I Heart Faces - Pet Faces

Anyone who knows me, knows my LOVE of animals. Specifically my love of dogs. We started with one and now have 3. If my house were any bigger I would for sure get one more. I have a soft spot for dogs with a story and even more for rescue dogs. I would never buy a dog from a breeder. I always say that a dog from a rescue will love you more because you took them when no one wanted them. All 3 of my dogs are rescues.

So when I head that I Heart Faces was doing a Pet Faces Challenge I KNEW this was for me!

Our newest rescue is our 4 month old puppy, Zoey. We had no intentions of getting a 3rd dog since our lives were crazy at the time. But I was text a picture of Zoey's brother & I couldn't resist. So we took a trip to visit the clan. They were being fostered by a friend of a friend through Midwest Animal Rescue Services. I really wanted a girl dog since our others were boys. I feel in love with all of them. Then I heard about Zoey. She wasn't there with the other 7 puppies. See, Zoey was the runt & was pushed aside. She wasn't eating from her mama and her outlook looked grim. She was taken away & given to another Foster. She was feed with a syringe and took to another dog who just had puppies. Amber became her surrogest mama and even though she was a lot smaller than the other puppies Zoey was a little spitfire & was able to hold her own.

I knew I wanted her. She needed to be apart of our family. Both our other dogs had stories. Hawk we rescued from a farm on the Minnesota/South Dakota boarder and Kooper we rescued from the Humane Society after someone gave him up because they lost their house.

A few weeks later we met Zoey and knew right then & there she was perfect for us. We took her home that day & the rest has been history. She is a fantastic dog with a lot of spirit and a lot of love to give. She has SO much personality. I love that she is super food motivated as well because it makes me taking pictures of her so easy! The girl will do ANYTHING for a treat. So, I took her out for a photoshoot & got so many great photos. It was the last photo of the day however that I am madly in love with. It shows just how sweet she is. My little girl with a big smile!

Mounds View, MN Kid Photographer { Matilda is ONE! }

Picking out my favorite pictures for this blog post was IMPOSSIBLE! I really just wanted to post every single picture. lol I have been photographing Matilda since she was in her mama's belly. It has been amazing to watch her grow. Not only did I think her mama is amazing, she must have thought the same thing about me because we have become really great friends over the past year. Emily came up with some fantastic ideas and paired with the location we chose I knew the pictures were going to be nothing but spectacular! One of my favorites is Matilda with the clothes line. Those dresses are just random dresses but they are the dresses that Matilda wore in her photoshoots with me. I love that! The trunk that she is sitting on is same trunk she slept on in her newborn shoot. This shoot is all about coming full circle with Matilda's 1st year! Of course we HAD to do another Chalk drawing with her too. Mom & Dad said we should have Matilda be a different letter every year! I love that!

So enough with my rambling! Check out one of my all time favorite shoots & my all time favorite location!!!

I Heart Faces - Hey Girl

With Mothers Day coming up I did a Mommy & Me shoot with my daughter. I plan to do a Daddy & Me shoot with my son & my husband next month for Fathers Day as well. There were so many great shots. I had all these ideas in my head and I was so happy that most of them came out flawlessly.

I also knew that I Heart Faces newest Theme was Hey Girl and had the the most prefect picture in mind.

 

I love my little munchkin to bits!

Mounds View, MN Kid Photographer { Mini Sessions }

I hosted a few Mini Sessions on Sunday evening. Despite the weather being a bit chilly all the kids rocked it! I adore these styled type shoots!

Mounds View, MN Maternity Photographer { Kelli & Chet }

I Heart Faces - Happiness

This was a very easy picture to choose. After photographing my kids Easter pictures yesterday there was one that stood out for me.

How can you not smile when you see them? I can just picture them giggling over their own little inside jokes. They are amazing little creatures & I am pretty lucky that I get to call them my own!

Maple Grove, MN Kids Photographer { Kegan & Karie }

I wanted to try something different & who best to test it out than my own kids. I really like how it all turned out & decided that I would use these as their Easter pictures. I don't want to torture them too many times with pictures in the same week. lol

If you like this style & want to incorporate something like this into your next shoot let me know! These are really a lot of fun & something totally different!