the progress soon.

Mandy and Doug (Part 2)

Well, since the weather wasn't great on the day we'd scheduled for their engagement shoot - and it was too late to get into the Ralph, too - we met up on Monday to finish what we'd started. The wonderful staff at the Ralph allowed us to use their facilities, and it was a lot of fun! They were bummed that they couldn't get into the seating area / on the ice [due to construction], but we still had a great time capturing the logos and structure of the arena. We also went to the location where they will be married this summer for some outdoor photos. A few for your enjoyment:

Make a wish! ;)

Emma

Emma came in this afternoon for photos. They were just WAY too cute not to post right away :) It was her first experience in grass, and it made for some absolutely adorable photos!

Mandy and Doug (Part 1)

It never fails - if you plan to be outside for your photos on a certain day, it will rain! :p Luckily, Mandy was very calm about the unfortunate weather, and toward the end, we were still able to sneak out and get a few photos by the beautifully blooming trees! Today, we headed over to campus to finish their engagement photos at the Ralph and near the Spiritual Center, where their wedding will take place. Here are a few of the photos from their first session:

Victoria and Jakob

Okay, if I can ever say that a couple must be perfect for each other, it HAS to be true with Victoria and Jakob. It was fun to watch them interact during their engagement session, and I had a lot of laughs. Victoria was in "Hair", and I took the cast photos for the show, and now we'll be doing her wedding photographs in October. It's at the Masonic (Kem) Temple - a very cool location that we haven't covered yet. We're very excited!

Their theatrical side came out at the end [to say the least]... we got a lot of honks in the street :D

Owen, Ava, and Elise

Owen came in for a photoshoot with his sisters one week after his sisters came in for North Dakota Ballet Photos. He's in the stage where he doesn't really want his mom to leave his side, but we were happy to get a few great smiles out of him before he remembered how attached he was :) Thanks Ava and Elise, you did a great job entertaining - you are wonderful big sisters!

The girls did a jumping photo with the company as well as during this shoot - they really know how to rock the jumping shots!

Katie Lien School of Dance - Recital week!

The Katie Lien School of Dance recital is this Friday, at 6:30pm at the Chester Fritz. Come check it out! It's FREE, and always a great time - my husband and I still talk about how great some of the company dances were last year! Here are a few of the images from our sessions with the groups this year:

We'll be posting images after the recital, too - it's so much fun to photograph!