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Elevators. Why were they invented? I understand that sometimes they are useful, but more often they are just plain awkward. I just spend ten days in hotel that only had stairs in case of a fire emergency. Needless to say I had lots of experience riding elevators. The more I rode, the more I wished for a set of stairs, even if that meant being out of breath and taking a little longer to reach my room. I still haven’t figured out the proper way to act in an elevator. Do you engage the people in there with you? Or do you pretend to stare intently at the screen and watch the floor numbers change? Is it rude to make small talk, or is it rude to pretend that they’re not there? Both ways can be equally awkward. Like when the older man in the elevator started making slightly unnerving remarks about how beautiful our eyes were when we still had multiple floors to go. Or when you ride nine floors down with the big guy who is wearing gold chains and has tattoos that doesn’t say a word when you get in. If you do start a conversation, it’s always rudely interrupted by the elevator doors opening, but if you don’t start one…. the time feels like forever.…
Read MoreI think this is one of my favorite shoots from this year. It was just for fun, but the light was insane, and the girls are so beautiful! Way to be models Gab and Maddie. :) Love you two!
Read MoreIt’s taken me a long time to get these up… but I did this extended family earlier this fall, and they are a bunch of fun people! \
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Read MoreThe girl waited impatiently to leave the plane. She stood in the isle with her backpack slung across one shoulder and her suitcase at her feet. She pulled at the neck of her Twins sweatshirt and shifted. Thoughts flashed through her brain, ‘was this really a good idea?’ she second guessed herself. Eventually the line started moving and everything went from the quiet calm on the plane to busy people rushing here and there, the sound of roller bags on the linoleum, here and there a different language. The girl briefly wished she wasn’t wearing a sweatshirt and tennis shoes in the California airport, but the thought was interrupted by the sound of her name. “You’re here!” Hugs, parking lots and cars followed, then two years’ worth of catching up. It didn’t take long to skip the small stuff and jump right into what God had been doing in their lives, but still the quiet doubts lingered. The next day the two found themselves in San Diego, looking for a gelato shop in the midst of all the crazy ComicCon goers. After enjoying cappuccino flavored gelato they ventured up the outside staircase to find the bathrooms. Laughing and talking as the followed the sign the pushed open the door and stopped when they realized it was a single bathroom. “Ummm, go…
Read MoreAhh, I’m in LA! Crazy story, but basically God provided a way, and pushed me along to this. :D It’s so exciting. I just decided on Tuesday afternoon that I was coming, and we arrived yesterday morning. Today we start training for Call2All. Basically we’re volunteering for a global congress, where Christian ministries and leaders from over 100 nations are coming together to strategize and collaborate to fulfill the Great Commission, to reach the rest of the world with the gospel of Christ. Me, my sister Amy, and two of my aunts are here for ten days. I’m not exactly sure what we’ll all be doing, but it looks like I’ll be taking pictures, since the coordinater told me that the photographer had to cancel due to a surgery. So, anyone who would like to pray, would be awesome! If you could pray for the Congress it’self, that God would be there, that He would direct the plans and actions of everyone. That the volunteers would be organized, that everything gets worked out. For us, that we would stay healthy, and focused on God and serving Him rather than ourselves. Thank you! Here’s the website if you’d like to find out a little more about it! http://call2all.org/Groups/1000075743/Call2All/Events/Call2All_Global_Congress/Call2All_Global_Congress.aspx
Read More“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” {Genesis 1:1} We’ve ignored a huge side of God in today’s Christianity, the creative. In the beginning, the very first thing He did was create. God is the Ultimate Creative; He designed not only this world, but the universe, but we tend to forget that fact. In the church today we recognize the need for Christians in math and science, and even business, but the arts? Nah. The arts are evil, but there’s no need to take them back; they’re just for entertainment after all. But God created the arts. Losing a Christian influence in the art industry has limited our view of God to the left-brained scientist. We’ve put Him in a box, ignoring His freedom to create, and reducing Him to a mathematical formula. If you get one small part of that formula wrong, the project (i.e. your life) won’t turn out. This is where we begin to believe that being a good Christian looks a certain way, and that it takes a specific equation, because that’s our view of how God works. This is why I feel we desperately need to take back the arts, because without being an active part of them, from movies and music to photography and painting or potter, we fail to…
Read MoreA couple months ago I was visiting Abbey and she mentioned the fact that she had this dress she had always wanted to do a photoshoot with. So of course I made her put it on ;) And of course we had a blast taking pictures. Abz, you’re so insanely gorgeous it’s not even funny. I love you! {fav!} {hahah, such good times!}
Read MoreI’m finally getting around to sharing these pictures with everyone! Thank you both, for choosing me to be a part of your day! {picture from my second shooter, Amy!} {picture from my second shooter, Amy!} {picture from my second shooter, Amy!} {this and the next two pictures from my second shooter, Amy} {picture from my second shooter, Amy!}
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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!