Forest Lake Family Photographer | laughter

ridiculous number of pix here, but I had so much fun with this session.  love you guys!

haha - this is where I asked little man to lean his bottom against the barn, such a good listener!

see little man waving?

miss sassy kills me in this one, her own choreography :)

a field with 4

It's crazy the weather we had the first part of October!  I think we were mid 70's on this particular afternoon... beautiful!

 these last 2 are a couple of my favorite parent/child photos in awhile... love the light and the moments.

thanks so much you guys, it was a pleasure to meet your sweet family!

little miss senior

ready for her senior year of highschool!  so quiet and sweet - this one.  and I always love this location, I think it matched her perfect! 

by the way 'M',  I did get some very cute ones of you and your hunny also, you'll just have to wait for your online gallery to see them :)

thanks so much for meeting up - and best of luck in your future!

a night on the farm

we decided that the only thing that could have made this session any better would have been a chocolate cake (duh) and some bug spray - like a gallon or 3. 

an extremely amazing family, super fun and so good to one-another... refreshing!  I rode out their family farm in WI with them, and it's fun to think of my boys getting to be these boys ages... super great kids. 

the buildings and fields in the images have emotional significance and memories for this family, so it was great to be able to use this location for their family photos.

but holy-moly, the mosquitoes were UNBELIEVABLE!  I have NEVER seen the likes of them... I am still itching just thinking about it!  I have millions of outtakes from the session of one of them swatting themselves, or a big blurred image from me swatting myself as I shot.   Made me laugh... and itch.

 thanks guys - next time I'll bring cake AND twizzlers!

lucky red boots

they were totally lucky red boots to be worn by this sweet girl.  beautiful (HOT HOT HOT) evening with these guys, and I just love that every year that I see her, it's like were long lost friends... greeted with a hug and friendly chatter the whole session.  love her.

told you those boots were lucky, that is a REAL 4 leaf clover... I had never seen one before!

thanks sweet cowgirl!  can't wait to see you again.

early morning shoot - family of 5... chilly style!

OHHHH how I love shooting in the morning before the sun gets all high in the sky... but this time of year is tricky because it can be soooo chilly in the mornings. On my way to the shoot my car temp gauge was reading 31 or 32, and I think it was to 34 by the time I got to our location. That temp, coupled with the wind left this family a little teary eyed, goose bumpled and chittery toothed, but they were awesome - and I am still kinda shocked how many really great images we got from our 35 minutes together!



she had a hard time not smiling (gorgeous smile), but I think she looks SO pretty when she is serious like this also!




 

love this, even with hypothermia setting in, they still have fun!





I was a little nervous when shooting in the area this one was taken in,

it was after all deer opener and we were in a field..

not so smart, but SO beauteous!



Beautiful family, hope your toes and fingers didn't fall off regained feeling and you didn't catch a cold.  Thanks for the great morning!

~Brooke

Baby Blue-Eyes

Talk about fun location!  This mama was SO resourceful!  I always am on the lookout for abandoned barns, to do a little trespassing for a fun session... Well this mama took a different approach and knocked on the door of this rickety old barn owner's house, and 'asked permission' for us to use the location for her son's pictures.  How clever was that!  SUPER FUN!  Loved the barn. 

NOTE: blue eyes not color modified, his eyes are REALLY this blue!

Want to know what makes this baby laugh?  AHHH, when the goofy photographer lays in the grass to take a picture and then realizes she is nearly laying in a big pile of road kill... that's right, the barn was right off the highway and there was roadkill ALL over.   YUCK!  The screams and laughs out of the grown ups was enough to get little Mr. Blue eyes giggling as well!

love the way he's looking at daddy here...

Thanks guys!

handsome little men and an old creepy barn

this old barn appeared to be held up by one little brick in the front right corner... I didn't really think that we should be going IN it, but the boys had to check it out... it was really pretty, but really pretty creepy too!

SOOOO many great connection shots were captured, my favorite type of session.

Big brother found a really huge and furry caterpiller, someone was VERY impressed!

Love this one!

Big brother is holding his chest because he just slipped off the willow tree and scratched his chest with a pokey broken off tree nub.... I pretend he is holding his heart because he really loves me taking his picture!

Thanks you guys, I hope all the injuries are mending, it was an adventure, but I think we got some pretty cool shots!