I’ve loved horses for as long as I can remember, and one of my favorite things to do as a horse owner is to give children their first experience of riding a horse. So when I spent the day at an event put on by Hope Rides for Hope Kids,…
I am not sure how many of you know this, but I was born in Nebraska. My parents moved to Minnesota when I was two, so I don’t remember living there, but as long as I can remember we have been making the trip back to visit family. When Emily’s…
It’s been a few years since we have had a real Minnesota winter with LOTS of snow, but this year was definitely the year for snow! Once we had a good snow pack, I put out a call on my Facebook Page, asking for people to allow me to come…
As I write this, I’m flying high above the plains, on my way home from a working trip to Kansas City. This is my second trip in three weeks. I love to travel and fly frequently for both photography and photography instruction, so I thought it might be helpful to…
If you missed it, here’s part one of my Trip Out West. 🙂 I almost can’t believe it, but this is my fourth year at the WPPI convention. I don’t know that I ever would have gone, except that in the first year, I was asked to work in the…
For the past four years, I have been either attending or working at the Wedding and Portrait Photographer’s annual WPPI convention in Las Vegas. For the past three years, I’ve been able to combine my trip with a few days of visiting my parents who spend their winters about an…
I grew up riding at a ranch on the east side of the Twin Cities. I spent my summers there, with a group of unforgettable friends, riding all the horses and being crazy teenagers together. That ranch was pretty much my whole world and shaped so much of who I…
I met Rachel and Sahra waaaaaay back in 2006 when I was commissioned to do Rachel’s senior photos. When she contacted me last summer that her horse Sahra was in her last years, and she wanted a special photo session, just the two of them enjoying each other’s friendship, my…
One of my guiding values as a photographer is, “Light first, location second.” In my world, if the location is beautiful, and the light isn’t interesting or good, it’s not going to be a good photo. If possible, I like to wait for a day when the sun is shining…
A have a confession to make… (Don’t you love it when people write that? You just know there’s a juicy tidbit coming.) I’m not a perfect photographer. My creative process isn’t always pretty. There’s a lot of work that happens before my images land here in the blog or on…