tiny toes

It’s Monday morning, and time for some tiny toes!

I absolutely adored our time together – getting my little baby fix for a few hours. mmmmm… this little man is just so delicious. Such a sweet, calm, beautiful baby boy, and truly a joy to be around. Lucky mom & dad.

Mom knit this little blue alphabet blanket just for him, so I knew I wanted to make sure he got to spend some time on it. So little. So sweet… hugs to you all!

newborn toes
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Minnesota newborn portraits

July 1, 2010 - 11:54 am

carolyn bowles - You’ve worked your magic with yet another newborn. So precious!

July 6, 2010 - 11:06 pm

Cindy Chen - Another fabulous newborn session Gwen!! I love the sweetness you’ve captured and oh those little toes!!!

free time

My kids, after school yesterday – Elliott with his trains, Beatrice doing her homework, and Oliver playing Guitar Hero on his DS.

Happy Friday!

June 25, 2010 - 12:54 pm

Ashley - Your kids are adorable!!!

June 25, 2010 - 10:32 pm

Melissa Surprise - Getting so big!

July 1, 2010 - 11:54 am

carolyn bowles - I love your family! Hope to meet them all someday. :)

July 6, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Cindy Chen - Love a glimpse into your routine!! This could be a project 52 post too!

after the storm

Talk about luck. After scattered thunderstorms all day long, the clouds parted about 15 minutes before our session, and we had the most beautiful light for the rest of the evening. And it’s a good thing too, since this family lives in Colorado, and was only in the area for a short time. It was now or never!

I had a blast running around with these kids – catching frogs, finding feathers, watching dragonflies, playing tag…perfect activities for the summer solstice!

Thanks to all of you for a fun family portrait playdate!




June 22, 2010 - 8:03 pm

Carol Kelsey - Again, incredible photos. Carol

June 22, 2010 - 9:57 pm

Yoriko Morita - These pictures rock, Gwen! Thanks again for spending time with us yesterday! Can’t wait to see how the rest of the pictures turned out. :)

June 22, 2010 - 10:02 pm

carolyn bowles - Adorable. What gorgeous light! So glad it worked out. I love them all, but especially the last one with the brother and sister. I can feel the joy and fun of them being together. Wonderful!!!

June 23, 2010 - 4:11 pm

Ann Westerman - These are gorgeous Gwen! Love the light and the colors! Great job!

June 23, 2010 - 6:33 pm

Cindy Chen - Oh, that last shot is my favorite!! You can tell the whole family had a fun session with you… Everyone looks so happy and relaxed and beautiful. Great job Gwen… As always!!

new website! :: minneapolis family photographer

I’ve been working quite a bit over the past few weeks on my website – I’m moving to just one site, rather than having the blog and the website portfolio gallery separate. So this is it! When you hit www.gwendolynwaite.com you’ll come to a landing page which looks like this, rather than a splash page where you choose between the blog and the site. I think this is cleaner, easier to navigate, and far simpler. All of my portfolio galleries can be viewed by clicking on the link above in the brown navigation bar named “galleries” (pretty straightforward, huh! I’m all about making it easy!)

Take a look around and let me know what you think. Hope you like it too!

Here’s a photo I shot recently of a Japanese Maple Tree (I think!) – enjoy.

Japanese maple tree

June 16, 2010 - 7:46 am

Melissa Surprise - You are a rock star. The new site looks great.

June 16, 2010 - 9:11 am

Tracy Larsen - LOVE it!!!! So simple to navigate and very inspired. Also love the photo of you and your kids. :)

June 16, 2010 - 11:26 am

carolyn bowles - LOVE it! You make it seem so simple.

skipping stones :: minneapolis family photographer

This evening was spent with a lovely, happy family – skipping stones, hula hooping, and playing on the beach. This was an especially perfect spot for their session because this was where mom and dad had their first date, years ago. Beautiful.

I have a feeling that this is going to be a new favorite location of mine! It is so very Minnesota, with the river, the old gnarley trees, the beautiful grasses, the beach…

Thanks so much for coming out and spending the evening with me! Hope you had some good ice cream after your session!

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June 11, 2010 - 9:54 pm

Cindy - What a beautiful session Gwen! I love that it was at the location of mom and dad’s first date! My absolute favorite is the one with the family sitting together and snuggling and laughing… every family should have something like that!

June 16, 2010 - 7:45 am

Melissa Surprise - That 2nd photo is just amazing. What a fun and new place to do pictures.