here’s elena…

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alright…this was my first shoot with my
new camera. i’m still fumbling with the
bells and whistles and buttons and stuff.
everything is different from my 10D.
i’m a manual gal..i like to compose in the
camera so i’ll learn quickly and before
i know it i’ll be able to operate it with
my eyes closed! icon wink heres elena...

most of today i’ll be at a lecture by
julie klaasmeyer and on wednesday
evening i’ll be attending a lecture by
clay blackmore & jane conner-zieser
dedicated t the memory of monte zucker.

today is tax day for some of us so i had
better get that in the mail before i head
off to see julie! icon smile heres elena...

final touches on diane & jim’s album today.
still waiting on megnan & randy clay’s to
arrive (soon).
another bella wedding this saturday. i’ll be
shooting with megan again. CRAZY fun, that girl!

much more tomorrow!
oh, mike & kiki, are you going to tell us
whether you are having a boy or a girl???

a glorious sunday…

finally. i finished zach’s proofs.
now it’s on to elena’s.
we had such a gas yesterday.
we mostly shot out at the university
of minnesota landscape arboretum.
it’s really got everything!
water, bridges, fields, flowers,
fall color, spring color…
seriously, if you can find a little
nook & cranny somewhere tucked away
that no one’s found then you just
don’t know where to look!

3 weddings going on out there.
so, pretty much crazy busy.
however, we did arrive around 4 so
we beat the crowds for parking! icon smile a glorious sunday...

here’s a few more of zach…

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i have a tcppa lecture tomorrow pretty
much all day so i’ll do my very best to
pick a couple of my favs of elena and
pop them up here tomorrow morning.

get out and enjoy this gorgeous day!!

35W bridge aftermath…

a good friend of mine (and photographer),
jason stenvold, recently took up the
offer when they opened up an adjacent
bridge to head down and see first hand
what has become of the 35W bridge since
it’s collapse nearly a month ago.
to view some really outstanding images
click here. so much has been done yet there
is so much left to do. it’s nothing like
the towers of new york, but this is
“our” ground zero.
nice job jason, thanks for the pix!

met zach at the wayzata country club
yesterday afternoon to shoot his senior
portraits. it was hot and windy
(not a good day to photograph a girl as
the hair would have been OUT OF CONTROL!)

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so handsome, wouldn’t you agree? icon smile 35W bridge aftermath...

off to meet nicki and anne in excelsior
then on to meet up with cory barton
to go over the cool changes i want to
make to my web site! yay!

gotta run!!

meet gaby…

she’s been waiting awhile to see some
of these. i’ll be ordering her proof
book tomorrow. should be here mid-week.
good job gaby! this was such a blast!

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dean and lois head out today. they are
driving down to northfield to see some
of their old teacher friends and then the
long journey back to arizona.
it’ll be quite around here with them
gone and i’ll miss my talks with lois.
i set her hair again for her yesterday
so that she could be looking smashing
when she see’s all of her friends later
today and tomorrow.
last night we hit redstone in eden prairie
and we all had the ribs. they are so
awesome there! the just fall off the bone!
and dean finally got a manhattan JUST the
way he likes it! thanks redstone!
(i brought my new 1.4 along~gotta love
razor thin depth of field!)

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we were invited to pop by anne & pete’s
today to hang at the pool…sounds like
a plan to me! (sorry we didn’t make it
over there yesterday)

i should be receiving my pack from bella
in a day or so for the wedding this
saturday. i would like to correct a
statement i made a few days ago about
this wedding…i had the wrong bride’s
name. susan veltum and glenn hall are
getting married on the 22nd of september.
this saturday is eleanor kelley and corey orehek.
the will be married at minikahda and have
the reception there as well.
megan bearder of bella is flying in to
shoot this with me. i’ve talked to her
on the phone a few times and i think
that we will be fast friends!

my sister started her own blog a couple
of days ago so that she and jenny (in holland)
can communicate in a fun new way over the
next 2 years while they are away.
so i have added a link to that as well under
“check these out”…which is where i found
out that my brother mike and his wife kindra
are having another baby!!!! in february!!!!
wow!!! this is big news…wonderful news!
CONGRATULATIONS you guys!!! i love you!

have a terrific labor day!