SQUARESPACE

My Pro Blog is up @ SQUARESPACE.

Ready, set, more!
More images, more ideas, more blogging, more me!
I’m really excited about this cool new tool.
I know that it will be another thing to do
but I love the idea of sharing information that
relates to what I do.

People ask all the time….
“what kind of camera should I get?”
“where do you buy your stuff?”
“why are my images fuzzy?”
“how do I get the background to blur?”
“I set it on auto focus, why is it not in focus?”
“who do you use for your developing?”
“what’s a good all purpose lens?”

I get jazzed and all fired up when I get to talk
shop with clients, neighbors and friends..
even family. I love all of it!
This will be a place for me to share all that.

If you ever feel that you want to ask, you can
always go there and ask.

Hey, I’m going to run out real quick and see
my sister’s kittens!

Have a great day.

Peace.

Love old photos???

Kindra just shared this with me and I also placed a link
on Gary Fong’s blog today too…he’s been posting vintage
photos that he’s taken in years past and I just HAD to
put it up…it’ just too figgin’ hilarious!
So, go to the bathroom and bring back some kleenex cuZ
this is going to make you both cry AND pee your pants!
List of the Day is the name of the blog and this particular
entry is from last September…enjoy.

Tired of all the catalogs you get in the mail?
Are you on all sorts of mailing lists for them?
Well, this is your lucky day. If you missed it the
other day, the Today show ran a segment on ridding
yourself and your mailbox of all your unwanted
catalogs. It’s not enough to just toss them in your
recycle bin…that just saves paper. Go to this (Catalog Choice) web
site and follow along to stop each catalog from being
mailed to you and you can save much more.
Save the catalogs that are sent to you because you will
need to enter the #’s off the mailing labels.
(Yes mom, you can still get your “Repulican Collectible”
catalog!~kidding!)

Meeting with Jane this morning. I’ll be posting images
from that shoot tomorrow.

Meeting with a bride & groom next Tuesday at the Sofitel
in Bloomington for their September ’08 wedding
(Thanks Tanya).

I have 2 new Bella Pictures weddings on the books for this
year and I’m just ramping up for the ’08 season!
It’s gonna be a great year!

Thanks to Anna S. for inviting me to her play/musical
last night at Eden Lake school. The 5th graders there
sang songs about pride, differences in people and loving
who you are…it really touched me. The message is the
same no matter the age! Thanks again. I got some great
shots and I’ll post them later as well.

The warm up begins in Minnesota..FINALLY!!!
US skating championships are being held in St. Paul
this weekend! Cool!!

Have a great Friday!

Christmas Past…

Sorry, you MUST go to this blog!
TACKY CHRISTMAS YARDS!

Sometimes I can’t help but look up some of
the blogs on Blogger’s “blogs of note” list.
This one’s pretty funny!

If you’ve ever wondered why people lay a
string of lights on a hedge or put so much
stuff out you can’t even see the house,
or if you just like to chastise folks for bad
holiday displays…this site is for you!
They give citations for labeled offenses!
Some suffer (incur) many offenses.
Be sure to check it regularly next holiday season!
Heck, I may even place it on my “check these out”
list off to the right of my entries…..

Now onto the event of yesterday, Amanda’s new
do! With Mark’s assistance, together, we
transformed her! Check out the slide show!

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Here they are together outside my home.
Off they go on their new life together.
Have a safe trip to Viet Nam & back!
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j’s big shoot…

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okay, can i just say that “g.g.” from the glam guide
stopped by my blog yesterday and left a comment.
please check out the comment AND her blog.
i’ve made it simple for you to check it everyday~
it’s on my list of links “check these out”…
“GET GLAMOROUS”..it’s truly a great fashion
editorial and fashion locator…love it!
thanks for the note g.g!

j and i headed for uptown first and hit the
area of hennepin & lake~a very popular area
and in that it was about 65 it was pretty
crowded as well, but we didn’t mind one bit!

then we hopped back in the car and took hennepin
into downtown minneapolis. just as we were about
to cross the hennepin ave. bridge my peripheral
vision to my left caught some color…it was this
magnificent painted brick building so we crossed
over 3 lanes of traffic and whipped a “U-y” at the
light and drove back there. what a great find!
3 separate backdrops for us to play with coupled
with some mid afternoon hazy sun..it was magical.
needless to say, j was in her element and we
had ourselves a ball!

back to her house for dinner and a slide show
straight off the camera on to their television.
j had already had herself a sneak peak on the
drive home and she just said “these are totally
going on my face book!” yikes!! icon smile js big shoot...

thanks j for a great time! hope you love your hair
and your pix…happy birthday darlin’!!

(gary comes home today and i’m going to try to head
over to see baby ian and stacey)

matt, jenny & olivia are in holland…

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 matt, jenny & olivia are in holland...

i have some good friends that just
arrived to holland and i told jenny
that she needed to start a blog for
while they are there (2 years).
and she has it up and running.
i will add it to my “links” so that
you can check in with them right
along with me.

jenny is a long time, best friend of
my sister anne. they got pregnant
at almost the same time and both gave
birth to daughters. olivia (jenn’s)
and amanda (anne’s) are the best of
friends too. this family was on
the same vacation in mexico that i
tagged along on back in march
(see the “vacation” label below on
my blog)…anyway the blog is called
“dutch word of the day”….love that!
so we will all be speaking fluent
dutch by the time they come home (not)!
please read it, appreciate their
sacrifices and comment…tell them
“sue sent me!”

here’s gaby~the young lady whose
senior portraits i shot yesterday…
i’ll get a slidshow going for
tomorrow as i have not had the time
to sit and play with her images
just yet..i will very soon.
i had so much fun gaby! you were
a great sport doing this all in
front of your friends too!
gotta run, more later!

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