Beautiful Mother and Daughter Downtown {Family and Headshot Photography | Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, MN}

Such a gorgeous night this was, in every way.

This beautiful mother contacted me wanting to schedule a session on her birthday.  I love when I get to be a special gift for someone.  She wanted pictures of herself with her youngest daughter, mostly, plus she needed some new headshots.  This was a rare warm, sunny spring day, and we headed downtown and strolled, talking, making friends and taking pictures.  As it seems to happen with every session I'm lucky enough to do, we discovered we have many, many things and people in common and there was SO much to chat about all night.

Some special things about this beautiful duo:

Mom is a generous volunteer, yoga enthusiast (see the last set of pictures!) and seems to have a boatload of friends - not only do we have several people in common, TWICE she ran into someone she knew during our session!  And Daughter is a lovely, sweet, kind presence with an elegance that you don't usually see in someone her age.

And as I put together this blog post and look through these pictures one more time, I can't help but hear Petula Clark in my head: "Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city, linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty, how can you lose? The lights are much brighter there, you can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, so go DOWNTOWN, things will be great when you're DOWNTOWN, no finer place for sure, DOWNTOWN, everything's waiting for you...."  Now you're hearing it too, aren't you?  (That is, if you are old enough to remember that song!)  Good.  It's a perfect soundtrack for this sweet session.  

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Soft, Sweet, Simple. {Child and Family Studio Photography | Burnsville, Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, MN}

These two, for their session, had some fancy plans... and clothes to match!  Their mom and I came up with a really sweet concept: a simple, airy, light, white room with a bed that could be a blank canvas for whatever the children were imagining or doing.  So we had a knight/cowboy along with a mama/ballerina.  Some dreaming.  Some giggling.  And a whoopie cushion.

Some special things about this brother-sister pair: they are twins, both in first grade, and they are learning Chinese and Spanish.  They are both really into knitting right now, and are VERY imaginative, sweet and playful.

I love the whole feeling of this soft white setup.  This was done right in my studio.

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John {High School Senior Photography | Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, MN}

You need to remember this face.  This guy is only 17 but already he is an accomplished opera singer (cellist, too!).  If only pictures came with sound - you'd hear the ring of a legitimate bass-baritone, and you would love it.

He's also an expert at hand-tying bow ties.  He did not one, but two separate bow ties at his senior session.  I don't often have seniors bring tuxedos to their sessions but this gentleman did (and he looked completely at home in it).

This day was a rare, warm, lovely day in the middle of a pretty un-spring-like spring.  It was so amazing to shoot outside and not get a frostbitten "trigger finger!"  Add to that the wonderful company, laughter, and conversation (I don't often get to talk opera at my senior sessions), and I will admit that I had a pretty perfect evening.  I'd not met John or his mom before the session, but at the end of the night it felt like we'd known each other always.  I'm so happy to have done these and met some kindred spirits.  (And I'm so grateful they made the long trip down to Burnsville from Stillwater!)

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Little Miss Personality {Child Photography Studio | Twin Cities, Minneapolis St. Paul, MN}

This was more like a playdate than a photo shoot.  The most fun playdate EVER!  There were imaginary baby dragons, several rounds of "Doggy, Doggy, Where's Your Bone?" and some pretty intense hide and seek.  Oh, and I took a few pictures, too.

Look who's ready for spring!

Then she changed into the coolest shirt I have ever seen.  I remember seeing this Tootsie Pop commercial on television when it was first run, back in the *cough cough* 1970s.  

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