Studio - Rochester, MN Children Photographer

We really do enjoy the studio. Our goal is to keep on accumulating props and working on expanding our studio business. We want to create a place that's comfortable for our guests as well as offer an array of props for them to use for their children/family. This will take some time but I'm confident we will slowly get there. Here are a few pictures from one of our latest sessions with a 6 month old.

Keegan Family - Rochester, MN Family Photographer

We love this family! I think we're making this a yearly event, taking photos of this beautiful family. This is one of the great joys of being a photographer, you get to see these kids grow up and see how they change every year. One of our favorite things to do is go to a family's home and take pictures of them just doing what they normally do. This is also the reason we chose "Lifeshots" for the name of our company.

Paige + Scott's Wedding - Tuscola, IL Wedding Photographer

We always love going to Illinois to do weddings because we can also visit family. Perfect! Paige and Scott were actually married before he went off to serve our country. But now they wanted an opportunity to celebrate it with friends and family at First Christian Church in Tuscola. It was lovely and beautiful. We always love a bride who is so willing to spend time on the pictures. The reception was held at Ironhorse Golf Club which is where our wedding reception was so it was fun to go back.

Photoshop is our best friend!

So in the world of photography yes you could probably get everything perfect and right in the camera but let's face it, that's almost impossible to do and would probably take up a lot of time.  In the real world, the pictures we take are not perfect...especially when you have a large family and a not-so-large studio and need to do a little work to make it look like you do in fact have a large studio.  Wanted to show an example of the amount of time and work we put into a photo to make it look the way it does.  We have years of Photoshop experience and it's a lot of fun but takes time and patience too.

Before

After

(yes I know it's not technically the same exact picture but believe me, it's the same effect)