Archive for March, 2010

I was SO excited when this cutie’s mom contacted me about doing a session with them.  His mom and I go way back to our high school cheer-leading days and it was wonderful to see her again and to meet her absolutely charming little guy.  We had a great time taking some indoor shots and fortunately the weather was relatively decent for a March spring day in Minnesota, so we headed down the street to get some shots at the park.  I just love all of the different expressions he had.  He’s just got the sweetest disposition!

A & J, thank you for hanging out with me for a bit and making me laugh.  I had a wonderful time seeing and working with you guys.  I hope you enjoy these shots from your sneak peek!
boy sitting in chair high key photo

boy hugging mom

Boy standing on stool

I know, it’s not Wednesay yet, but it is tomorrow!  The little men in our life make us laugh (and cry? or is that just mine? :-P )   They keep us on our toes and guessing all the time.  Here are some adorable pieces from Gap Kids to dress your little guy in rockin style for his Spring and Summer photos.

Clothing recommendations for boys portraits

Miss {G} and her family came over for her big one year session last weekend.  They were such a sweet and adorable family!  She was a busy little bee exploring all over the place and playing with her little pearl necklace we put on her.  She also had the most gorgeous blue eyes.  I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I especially love when I get to photograph little blue eyed babes since my kids have such dark eyes (thanks, hubby!).  I just love the way they look in the light and really grab your attention.

W Family, thank you so much for choosing me to capture your family and your adorable little girl.  It was wonderful meeting you guys and getting to know you!  I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

Baby girl with pink flower in hair
Aren’t they just the most adorable family?

Family kissing child

one year old girl with bow

Baby girl with damask fabric and pettiskirt

Family of 3 in black & white

After 1,400+ votes on our blog poll and 300+ votes on our Facebook Fan Page, the results are in!  We had a great time throughout this last week watching the roller coaster of votes coming in. We had votes coming in from all over the world from places like Mexico, Germany and even Japan!  I can’t thank you all enough for your excitement and participation in our contest.  I hope you all had as much fun as I did!

I’m happy to say without a doubt that the contest was conducted in a fair manner.  I personally went through and looked at every single vote cast in the blog poll and on Facebook and took out those that did not comply with the contest rules.

So, without further ado ****drumroll**** here are our winners!

Cutie #2 is the winner of our First Prize ($900 value), Free Mini Session up to 30 mins either on location or at the studio, Disk of 10 images from your session with a print release and 2 5×7 prints

Cutie #10 is the winner of our Second Prize, $200 Gift Certificate to be used on any future session or prints with us.

Congratulations to our two big winners!  We’ll be in touch with each of your shortly!

For anyone that’s curious, here was our final vote tally for the top 5.  Thank you to ALL of our awesome participants!

Cutie #2    643

Cutie #10   605

Cutie #12   214

Cutie #4    160

Cutie #13  129

I am in LOVE with little Miss G!  She had the sweetest personality and was ALL smiles for our session on Saturday.  She recently turned 6 months old and this has got to be one of my favorite ages to capture!  She’s ALL spunk and personality and I lost count of all the smiles in the first few minutes.  I’m just in love with her gorgeous blue eyes too.  Aren’t they incredible?  And I’m SUPER excited to capture her again in a few more months and see her grow!

Mom & Dad, I hope you’re ready for her to break some hearts in a few years!  She’s just so beautiful!  I hope you guys enjoy these sneak peek shots and I cannot wait for you to see the rest!

6 month old baby girl in St. Paulbaby eating knitted hat

I absolutely adore this little outfit!

Baby's first year photography plan

Baby in pink pettiskirt at 6 months

I know it’s a bit early to be thinking about summer, but since we’re booking up FAST through May already, it’s time to start thinking about June!  We’re very excited to announce our first ever mini sessions will be taking place on Sunday, June 6th in Eagan from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.  Here are all of the details!

Twin Cities on Location Child Photography

Who: Just about anyone!  Families, kids, couples, you name it!
What:
Kickoff to Summer Mini Sessions
When:
Sunday, June 6, 2010 between 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Where:
Holz Farm, 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan, MN

We have 2 great packages available for you to choose from:

Pink Lemonade Package – $175 ($50 due at time of booking)

  • 20 minute mini session
  • 10 edited images in online gallery
  • 8 gift prints (8×10 or smaller)
  • Disc of web-sized, watermarked images for online sharing
  • 20% off a la carte prints & products

Lemonade Package - $100 ($50 due at time of booking)

  • 20 minute mini session
  • 10 edited images in online gallery
  • 5 gift prints (8×10 or smaller)
  • Disc of web-sized, watermarked images for online sharing
  • 10% off a la carte prints & products

How to book:
Click here to book online.  $50 is due at the time of booking to reserve your session time.
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We will be taking requests for mini sessions on a first come, first served basis and will accept them via email so that we can accurately determine the date and time of requests.  When sending in your request, please list 3 time slots that you would prefer and we’ll do our best to meet your request.  Emails should be sent to us at amy@tentinytoesphoto.com or through our website or blog contact tool.

We’ll have many of our favorite props on hand, but as always, you’re encouraged to bring anything you’d like to use as well!

The atmosphere at Holz Farm is a charming old farmhouse and barn with many options for both unique and classic backgrounds.  It’s a great little place to have your portraits taken!

Session Times available (most up to date available time slots can be viewed here):
9:30 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm

The fine print:
Mini session includes up to 2 children (plus parents).  If more than 2 children, we cannot guarantee both individual and shots together due to time limitations, so we recommend that you book back to back appointments for an additional $25 charge.

A deposit of $50 is due at time of booking to secure your session, which is put towards your package purchase.  Sessions that have not been paid within 3 days of booking will be opened back up to others for booking.  Should you need to cancel, we will give you a full refund up to 3 days before the event.  Cancellations within 3 days of the event will not be refunded.  Full package fees do not include sales tax.

Online galleries will be posted within 3 weeks of the sessions and will be live for one week for ordering.

If we need to cancel due to weather, you will have the option of receiving a full refund of your booking fee or the option of keeping your same session time on our rain date (yet to be determined, will be sometime in June).

Remember this adorable guy?  Well, he’s about to become a big brother!  In just a few short weeks the P family will be welcoming a new little sister!  He’s a VERY proud big brother and mom and dad are equally as excited to meet the newest member of their family.  Mom and big bro came over for a fun maternity session.  They were the first ones to break in my new natural light studio too!  It was SO much fun to photograph them and mom’s beautiful belly.  Makes me *almost* want to be pregnant again. :-P   No, but really, she’s just a gorgeous expecting mommy and I’m so lucky that I was able to capture these for her.

S, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.  I sure had a wonderful time with you guys and am excited for you to see the rest of your portraits!

Natural light window maternity portraitSome fun ones of mommy and her little man.

Mommy & Me maternity portraitNatural light maternity portraitMaternity potrait with ultrasound photoAnd my personal fave… :-)

black & white natural light maternity

Wow.  You guys are going to have a TOUGH time with the voting.  I’m sure glad that I can’t vote, because I honestly don’t know how I would ever decide!  Thank you to ALL of our participants and submissions to the contest!  Just a quick recap of our amazing prizes we are giving away!

First Prize ($900 value):

  • Free Mini Session up to 30 mins either on location or at the studio
  • Disk of 10  images from your session with a print release
  • 2 5×7 prints

Second Prize:

  • $200 Gift Certificate to be used on any future session or prints with us.

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS!!!

We’ll have two methods of voting each day beginning Tuesday, March 16th through 11:59 pm on Wednesday, March 24th.

How you can vote:

  1. The first and easiest way to vote is here on the blog, in the poll below. It is set up so that you can vote once per day from your computer.  It will reset  24 hours after your previous vote for you to vote again the following day.
  2. The second way is to vote on our Facebook Fan Page. To vote there, comment on the photo within the Baby & Kid Contest album that you would like to vote for with any sort of comment (example: “Here’s my vote!”)  One vote is allowed each day per Facebook account.  Multiple votes/comments on the same day will disqualify your votes for each day, so please just vote once per day. :-)
  3. All of the votes from the blog and Fan Page will then be combined and we’ll determine our two winners!

Want a piece of advice?? Get as many friends and family members over here voting and onto our Fan Page for your best chance at winning!  It’s easy to share this blog post by using the share bottoms at the bottom of the post.

So, are you ready for them????

Here they are!!  Have FUN!!!

Contest 1 Get ready to Vote! | Minnesota Cutest Baby & Kid Contest

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Now place your vote!  Voting will reset 24 hours after your last vote, so make a note as to what time you voted, or try to vote around the same time each day.

Now, jump over to our Facebook Fan Page and vote over there!

Ever since my daughter was born, almost exactly one year ago, I’ve been excited and sad at the same time about taking her one year photos.  I knew I wanted to do a cake smash type of session because they had always looked like SO much fun and I had wished I had done one with our son when he turned one.  So, I set the stage, baked a giant cupcake cake (practice run before our party on Sunday too!), and got my new studio all set up and ready to go for her.

Now, I must tell you, my little peanut…well…the girl can eat like no baby I’ve ever seen.  As soon as she saw my husband bring the cake into the room, she went NUTS!  We set it down, I started shooting…and…well, I’ll let these speak for themselves… :-)

Baby 1st Birthday Cake Smash Photography

I hope you’re ready to see some of the most adorable little people!  I’m loving all of the submissions for our first ever Cutest Baby & Child Contest!  There’s still one more week to submit your photo of your favorite little cuties in your life and then the voting will begin!

Scroll down to get the full details about how you can join in our contest to win a prize package worth over $900!!

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