JEFF MITCHELL!!

There was no drawing necessary as Jeff was the only entrant this month. [not sure what happeneed there!] Jeff is looking at a senior session – I’m sure we’ll be seeing those images real soon!

A new giveaway will be started tomorrow – keep an eye out!

I’m leaving to go out of town tonight for an awesome photography workshop and will be returning on Sunday. All voicemails and emails will be returned on Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone !

No, not THAT big change. I have a few years to go before that – at least I hope.

I have been growing my hair for years. It’s been long and straight at varying lengths for the better part of my life. I like it long. I like it straight. It’s heavy and thick and doesn’t hold a curl well and is too thick for fun clips and things. It’s just been easier to have it long and straight. But that’s boring. I let it grow too much, and the highlights were too grown out and I was so tired of sitting on my hair and pulling it back in a ponytail all the time. It gave me a headache and looked so blah.

So finally, I did it. I chose a style I liked and got myself to my stylist [thanks Sarah!!] and I told her to JUST CUT IT before I changed my mind. I was so nervous to just whack it off but I knew that if I didn’t just go for it, I’d back out again and be stuck with boring.

James took some snaps of me yesterday and again today after the big change.

I donated 2 ponytails of 12 inches each!

I really do love it! It’s so light and different and totally out of my norm. It’s an adjustment for sure but so far, I’m so glad that i did it!

After postponing a Sunday session due to wind and rain, I photographed Alyssa on Tuesday when the day was perfect! We couldn’t have planned for better weather. We did the session in Island Park in Fargo and went downtown for an urban feel as well. We had a fun time. Alyssa is so photogenic and was up for anything and these images show it! Here are a few of my favorites.

September is almost over alerady – can you believe that?! Where does the time go anyway? Sadly, there’s not been one entry in the September contest so far. All of you who entered last month – enter again! You can enter every month! It’s not too late to get your name in for a free session!

Check out the giveaway entry here and enter by September 29th. The drawing will be held on September 30th!

Yesterday was so gorgeous – not a typical summer like day at the lake but perfect for early fall. A beautiful sky, warm air, minimal wind. A photosession at the lake was just what I needed.  And especially with all the silliness that little Alec provided. Going through these images today, I was giggling – sometimes LAUGHING out loud. Haidyn has such beautiful smiling eyes. And mom and dad aren’t too shabby either! A good looking bunch all around. I really had a hard time choosing which to put on the blog – I could have put 20 I think! I might add some more later on. Here are just s few for a little of the fun we had yesterday. I’m hoarding all the REALLY fun stuff for later!

It’s that time again – a new post, a new bunch of commentors, and a new winner at the end of the month!

How to play? It’s simple! Leave a comment to this entry any time throughout the month. At the end of the month I’ll put the names of all the commentors into the fancy green bowl and draw one out. The winner will recieve a free session with me!

You know you want to! Just say hi, ask a question, share a kudos, whatever you like. As long as your name is on it, your name is entered into the drawing! Refer your friends, that just might benefit you if they say you referred them. [wink, wink]

Happy September!

It seems I’ve forgotten more than I remembered this month with this giveaway! I finally got around to doing the drawing today – though it’s not so easy to do it myself. I liked having an assistant much better. But all of my assistants have gone off to school – darn them anyway! So here is my self portrait name pulling out of the fancy green bowl!

As you can see – we need more names! Let’s work on getting that bowl filled!

Down goes the hand! Sure isn’t easy holding that heavy camera and taking a pictures with one hand! And I had to position myself just right – bowl ontop of entertainment center so I couldn’t see in it, hold camera up with right hand while choosing with my left han – Hoping I got things in focus!

Up comes the hand – a name is drawn!! Who could it be?!?!

CONGRATULATIONS KRISTI LEACH!!! You’re August’s winner of a free session! I’m looking forward to it!