Love Birds

23 05 2008

Here are some photos of a recently engaged couple. What started out as a horribly wet and rainy day, ended up to be truly beautiful. And we had a great time touring some of my favorite Eau Claire locations, both indoor and outdoor. To the couple-blessings to you in your future life together…It is plain to see that you are both very in love!





Life must be easy…

19 05 2008

When you are this cute!

Just wanted to share some recent photos of my niece, Ava. At one year, she is really coming into her own little personality, as you can see from the photos. I tried a few new post-processing tricks, so let me know what you think (i.e. LEAVE A COMMENT!!!!!). And, enjoy!





Ethiopia, here I come!

17 05 2008

It is official, on June 9th, 2008 I will be traveling with two amazing women to Ethiopia! This is something I never envisioned myself doing (even though I love to travel), but it is bigger and better and more of a perfect fit for me than I ever could have hoped or dreamed!

I have been given the opportunity to visit and photograph the Kingdom Vision International (a.k.a. KVI) orphanage sites in Addis Ababa and Nazareth, Ethiopia. This includes not only the kids, but we are hoping to meet the families who are part of the family empowerment programs there as well. We will also be visiting the citiy of Awassa and possibly Wolayta. This means that I get to meet and photograph TONS of awesome kids who are both up for adoption and being sponsored through KVI. I am beyond excited.

The photo above is of some kids who are being sponsored…the boy, Ephrem is sponsored by my family…and I get to meet him!! How cool is that!?! So anyway, if I really could fit into this blog how excited I truly am my computer would explode, so I will leave it at that.

On a logistical note, I will be out of the country for two weeks, and I will reply to emails and phone calls as soon as the jet lag wears off!

I did put a link to the KVI sites above, but just in case anyone wants more info, here they are:
The KVI site: http://kingdomvisioninternational.org/
The KVI blog: http://kingdomvisioninternational.blogspot.com/





And the winner is….

4 05 2008

I guess it is pretty obvious that the color version won the vote! Thanks to everyone who left comments. I had a lot of fun reading them, so I hope you keep it up!

Here are some photos from a session a few weeks ago. Expectant parents and a 5-year-old cutie with eyes and curls that could melt any girl’s heart…