Mike Shynes is probably one of the coolest and most talented musicians you'll ever meet.  I met him several years ago when a band he was in at the time played with a band I was in at the time, and since then his path through music has led him through working with several bands and playing shows on all different levels.  His most recent project is a solo project under the name Seconds Before Sleep, and I was thrilled when he asked me to take some shots for his new website.  Below are a few images from the shoot, that you can also find on his homepage.  

And if you STILL haven't clicked on either of the links above this one yet, check out his website at www.secondsbeforesleep.com for some free music downloads and to get info on when you can see him play next!  Enjoy!!!

Senior shoot round two with Jenn!  We did a bit of exploration, there were a few areas I had driven through awhile ago but never have actually the time to go explore further.  We had a good chunk of the day for shooting so we decided to go see what we could find.  After a quick lunch at Annie's Parlour we walked around the U of M campus for awhile for a few final images for the afternoon. All in all, it was a good time as always.  Posting these photos definitely makes me miss the nice weather though!

  

Enjoy! 

This happened to be my first engagement shoot of the summer, and I think if it's any indication of how the rest of the year is going to go I'm SO EXCITED to finally be done with school so that I can focus on photography.  

Dain and Jessica were so laid back and fun to work with!  We started the day off with a bit of fishing, unfortunately I had forgotten my pole.  But Jess and Dain were able to take care of the fish (with a total of 4 or 5 HUGE fish [I think one of them may have actually broken an ounce]).  After fishing and despite this ridiculously hot May heat, we did a bit of exploring in a few of the gorgeous wooded areas that Eagan has to offer and found some awesome shooting locations. I'm so happy for these two, they are absolutely perfect for eachother, which always seems to make my job almost too easy!

Enjoy!  

As always, enjoy!

This is Molly.  Here are a few images from our senior modeling shoot a week ago, it has been a crazily busy spring break and have not had time to post them until now.  Enjoy!

Highlights from our shoot:

•As mentioned before, getting our boots full of snow + lots of exercise

•Trying not to die while shooting on what was essentially an ice skating rink (aka the Welch Village tubing place parking lot)

•SNOWBOARDING!

•Unintentionally capturing a ghost on film, er, CF card (it was under a train bridge in Red Wing, I'll probably post the picture on here at some point)

Anyhoo, below are some samples from the shoot.  Enjoy!  

Here are a few samples from my engagement shoot with Jake & Naomi. 

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day for their session.  There was no rain, no snow, no obnoxiously windy wind.  Just a whole lotta sun and warm air, and good food.  Naomi and I have been friends since high school (it is still weird to me that we've been out of high school for so long already!), but I've only met Jake in the past couple of months.  I have to say, I'm really happy for Naomi for finding such a great guy.  They make an awesome couple and we had a blast doing this shoot.  I'll be posting more soon!