a few mintues before performance...Monona Grove High school

At Monona Grove yesterday we devoted a brief amount of time to stop and take some head shots for this aspiring performer.

Reese

The Dornbrook girls...

Reese in her Christmas outfit, looks like a princess. Mommy is creating a new brand for herself as a stylist.

Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and daughters can fight like cats at times, but when daughters are grown and understand the sacrifice mom has made, it is true enlightenment.

I think Abby has reached that point, or she would not have been so thoughtful when it came to getting mom's Christmas gift. Abby chose to have pictures take of her and mom, it will be a moment in time that is captured with beautiful images of the two of them. This was a real gift of love.

Best-Fastest-most curious MODEL

I finally got to see one of my favorite fellows-I was missing him over the holidays, but he is a world traveler, so he's about as hard to catch as mosquitoes. Today he had some training with the camera-notice the great picture he took of his care giver grandma! The kid's got potential, if only his subject cooperate. "tee he"

Sneak peek @ 2011 show choir

These kids are going to rock the house this year with their cosmic choir! Congratulations to Monona Grove Show Choir and everyone who makes it happen.

Connor can really shake it. :)

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She's and ANGEL....

Meredith brought her younger cousin along for a shoot today. You can find her preparing him for his photo debut!

Baby with and Asian touch

Sarah saw an image in our studio that she wanted to replicate with her own daughter who has some Asian background. So this is what I came up with.

Thanksgiving in Tennessee

We were away for a week. It has taken another week to catch up- here at the studio, so now here's a little of what we did while away.

Mom is 89 years old and we stayed with her for a week, which gave us time to put up her decorations and bake the cookies for her. We also took her to Asheville North Carolina for an overnight visit. It is a great town of 70,000 with the feel of a small Madison. I really like the artsy feel of the whole community. It ranks right up there on our list of where we will end up.

We stayed at the White Gate bed and Breakfast, which was really charming.

Other pictures posted are from Thanksgiving, which held two purposes, it brought us all together to give thanks and to congratulate Ali and Chris on their recent wedding. The cake is a replica of the suitcase she carried to the wedding site, and the sunflowers she held. The suitcase was actually my overnight bag when I was a kid, but Ali gave it a special look by painting two figures on one side and the words, just married on the other.

The last picture in the series was a great coincidence, while at a restaurant in Asheville, Charlie noticed the hostess, and recognized her as one of our past brides! Steph and Steven have been living there for three years and love it. They manage the Mayfel's Restaurant on College Street-great food, awesome service, and real friendly people. :)

Early Happy Anniversary

Elissa and Matt tied the knot last year, but asked us to do some Christmas pics for their card. We had a great time with them, they are very creative and fun to be with.

That sky is real, you can never second guess the weather in Wisconsin!

As Families prepare for Christmas...

The Christmas card image is a big preparation...Katie got the whole family moving early this morning to produce these adorable images.

All in a days work...

Some Days Are Better Than Others!

Better late than never...

My former student came by on Friday and we took images of her adorable son Riley.
She also shared with me some of her creative hair jewelry she has been making.
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