Ellie, she has such a vibrant personality, gorgeous smile, and captivating eyes. I hope she doesn’t cause to much trouble for her parents. ;)

She will graduate in 2011 with a world of promise in front of her and an adventuresome spirit that will lead her abroad. Since her father has ties in China she has a great interest in traveling there and I hope I can convince her I should tag along. ;) I love the art and history of China and would love to some day find myself walking their streets and visiting their historical archaeology sites and finds.

Ellie- I expect updates and lots of photos! May your year go swiftly and your classes make your subjects interesting.

Ellie picked some great locations and you can really see how wonderful even simple places can be.   I also have to give Ellie props for trusting me that a morning shoot would be perfect- even though we would have to start at 8.  Oh the pain of waking up early on lazy summer days. ;) We started at a little park that overlooks the bluffs along the river in St. Paul at the corner of Ramsey and Summit.  If you are familiar, it is right next the the wonderful St. Paul University Club.  This small, unassuming park had a wealth of little details and spots that were great backdrops for Ellie’s style and personality. The first photo of this post was taken there as well as the next few.

After this park we headed to the St. Paul Cathedral for a couple photos.  The sun was starting to heat up so we just snuck in a few photos before heading to our next location (and you will see why we did in a second!)

It was pretty warm my 9:30 that Monday morning, so guess where we went next?  Como Lake for a quick cool down… but not in the lake shhhh ;)

Our feet were cooled off- the cuffs of my jeans were damp and my camera was still water free so we moved up onto the grass for some closing moments.

I had the recent pleasure of photographing a new model in the Twin Cites.  Her name is Kate and she seriously rocked her shoot.  Lets all wish her well in her career and watch her progress!

Kate is not yet signed and until she is I am more than willing to forward any inquries on to her.

Makeup: Allison Jean AuBuchon

 

In mid June my family and I enjoyed a trip to Yosemite National Park and we couldn’t have asked for better timing!  The weather was amazing, 70′s-80′s every day and not a drop of rain to be had.  It was of course amazingly gorgeous.  The weekend before, Yosemite Valley had flooded and so when we were there the water falls were running in earnest- the best water flow they have had in years.  Even the little creeks were creating waterfalls!  By the time we left, a little over a week after arriving, many of the waterfalls were already drying up.

Everyone- meet Kathryn.  She’s an amazing senior who just graduated a few short weeks ago from White Bear.  I loved her rich red hair and beautiful freckles.  She was a member of her high school’s golf team and had the cutest club cover ever- a big fuzzy bear! I loved that it was a mimic of their mascot!

I know with her upbeat personality and drive will take her far.  Best of luck for the future!