These belong to me

OOO, I've just been waiting for this. . .

My fingers have been itching to post these for a while now. This was the very last shoot I was able to squeeze in before the move, and I'm so glad I did! Chelsea is a piano prodigy who is off to BYU to continue her studies there. It was very important to her family to get some shots of her with the family piano that she has "beat into submission" since she was five. The piano is old, dark, and gorgeous with beautiful wood details, which juxtaposed with Chelsea's young, bright, gorgeous complexion so nicely. The whole shoot was so fun, and I was able to get my own private mini-concert of Chelsea's amazing talent. Thanks so much Chelsea and family. Hope you enjoy.

"Summer" in Milwaukee

I almost canceled this shoot because, even though it was June, the weather was coat weather and the wind was gusting pretty strong by the lake. I'm so glad things worked out! These two boys were such troopers and were smiley and happy and so cooperative. I'm glad I got to see you guys before I left!

Hard to Catch.

This is a family of runners. Fast runners down to the littlest pair of legs. Genetically wired. I was so pleased to get a few of them all (relatively) still for a little while. And then it was off to the races again! Thanks guys, I miss you!

The next door nursery.

I was thrilled to squeeze in one more kid shoot before we left. For this shoot, we just walked over to the nursery next door. My girls miss their friends.

Sneak peeks all around!!

Trying to end the torture a bit. I've had all kinds of things stewing in the photography pot for awhile, but with the move and all, have not been able to do a thing about it until now. So here's a sneak peek for my piano prodigy, my cold family at the beach, my other wonderful family in the woods, and little flower girl. More to come soon!

Burke Brise Soleil

Let me explain the coolness of this photo. Usually, the "wings" of the museum are closed in the evening, but to our surprise, started opening for a special event right as we were shooting! The "wings" or brise soleil of the museum were halfway through opening when I took this shot. I love the lines they make and was thrilled to get the unique shot.






So much to love! So much to miss! Well, I have all kinds of aches in my heart over this photo shoot. First of all, I love downtown Milwaukee with a new passion and will be moving away from it in a few short weeks. Oh the unfulfilled potential! Oh, the pain of not being able to shoot here anymore! I think the Milwaukee Art Museum is the most beautiful piece of modern architecture anywhere.

Part of our shooting adventure: we scheduled this shoot while keeping in mind the lighting, not when the art museum would be open, so when we arrived after 5pm, it was of course closed! They were, however, getting ready for a high school prom, and had the catering door open just a crack. So we snuck in that door past all the caterers, steered clear of the security guards at the front, and got the pictures we wanted. Just think, there would have been no Mr.-naked-statue photo otherwise. (He's my personal favorite.)

And then there's the other heartache of having our wonderful friends and neighbors leave us for good. I will only touch lightly on it, but wow, you will be missed Hansons! It's too large of an adjustment not having you here.