One thing I love about summer in the USA is how much time we can spend outside in the lush green grass and the under the beautiful blue skies!  What an amazing back drop for portraits!  I've been taking both posed and non posed portraits this last month.  Here's a quick blog about some of my faves!

What can I say about this frequently recurring little freckled face on my blog?  I know he's going to be all grown up faster than I can imagine and I am so happy to be able to capture these little moments... he had just been on a jet ski and LOVED it! Pure joy! 

A boy and his grandpa... not entirely posed but not exactly spontaneous.  I wanted to capture the dock in the photo because for us, as soon as we see those planks, we know exactly where this was taken!  Iowa is the land of outdoor entertainment and the boys were out fishing.  I photoshopped myself out and added in the lake in the reflection on Mike's glasses, which was a fun little project!

My friend Meli was recently promoted to Independent Senior Director @ Thirty-One Gifts.  Meli is one of the most positive, motivated and kindest people I know!!  She needed a photo for the Thirty-One magazine edition which would be announcing her promotion news!  I don't really have any of my proper equipment home with me, so we just did a few quick photos in my front yard.  She's such a beautiful person on the inside and out that I barely edited at all! 

Thirty-One has some fabulous stuff!!  If you are interested in her very functional, durable and reasonably priced products, you can check out Meli's page at the link below:

 http://www.mythirtyone.com/melihartsoe

Until Next Time! 

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