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Sneak Peek: baby anabelle

babya preview Sneak Peek: baby anabelle

She was the most cooperative 4 month old ever and let’s not forget: cute as cute can be! Photos coming soon…

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Engagement: summer of love

When you meet a couple whom are truly in love, not only will you see it, you will be able to feel it as well. That’s how it was when we met up with Maiyer and Pheng. To brainstorm several creative ideas, and really…to just get to know them a little better, we decided to meet up at a local coffee shop a few days before the shoot. They were so pleasant and comfortable with each other… Kay and I couldn’t help but to smile ear to ear as they took turns sharing their stories. =)

Here are some of our favorite photos of our engagement session with them. They were so fun to shoot.. we lost track of time (you’ll see the gradual transition from day to night in the photos).

maiyer 1 Engagement: summer of love

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Posted in: Engagements, Photography   |   Tags: engagement, fishing, love, picnic, strobist   |   27 Comments

Outdoor session with MLX photography

“Lilydale? That place is haunted!” That was the first thing we heard about this location. Despite all the spooky ghost stories, we decided to tough it out and use it for our mentoring session with Millie. It was the ideal spot really: nice and remote with fields of wildflowers, tall grass, and plenty of shady trees. We brought along a whole team of people and got to work (so I was a teensy bit scared of going out alone). Our models for the shoot were Niya and Amanda; we could hardly go wrong with those gorgeous ladies as our muses! Thanks to everyone for roughing it with us in the haunted wilderness. With the ticks, spirits and earthy stuff… who wouldn’t love it?

Here are a few natural light photos I snapped… I still need practice with this rule of thirds crap! Millie on the other hand, caught on quickly. Ty and I were beaming with pride…well, most of the time anyways… when Millie wasn’t on a smoke break ;p! Check out her beautiful photos from this shoot on her blog. I also loved her bts shot at the end; we took advantage of each and every available body! =)

Click through for the photos and lots of fashion babble.

stpshoot 2 Outdoor session with MLX photography

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Posted in: Photography, Portraits   |   Tags: field, mentoring, mlx photography, strobist   |   14 Comments

Family portrait: picnic in the fields

For Pa’s family photo shoot, we decided on an old fashioned picnic theme. I loved the pastel colors they showed up in, and although it wasn’t planned at all… our balloon props complemented their colors perfectly! Not only that, Pa brought along the cutest picnic basket ever to match the picnic theme, yays.

Click through for the photos, detours, a spat with Lady Luck, and muggy mid-western weather.

pafam 2 Family portrait: picnic in the fields

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Posted in: Family, Photography   |   Tags: balloons, family portrait, picnic   |   10 Comments

How to take a self timer portrait

Saw this online… thought I’d share it with you guys. How to take a self-timer portrait. Kay and I run into this issue all the time; we visit breath taking locations, but there’s never anyone to take photos of the two of us together. Hope you guys pick up some valuable tips from this one.

Click through to see the full tutorial.

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Posted in: Photography Tips, Portraits, Tutorials   |   Tags: humor, portrait, self timer, tip   |   9 Comments

Photoshoot postponed (video)

I thought I’d share this video with you guys. Our planned photo shoot was interrupted by something beyond our control. What surprised us was that during the whole day, everything was leading up to a nice afternoon lol. I hope you get a kick out of this video… it was shot with our Nikon D90 video mode. The photos to this eventual shoot will be posted soon =).

Click through to see the video. (you can hear the hail pounding the car @ 1:43 mark)

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Family portrait: MK’s backyard shoot

MK’s family was so much fun to shoot. Their daughter was so charming and their little guy was just awesome. He loved fooling around with our gadgets (always wanted to see the preview as we snapped away) and he knew all the street fighter moves! C’mon what more could we have asked for huh?

Sorry for the long wait, click through for more photos =)

mkfam 6 Family portrait: MKs backyard shoot

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Posted in: Family, Kids, Photography, Portraits   |   Tags: backyard photos, candy, family portrait, kids   |   14 Comments

Happy Birthday May!

Happy Birthday Big Sis! First of all, I thank God (whenever I can remember to) that he had the foresight to make you and Lori my sisters. When we were kids I knew, I just knew….we couldn’t hate each other forever ahah! Time has definitely made me realize the bond between sisters is one of the greatest blessings anyone could ever be given. May, you are a big inspiration to me…I know you will do even greater things in the years ahead and I will be there to cheer you on all the way! I can’t wait to go on our sisters getaway next year! We need a ton of scrapbooks full of memories by the time we three are too old to move anymore ok?!

Lori and I wanted to give you something for your birthday that was both special and symbolic, so here is your clue: We are like 3 peas in a pod. =) We hope you will like the gifts…and sorry they will be delivered on Hmong time ahah! In the meantime, some new pictures finally! Thank you for these awesome snapshots of us Babe!

sisters 4 Happy Birthday May!

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Posted in: Family, Photography, Random, Snapshots   |   Tags: family, Olbrich Gardens, sisters, Snapshots   |   19 Comments

Sneak Peek: KMG wedding

kmg prev Sneak Peek: KMG wedding

Sorry for another sneak peek, but it’s been pretty busy… will get to the real photos soon!

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Sneak Peek: picnic photoshoot

phfam prev Sneak Peek: picnic photoshoot

… coming soon, a family outing captured.

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