{the other side of the camera} Alexandria, MN Photographer

I will be completely honest, I was pretty uncomfortable being on the other side of the camera when I booked my family's photo session with another photographer. Not that I didn't doubt her...btw her is Jessica of JMPhotography. I knew they would be great. It is just being a photographer, handing over the reigns to something that I could not control, leave it up to them, and not give my 2 cents was going to be hard. That and also having reservations cause of the same reasons you may have to put off family photographs. Such as, not being at the weight you want (ummm....hello?!), hair not the right style, maybe kids have braces (thank God we are done with that), whatever the reason. I ditched the reasons not to and looked at the reason to do so. I have always known the importance of photography to document our lives, I mean I am a photographer, duh. But to have someone else do it instead of us gathering, posing and waiting for the timer. There was no spontaneous, candid, connection shots that I want of ALL of us. So this October we did. Much to my husband and kids' confusion. "You are a photographer, and you are going to hire a photographer". Yes, and yes. About half way into the session Kev told me that he got it, why it is impossible to get the shots I wanted the way we always have done it. So thanks Jess!!




Love that wall.



And I have not kept it a secret that I love sunflare!!







And here is what I did for our Christmas card this year.