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I’m just a little excited to start editing the rest of Derek’s senior session. :)
Read MoreI’ve been fighting shin splints these past few weeks, ever since I did five hours of biking, ran a 5k, swam with 325 children triathletes, swam a 1/2 mile race, and played ultimate frisbee all in one weekend. Smartest idea ever, right? I’m supposed to be training for a 10 mile race in less than four weeks, and I can barely limp through two miles. I sat down this morning to read my bible and I was complaining to God about it. This is the second year I’ve signed up for the 10 mile.. the first year I came down with mono, and wasn’t able to run. So it’s been on my list to conquer for a while. I was really looking forward to it this year. After finishing my griping I opened Jesus Calling and the first thing I read hit me over the head. I had to stop and re-read it… wondering if I was just seeing things, or if that’s what it really said. “Accept each day exactly as it comes to you. By that, I mean not only the circumstances of your day, but also the condition of your body.” {Jesus Calling, September 8th entry} It went on to say more: “Even if you wrongly choose the first alternative (giving up vs. relying on Me),…
Read MoreKaylee is a home schooled senior, who is graduating in 2013… like Anna she’s a gymnast and a captain of Brainerd’s team this year (those pictures are coming soon as well!). Thanks for using me, Kaylee! It was fun to hang out and wander around town, even though it was super hot! :)
Read MoreWe did Adam’s senior session around Crookneck Lake, where he lives. Thanks for being such a great sport Adam, even wearing your least favorite shirt for your Mom. :)
Read MoreAnna and I had a blast wandering all over Brainerd a few weeks ago for her senior sessions; we found lots of fun places and cool light, and she did everything I asked her to :) Even dancing in a random field. Thanks Anna! Anna is a captain on the Brainerd gymnastics team, so the next week we did some portraits at the gym… which will be coming soon! For now enjoy these…
Read MoreJordan is a Staples Motley highschool senior, but we decided to do his pictures over at the Crosby mine pit lakes which are gorgeous! Good choice, Jordan. We also had an awesome sunset, which was super fun. Thanks again for using me to do your portraits!
Read MoreQuick previews from two of my sessions this week.. three more to go! :) {Jordan, Staples Motley High School Senior} {Anna, Brainerd High School Senior}
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s taken me this long to share the images of this amazing couple. Their wedding day back in June was SO much fun, everyone was so relaxed and chill, and I enjoyed being able to be part of the party! Jose and Katie, you guys are such a comfortable couple and I can tell you guys are totally meant for each other. Thank you again for picking me to be part of your day!
Read More{photo taken around June Lake, CA} I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what church really is supposed to be. Lets face it, most of us are dissatisfied with what the church in America has become, it just doesn’t seem like it’s functioning the way God intended it to. We’ve decided that church is not a building, or a time, or a meeting or a potluck, and rightly so… but if it’s not what is it? Then we look at the book of Acts and decided that it must be community, living in unity as a body and fellowshipping together, which sounds good, but how does it work? What if we’re not living in unity, what if we’re not getting a long, what if things just become actions? Church is never just a meeting. The church isn’t a Sunday service, it isn’t a community group, or people having fun together {although the church can do these things, it isn’t these things}. Is the church simply a collection of people whose biggest, highest and only goal is love Jesus with all their mind, soul and strength? Whose passion is Jesus first, and which is then followed by a passion for people? “The church” {or the body of Christ} cannon be a formula and it can’t always look a certain way. We as humans have…
Read MoreWhen Katherine came to visit early in June {to shoot Jose and Katie’s wedding with me!}, we also squeezed in a camping trip to the North Shore. It’s how we work.. pack it all in. We may have forgotten a lot of fairly essential stuff, but we didn’t get eaten by bears, or rained out of our tent, or have trees fall on us, or get smashed by a rock fall, although we thought we were going to ;) All in all, we had a pretty fun trip, and saw everything from two step falls {which is MUCH farther than two steps} at Tettegouche, to Split Rock, and Palisade Head… from Betty’s Pies, to ships arriving in Duluth and the Silver Bay Marina. Gooood times! Oh, and did you know? Bears don’t have thumbs.
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Hi, I'm Kelley, a MN portrait and wedding photographer located in the greater Brainerd Lakes Area. Welcome to my photography blog!