Thank you.

As most of us do at this time of year, I'm looking back over the past year before the new one hits.  It's been a wonderful whirlwind and I am so incredibly grateful to all of you, my clients, for this past year.  We laughed a lot, we spent such precious times together, and we all have some beautiful memories to show for all our work.

Thank you.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the best year ever.

One from each of your sessions.  Pshew.

Happy new year!!

With love,

Leslie

It's About Love. {Family Photography | Twin Cities, MN}

I have been out to South Fork Farm several times now to photograph various events and weekends for The Soul Sisterhood Retreat, and each time it's a wonderful and fun experience. This past weekend we did another mother-daughter portrait party.  I really love doing these.  This was my first time out at the farm when there was snow!  It was about 3 degrees below zero outside, too, so I decided to shoot indoors as much as possible and focus primarily on the connections between mothers and their daughters, and worry less about using the farmland outdoors.  After all, as it says on the Soul Sisterhood website, "It's about love."  So that's what I wanted to photograph most of all.  (Several of them, however, braved the frigid temps for a few minutes at a time for the sake of a magical snowy backdrop in their photos, too.  Hearty AND gorgeous ladies!)

As always, every pair, without exception, was lovely, kind, unique, special and beautiful, inside and out. And many thanks to the fantastic and fun staff for inviting me out to Lester Prairie and for making my afternoon so cozy and sweet.

Enjoy!

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Now and Then. {Family Photography | Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, MN}

This family was so much fun.  Yeah, I say that every time, but it's true every time!  Now, here is one of the things that made this particular family fun.

When they booked their session a few months ago, one of the things they wanted to do was to re-create a family photo they had done in a studio when the daughters (now both in college) were toddlers. They sent me a copy of the photo and I was so, so excited to do this for them.  I love how their updated version turned out.  I also would like to know this lovely mother's secret for not aging at all in 17 or so years... she looks exactly the same!

Here are both versions:

We did some more studio images... and I fully expect to re-create THIS one in 17 years!

It wasn't too terribly cold out, so we headed outdoors and laughed some more out there:

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Casually Elegant Headshots {Portrait Photography | Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota}

I love taking headshots.  I know, it probably sounds like a strange thing for a family and child photographer to say, since headshots are often so simple and business-y, and they are a necessary, "get it out of the way" kind of thing for many people.  But I really do love headshot sessions and I approach them as something special - I love when a headshot goes beyond "business-y" and turns into something expressive and real.

When this client and I consulted on the phone, she mentioned that she wanted something "playfully elegant" and I think that description matches her perfectly.  The concept was right up my alley, too!  Our session was an absolute joy - kind of like a casual afternoon party.  We spent a long time chatting about pretty much everything under the sun, and we managed to squeeze in a few pictures as well.  ;)

Here is a sampling.  Enjoy!

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