I am looking for a photographer to do my daughter's first year photos with a couple of our family thrown in. I am hoping the photographer will be able to do shots outside (and then praying for awesome weather!). Is there anyone worth a recommendation on the east side of the metro area? Is there anyone I should avoid or stay away from? Thanks so much for your help!!!
Holy COW!! First of all--THANK YOU to all of you who took time to respond to my question with your recommendations. I have been agonizing over this for months and accomoplished more in the past 24 hours of posting my question than I have in the past 4 months. The Mamasource community has certainly earned my trust and respect! My only problem now is making a decision on which photographer to go with and of course...what we will wear! Aahhh, decisions decisions! Thanks again to you all for being so kind to help me out, I am so grateful! Try to stay cool this week and make it a good one!
I'd recommend a great photographer, Tom Dunn ____@____.com
He is FANTASTIC with kids! Bubbles, fans, feathers, makes them so comfortable and having fun - they smile and laugh!!
J. M
J.
One of my best friends.
Anita Jader. ###-###-####
Off of 694 and 61- small studio but does outside in fun areas.
Tell her B. sent you.
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B. J- wellness coach, med. prof. and mom of 7 yo twin girls
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I second Cheri's response for Ron Burg. I received a promotion when my daughter was born for a free -yes free- 4 picture panel (3mos, 6mos, 9mos, 1 yr). Of course the pictures are so phenomenal you end up buying some. He seemed kind of expensive, but after a couple bad experiences w/ Sears and only so-so pictures, he is well worth it. He is so good w/ kids too.
I highly recommend www.cksphotography.com. She has great pricing and you can own your negatives - which is a major plus. You can either go to her house in Lake Elmo or she will go anywhere you want. If you have any questions just e-mail me.
Chloephotography.com is great. She's wonderful with kids and is very reasonably priced. She lives in Stillwater, but will travel and I believe she has a studio in St. Paul.
Check out this web site: www.yourfocusedmemories.com
I used Danielle for my 2 year old son's pictures and for my daughter's senior pictures and she is fabulous! A little pricey, but totally worth it. (You could easily spend the same amount of money at Target, etc.) She is located in Anoka and will do just about anything you want.
Hi there - I do photography, you can check out my website here:
I can come out to your home or another location of your choice for photos anywhere in the Twin Cities. I've done some fun shoots in St. Paul's Grand & Victoria area, lots of parks throughout the Twin Cities, the Peace Gardens in Minneapolis, Linden Hills, and several apple orchards, to name a few. Backyards and front sidewalks are often another great option.
You can check out my references here on Mamasource or LinkedIn:
http://www.mamasource.com/business/3482048571904098305
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4370...
I would love to talk with you about your daughter's photos - feel free to give me a call at ###-###-####.
-gwen
Hi! I've used Kari Layland (www.kariphotography.com)- she does my son's photos and will be using her for my twins as well! She's fantastic and we're always thrilled with the photos. She'll come on site and you can have additional people as well! Can't recommend her enough! Good luck!
Hi J.,
I am a photographer that travels! I have been in the field for almost 14 years. Feel free to check out my website and see what you think! I do have a link on mamasource with reviews if you are interested.
Hope to meet you :)
M.
www.journeysoflifephotography.com
We've used Raquel Strand (Legacy Studios) twice, now, and have been THRILLED! I know she has a listing on Mamasource, but her web site is legacystudiosmn.com. She does amazing work, will travel anywhere, and does outdoor or studio shots.
We also used Ron Burg Photography. The photos were fantastic!
We've used Krysten Halek (www.krystenhalek.com) twice. She's amazing. I have two very energetic little boys who rarely sit still for photos and she has managed to capture the most precious shots of them. I can't recommend her enough. We also have some of the best family (and now pregnancy) shots that we've ever had taken.
Check her out!
We used Ron Burg photography in Inver Grove Heights/West St. Paul. He does awesome work and will also do outdoors too at any location. Very good with kids and also huge groups too;)
We used Amy Hoffsommer for my daughter's portraits. Amy is great. She will shoot inside or outside. She will come to your home or wherever you want to shoot. She uses real film so you get prints and you get digital images too. Amy is in Mpls. but was recommended to us by friends in the east metro. And she was great with my daughter. We even got some great family photos with the cat.
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www.ahoffsommer.com
I know someone who does awesome pictures of kids and I'm pretty sure she's willing to do "on location" photography. Her name is Jessica and her website if you want to check out her work is www.oneswiftclick.com. She does some adorable pictures of little girls in tutus. So cute!
Deb is great! Her website is mystudio22.com
This is who I used when my daughter was little. It was outside in the fall and they were the best photos I've ever gotten, and we've tried many.
k. noel photography ###-###-####
Paul Peterson-PHOTOGRAPHER-OWNER-against the grain framing-rebelframer.com: ###-###-####
karina noel-PHOTOGRAPHER-sales/marketing-###-###-####
We've been very happy with Kyle Johnson at Siji Kids in St. Paul. He did indoor photos of my daughter at Christmastime and he just did her 2 year photos outdoors at the duck pond at St. Kates. You can check out his work at www.sijikids.com (go to the photo studio link). The kids' clothing store he and his wife own on Grand Ave. is great, too.
I really like Memories by Marnie. She is a mamasource mom who runs her own photography business on the side. website is www.memoriesbymarnie.com
We used J. Boldt (jackieboldtphotography.com) for our wedding last year & our recent family photos. My sister has also used her for her family photos and we have all been nothing but thrilled. J. is an independent photographer with a studio in Eagan. She is willing to work indoors in a studio setting or at the location of your choosing. She is easy to work with (taking cues and direction from the client as well as interjecting her recommendations) and is quite inexpensive given that she gives you the rights to all the digital photos.
Whomever you end up choosing, good luck with the photos...and the weather.
We have used The Photographer's Guild in St Paul (http://www.photographersguild.com) something like 16 times (over 2.5 yrs - yes, we're a little obsessive...), and just love them. I know they do outdoor work for weddings, and am sure they would be happy to go on site for a first birthday - they LOVE kids! :) We have never had anything but good experiences with them, and can't recommend them highly enough!
My husband and I recently got married in April and our photographer was EXTREMELY resonable and following the wedding she offered to do our daughter's pictures. I haven't facilitated her for baby pictures, but she did a good job with our wedding pics. Her name is Angela Kirks. She lives in Anoka and does the photography thing as a part time business. Her number is ###-###-####. Hope this helps!
I know you got a ton of responses, but I wanted to second Jessica from www.oneswiftclick.com. She just did photos for my family, in fact my daughter is on the front page of her site. She did an amazing job and spent almost 2 hours getting the perfect pics. Good luck!
