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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Robin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:33:08 +0000

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! I found a new trick that I’m a little in love with right now – taking photos with my ipod touch and bringing them into the Instagram app to “edit” them. For these, I actually took most of them with my regular camera (Nikon D700), then when I had them up on my computer monitor, I took photos of them with my ipod touch and brought them into the Instagram app – I used “Early Bird” on all of these, then e-mailed them to myself. Slapped into a collage and done. :-) Problem is, they are very VERY low-res, so they only look good pretty small and in a collage. I wish I knew a way to make them better resolution! Anyway….

The middle photo though was a pic of our Christmas tree – taken with my current very favorite lens – the 35mm f/1.4G – on manual mode to make the lights blurry like that. :-)Next we have our New Year’s Eve photos! We were getting ready to go across the street to our friend/neighbor’s house for a party, so I barely had any time to take these. uggh! (Scott rushed me out the door…) But I got what I could. Nikon D300, Tamron 17-55mm f/2.8 lens (at like ap of 16, iso 160, shutter 1/160), Alien Bee ring flash. I brought all these photos into Toy Camera Analog Color with the polaroid border and Process type 5.So yay! I got the first two pages of our 2012 Memory book done! :-)

While I was at it, I took some ipod touch photos of some of my fav images I took in 2011 of Jacob & Elle. Used “Nashville” and “Early Bird” filters from Instagram here.And tried something completely new on this image – hmm…not sure what I think, but I know Elle is beautiful no matter how I edit the photo! :-) Have a great week! I start my 10 days in a row again at work tomorrow…boo hoo! Feel sorry for me?

Claire at 13 (a few more) | Minneapolis Teen Photographer

Robin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:16:47 +0000

I found a few more to edit this morning – and one that I had edited & didn’t post. Full other post is HERE.You can really see the makeup better here – Karen did a great job!

Claire at 13 | Minneapolis Teen Photographer

Robin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:58:40 +0000

Wow – hard to believe my little girl is THIRTEEN years old already! For part of her birthday present, I told her I’d hire my friend and co-worker (and kick-butt photographer/makeup artist extraordinaire!) Karen! So we did it last night! It was really fun and I think Claire probably still has a smile on her face!

While the girls were doing hair & makeup, I took some of Claire’s old “M” magazines and taped them to the wall to use as a backdrop. Claire LOVES Justin Bieber, so she said to make sure to get a lot of him. ;-)

Outfit #1 -

Top: Target
White skinny jeans: Old Navy
Necklace: Wet Seal
Sunglasses: Aeropostale
Ring & bracelets: Karen’s
Star confetti: Party City

This shot was way harder than it looks – plus it made a huge mess!So I used hearts here – from my bokeh overlays.

Talking about a certain BOY Outfit #2 -

Top: Wet Seal (pink cami from Aeropostale)
Jeggings: Delia’s
Necklace: Wet Seal
Earrings: Claire’s
Rub-on nail decorations: Rue 21
Headband & ring: Karen’s
Silver float sheeting: Party City online (thanks Ria!!)

She was doing a great job at being moody and serious, but her inner “ninja” came out. haha! She does crack me up! She’s a big old goofball! Outfit #3 -

Top, jeans, earrings, necklace: Wet Seal
Black cami: Target
Bracelets, ring: Karen’s

Love you, Claire Bear! No matter how grown up you look, you’ll always be my little girl. :-)

Jacob & Elle – Happy New Year! | Minneapolis Teen Photographer

Robin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:00:16 +0000

Who: Jacob (my son) & his girlfriend Elle

When: January 2nd, 2010 (yes, we were a couple days late!)

Where: our basement

What: Alien Bees ring flash – 1/8th power – Nikon D200, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, manual, ISO 160, shutter = 1/160, aperture = 20. Frames are Andrea Burns & Life Art Edges.

Happy New Year! | Minneapolis Studio Photographer

Robin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:32:37 +0000

Happy New Year! I’ve decided for 2011 I am going to make a resolution to be less “wordy” in my posts. Yes, I know I tend to ramble on about almost everything. So I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. haha!

To my clients – THANK YOU for a GREAT year! I truly appreciate your business! :-)

To my family – THANK YOU for putting up with me & my annoying photography hobby for yet another year! I love you! :-) Who: My family – Scott (age 43), Jacob (age 16), Claire (age 12), and Me (age 42)

When: December 31st, 2010

Where: our basement – Brooklyn Park, MN

What: gettin’ crazy with the Alien Bees ring flash! btw….my talented kids took a LOT of these photos! Settings: flash at 1/8th power, Nikon D200, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens, manual, ISO 160, shutter 1/160, f-stop 20. Fonts – 1942 report and JFRingmaster. Paper – freebie from www.designerdigitals.com – frames – Andrea Burns & LifeArt Designs. And I got the 1st two pages of my 2011 book done! Yeah! :-)

Slaves To Righteousness | Minneapolis Talent Photographer

Robin — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:05:05 +0000

Meet the Christian rock band “Slaves To Righteousness!” - oh so talented! Check out their facebook page! This is something new for me – boy band photos! Shane and my son Jacob have been friends almost ever since we moved here in 1996! (we used to be neighbors until we moved in 2007…we miss not seeing them all the time!) He’s also the son of the Pastor of our church! So I offered to update their band photos for them. We *HOPE* to get outside and shoot some more in the near future, but we did some quick studio stuff. Zach Shane Sam They were super FUN and up for anything! (some serious stuff here…haha!) Of course phones were going off, texts coming in, etc. ahhh, teenagers these days! I feel so stinkin’ OLD! haha! {plexiglass} Striking some poses… Thanks for coming guys! It was fun!

Happy New Year 2010!

Robin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:07:00 +0000

I made the kids take some New Year’s photos yesterday. Of course they grumbled at first, but then they got into it and had lots of fun!

I used my ring flash and put up a red curtain from Target (hung on a backdrop stand). The other accessories were from the $1 section at Target or were left over from other years. T-shirts from Old Navy.

Claire took these last two photos!

Hope you had a great New Year’s eve celebration! Out with the OLD, in with the NEW – hello 2010!