Maureen and David: Engaged!

What a delightful engagement session with Maureen and Dave this morning! After days of rain and cold (or is it weeks? I'm losing track) we finally had a "normal" autumn day with sunshine and cool weather. The leaves are gorgeous this weekend -- I think the yellow maples must be at their peak -- so we took advantage of the fall color. Here are just a few favorites....









Maureen and Dave, thanks for letting me share in your joy today!

Shawn

Had a wonderful day with my daughter, Anna -- did some location scouting in Cambridge for an engagement session tomorrow, went for a walk, raked leaves, and baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies... I love this time of year!

And now I'm catching up on some blogging... Shawn stopped by last week for a yearbook-only session because he "hates having his picture taken." Give me a break! This guy should be a model!

Grandma's House!

Saturday's dreary weather didn't put a damper on this family's session at the grandparents' home near Helenville. There is so much I'd like to say about this family... so much love in this home... but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

We decided to create portraits of the grandkids indoors while we waited out the rain :-)






And Kathleen has a conservatory off the kitchen! It is truly beautiful, and soon she'll bring her orchids inside for the winter. Since it's obviously one of her favorite rooms in the house, I wanted to make a portrait of her there, with a hint of her stained glass and beautiful banana tree, but not so much that it would be distracting...


Kennedy's favorite thing to do at Grandma's house? Watching movies!


And another favorite activity: Story time :-)


The sun came out for approximately 3.5 minutes, when we got this photo of the grown-ups...


And another of my favorites from the session, Kathleen and her son.


Many more to come on the online proofing site... This session was truly a celebration of life, and of family, and of love. Kathleen, I'm so honored to have been part of your day.

Ashley and Chris

Ashley and Chris came all the way out from Minneapolis for their engagement session this morning! We've had a lot of dark clouds lately, but at least it wasn't raining... so we took advantage of the break in the rain and headed out to the country. Here are a few of my favorites!

Ashley shows horses, so this rural setting seemed a perfect match.



I love how he makes her laugh...



And this is one of my new favorites.


We went downtown for a walk along the river...


And Ashley told me, "If we fight about anything, it's this..." and she pointed to her Wisconsin sweatshirt and his Minnesota one. Not a bad thing to fight about ;-)


Thanks so much for a great session, Ashley and Chris! Can't wait for your wedding in Green Bay next summer :-)