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Eastside Christmas

bapoospictures — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:09:20 +0000

Andrea and Eric asked me to meet them in Rice Park last Sunday to take some shots for their Christmas card. We met at Rice Park in St Paul as that place has special meaning for them. It was such a warm day that we were able to take some pictures without coats and were able to linger outside a little longer than we normally could at this time of the year.

Danielle and Johnny are such characters and pretty entertaining during our shoot. They always make it fun to be around them!

Here are a few pics from my photo shoot with them. Now that the photo cards are in the mail, I will not ruin the surprise by putting the picture they chose on my post. However, these are some of my other favorites.

Precious Little Ella

bapoospictures — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:05:25 +0000

My friends, Kristin and Chip, got the best Black Friday deal ever…their adorable little girl, Ella, was born a couple of weeks early. Everyone is healthy and doing well. Based on how our shoot went, I can already see that Ella is going to have her dad’s appetite!

The Adorable Miss G

bapoospictures — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:17:03 +0000

Here are a handful of pictures I took last weekend of the most adorable Gianna. Although she is only two, I am constantly amazed by how well she speaks and how extensive her vocabulary is. She was so cute and was a trooper after lunch but before her nap!

Butler versus Maid

bapoospictures — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:57:52 +0000

As mentioned earlier, I do some still photography for Above-the-Line Entertainment. Their latest production, The Butler Did It, was nominated for six different awards and won for Best Writing at the ProjectTwenty1 Film Festival. As always I had such a great experience observing and documenting the film making process.

An “extra” special treat was that my husband, Adam, was one of the extras in this film! He is credited as “Butler with a Tryst”. (He’s proud and self-proclaimed famous.)

Having Adam there made the overnight shoot definitely more fun. We never really intended to stay up the whole night when we got their for Adam’s 7pm call, but as the scenes unfolded we ended up leaving the shoot at 6:45am! It has been a long time since I pulled an all-nighter, and I have to admit I took a short nap in one of the parlor rooms.

Other than the company, one of the coolest things about this shoot was the location. We shot all night at the LeDuc Mansion in Hastings. I have always wanted to check out the mansion, and there couldn’t have been a better way to do it. I was so excited to get some shots of the mansion at night and show the crew working inside. I spent a good amount of time outside getting bug bites all over my ankles while trying to get just the right shot.

Now that the film has debuted, here are some of my favorite shots from this film. Thank you Justin and Kristin for the honor of being a part of the process, and congrats on your award!

Check out Justin and Kristin’s Above-the-Line Entertainment website with additional production photos at: http://abovethelineent.wordpress.com/

Brock and Heather’s Fortune Cookie

bapoospictures — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:16:20 +0000

For those of you who may not know, my brother and his fiancee are getting married in China on Wednesday where they are teaching English and spreading the Gospel this year. Before they left we had a mini engagement photo shoot. So in honor of my dear brother and his wife-to-be, I thought I would post a few pics before they exchange vows this week.

Although I am so sad to miss their big day, I will be with them in spirit, through my prayers and the magical internet (but not a live feed). May God continue to bless you both and your marriage! Your spouse can be an incredible gift from God, and it is important that you always treat each other as such. I know you guys will be very happy together, and I love you both very much!

Heather (or as my nephew says “Heada”), welcome to the family! Andrea and I couldn’t have done better, if we could have picked someone for Brock.

Scene Stealer

bapoospictures — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:02:03 +0000

On Sunday, Justin and Kristin Schaack have the premiere of their latest short film “The Butler Did It” at the Project 21 Film Festival. In honor of their premiere, I’m posting some of the still photography I have done for them on another one of their movie sets, “Spices Will Fly”.

Justin and Kristin are a married couple that own Above the Line Entertainment where they write, direct, and produce their own short films and commercials. They asked me to do some still photography while they are on set, so they can focus on the production. It’s so fun to watch the whole film process that I always enjoy being their Still Photographer.

You can check out Justin and Kristin’s blog at: http://abovethelineent.wordpress.com/ (Please take note of the header picture of them on their home page…that’s one of my shots from The Student Driver set.)

Once “The Butler Did It” debuts, I will add some other production shots from that film. I don’t want to give anything away beforehand, but you can get a sneak peak of my shots on Justin and Kristin’s website. That was an awesome shoot and I can’t wait to add some of my favorite pics.

Not only do I get to experience the behind the scenes of a film production, but I also am listed on IMDB! How cool is that?!?! Click here for IMDB link

The Reuters in the garden

bapoospictures — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:35:40 +0000

Yesterday I posted some pics of my photo shoot with Molly, Jeremy and the kids. As promised, here are a few more shots when we moved from the falls to Cindy and Steve Schaack’s beautiful garden. (The picture of Lauren with the pink flower was also at their garden.) Thanks again Cindy and Steve!

The Reuters

bapoospictures — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:06:57 +0000

Molly asked me quite some time ago to take family pictures for them, and we finally got some time scheduled for this afternoon. We started out at Vermillion Falls, which ironically Adam and I had some of our wedding pictures taken there as well. Molly and Jeremy were there then too. At that time Lauren was just a “whisper” of knowledge to a small circle. Now both Lauren and Jacob are growing so fast! Being their “quasi-aunt” I had no problem scolding them for not listening and bribing them with ice cream after we were done.

After the falls, we headed out to Steve and Cindy Schaack’s to take advantage of her beautiful gardens. Thank you Cindy! (More of those pics soon.)

Here are a handful of pics from my entertaining afternoon with the Reuters…

The Macro Experiment Continued…

bapoospictures — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:36:02 +0000

On Sunday I went to the MN Landscape Arboretum to see what I could do with this macro lens. I am so pleased with the results that I have at least 30 shots I am considering printing. Here are a few of them. Of course there were butterflies there, and I had to take pictures of them.

The Macro Experiment–the beginning

bapoospictures — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:45:50 +0000

I have been wanting a macro lens for quite some time. A couple of friends suggested that I rent a macro lens first to see if I like it and to see if it would be worth the investment. So I have done just that for a bargain renting price during the long weekend.

For those of you who may not know what a macro lens is, it is a lens that allows you to magnify your subject to larger ratios than real life. I don’t really care about the technical part of the lens, because the I know the most important thing…you can take some amazing pictures with a macro lens!

I love to see something closely and to imagine all of those little details that we can’t see with our naked eye or just don’t take the time to appreciate. One of my favorite things about nature and macro photography is the more time you spend looking at it, the closer I feel to God. The more I see His amazing world, how everything works together and how even the smallest petal or insect is so wonderfully made; the more I appreciate the awesomeness of God.

So it’s those details I am celebrating this weekend with my Macro Experiment. I am so excited about how my photos are turning out so far that I thought I would share a few with everyone now instead of waiting for the weekend to be over. I love the feeling of creative energy flowing!