Danielle and Blaine are getting married!

I've been absent lately. Very absent. I haven't written for months, even years, really. I feel like making a New Years resolution in September to blog atleast 3 times week. But, I know that life will get in the way and spending time online writing about this, that and the other won't take priority.
So, on this fantastic fall Sunday (it's the first day of fall today!!!), I'll blog about my recent photography session with my cousin and her fiancé. YAY!
We trekked to William O'Brien State Park, Marine on St. Croix and then down to Stillwater one recent Saturday afternoon. The weather was HOT, really hot!

Here are some favs:

a little teaser

Over this past weekend, Mike and I were up north with all of my moms family for a celebration of life party. Here is one photo from the weekend. It's become one of my favorite photos ever!

I'll post more in a few days (or weeks!) after I get a chance to look through them all and make edits.

Photo samples

This evening I took a photography class with a friend/photographer. We met at a park east of North Branch on the Sunrise River. Man, was that ever flowing fast!  Sorry-- got distracted. She (instructor Connie) went over some basics and had two models at the park for us to "practice" on. So, I've got a few samples to show. These are completely unedited, but I've now decided that I'm going to get Photoshop Lightroom very soon. I could turn these pics into something pretty awesome when I get that software.
The trash-the-dress model was a friend and former co-worker Monica. She got married two years ago (and still fits into her dress-- lucky her!) and graciously accepted the request to model for us. The girl is someone Connie knows and she's aspiring to be a model, so she was loving the cameras snapping.
Since there was about 13 of us students, we had to fight for eye contact, but sometimes the best pics aren't intentional. Here are a few from the shoot.