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Newborn Lifestyle Session by Brianna

I had the chance to be on the other end of the camera last weekend!  My associate photographer, Brianna, came to our home to do a lifestyle session with our family and new little guy, Carter.

They turned out awesome! I am so in love with these pictures…she truly captured our kids in the sweetness (and chaos!) that they currently are. Brianna has such a creative and artistic eye (as you can see from these pictures!). She is so great with kids too – in fact, my girls ran to give her a hug as soon as she came in the door. 🙂

Lifestyle photography is a natural, real-life session that tells a story about your family and usually takes place in your home.  It doesn’t have to be in the master bedroom (although I love master bedrooms for pictures), but the nursery, kitchen, kids’ room, our even your backyard! It’s actually great for kids because they really get to interact with their environment while being photographed – as opposed to being formally posed. 🙂

Brianna is currently scheduling Lifestyle (i.e., in-home) sessions this Spring and Summer! You can read more about Brianna here and her sessions here. To book a session with her, click here.

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Meet Our Carter, 4 Days Old

Meet Carter!

Our sweet little son Carter John Lanzen was born on February 10th, 2015. He was 7 lbs, 12 oz and 21 inches long. He is absolutely perfect and we are SO overjoyed that he finally came into the world!

For nine months, I have been SO excited to photograph our fourth (and last) baby, especially his newborn pictures. Now that he is here, it is honestly a challenge to find the time to do it! I had a few quiet minutes last weekend (he was 4 days old at the time – today he is one week). I wanted to do a lifestyle shoot of Carter, something a little different, natural and unposed.

I still plan to take his official “newborn” pictures this week, so stay tuned for more (and hopefully lots) of pictures!

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My Babies | Twin Cities Maternity Photographer

There was one picture that I really wanted to have taken this pregnancy. It was my three kids with my (very) pregnant belly. At 39 weeks, I finally got around to getting it done, and I am glad that I didn’t go too early so we had time to get this shot!

I set-up the camera for my husband, and he took the picture of my kiddos and my 29-week-pregnant belly! Being the mom and photographer is not always an easy task. This is especially when I am in the photo. 🙂 But we made it quick, and relatively painless, for the kids.

Introducing my three (almost four!) babies: Clara (4), Cooper (1.5 but really in the “terrible twos” at age 1), and Callie (6).  And very soon, I will introduce the arrival of baby #4.

Stay tuned…
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