not old … but classic

As I sit here trying to come up with descriptive words for Spencer I am stuck on ‘turkey stealer’ and ‘glass breaking tail…’     Spence has been a staple at Nelson family events for years and years, and a fun dog to run and play with. He is a black lab that...

Tai. MaiTai.

So I thought I would start my blog “come-back” with a pet portrait session. Why not? After almost 2 months of a hiatus, believe you me, I’ve got photos to share! And since this place is focused on portraits (and more so, PET portraits), let’s start there 🙂 Several...

Sweet Mrs. Ahni

I still remember the day many moons ago when I walked into my grandparents house and saw this hanging by the door: She was the most adorable puppy I had ever seen and I couldn’t wait to meet her! For a long time Mrs. Ahni was the only pup in my life and I had so much...

pets? yes, please!

After taking some photos of The Pup last weekend, I’ve officially gotten back in the game. I’ve got the itch … nope – not fleas, but PETS. Come one, come all – I want to cuddle your pets {and take their photos, of course}. Let me entice you… View Full...

taste of the Minnesota – in April

Last weekend was great. I had a to-do list with more items on it than Minnesota has lakes — yep, that’s 10,000 and counting — and I got the majority of it done! Wanna see? I kicked the weekend off by heading over to my dad’s to get started on bottling our...

samples samples samples

This is one of my recent time consuming projects… I finally pulled everything together to make a fantastically awesome book of my work to show as a sample to those interested in just that – my work. I really love it and currently am treating it similar to how I...

early morning to do’s

This morning I was able to rouse myself from my sleepy slumber a bit earlier than usual. I am loving the extra light in my bedroom in the mornings. It has reinforced the idea that I’m not incredibly lazy, I just hate getting up when it’s dark out. And that, folks,...