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One Thousand Miles For A Birthday, Memorial And Family

By Kelley / November 18, 2013 /

You might remember my Uncle Marvin died in a car accident a few weeks ago.  He was cremated and his memorial service scheduled a few weeks out to ensure my Aunt Gloria would be able to attend.  She hit her head in the accident pretty hard, which earned her stitches.  And a broken wrist needed…

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High school senior wearing purple and red kimono with arms outstretched in the middle of a bridge

Muscle Shoals High School Senior Photographs – Emily W

By Kelley / October 14, 2013 /

A few weeks ago, I packed up my minivan for a little overnight trip and drove out to Muscle Shoals, Alabama for a last minute senior session with my cousin.  The stars aligned with my kids school break, calendars and weather.  The five hour roadtrip was a breeze.  Yay for good books and clear skies…

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Matt And Mike Are Getting Married

By Kelley / October 9, 2013 /

I had the pleasure of photographing Matt and Mike two years ago when we were in Minnesota on our family summer vacation.  Matt is a fabulous graphic designer and small business owner worthy of major clients (think Fortune 100 company golden arches worthy).  I have a mutual friend to thank for introducing us and will…

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Family Vacation Up North (Minnesota)

By Kelley / July 16, 2013 /

After sharing family vacation photographs on that last weighty post and thinking I had rambled on and on, with plenty of space for more images when I realized at the end I didn’t have enough room (a girl can only ramble so much before running out of paragraphs on a subject she’s ready to put behind her)….I…

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Park City With My Girls

By Kelley / June 27, 2013 /

Back in January 2010, I took Karen Russell’s online course and met so many fabulous women.  I love that we formed our own facebook groups and keep in touch on a regular basis.  Smaller groups in twos and threes seem to find ways to meet up throughout each year, but more of us make a point…

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Family of three sitting and laughing together in Chicago fall leaves

Chicago, IL Family Photography Session – Ernst Family

By Kelley / February 26, 2013 /

As I’m focusing on family and on the hunt for an awesomely fabulous family to photograph for free, I realized I somehow neglected to share more from this session in Chicago last fall.  And oh. my. goodness.  Was this little girl adored by her parents.  It was so awesome to see!  She was twirled and…

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Just A Little Trip To Las Vegas

By Kelley / February 3, 2013 /

We were approaching what was to be the end of my in-law’s visit with us.  It was nearing three weeks and this was after a relentless begging campaign to get them to stay beyond just two weeks.  They are fabulously awesome people.  I’m not just saying that because my father-in-law helped me with tearing down…

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Newborn baby boy peering out behind polka dot blanket

Newborn Session – Chicago Lifestyle Photography

By Kelley / November 1, 2012 /

When I was in Chicago almost two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of doing a newborn lifestyle shoot in a Chicago suburb.  It’s interesting what they call suburbs these days, as it was an hour drive and there were highway signs indicating Iowa wasn’t far.  😉 The drive was well worth it and I…

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