Lauri Stumph Photography Blog » Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota based natural light newborn, children’s and senior photographer.

Last evening the light could not have been more perfect!  It was a special session for mom who just got back from a deployment to Afghanistan so I’m extra happy the crazy summer weather decided to cooperate.  As you scroll through the post, I think dad was happy everything turned out so perfectly as well….

Little Mr. M had to show me all of his spiderman moves.  No matter how many times he climbed, flipped and fell, he managed to avoid the grass stains that sometimes occupy my photoshop time!

A quick quiet moment…

Picking flowers for his mom (although I’m not sure they ever made it to her in one piece, it’s the thought that counts right?)

Sweet mom and son moment.

And a sweet capture just moments after dad popped the question…and the answer was yes.   Congratulations!

I horrible at posting family photos!   So quickly, before I get sidetracked by Facebook…

I love this photo of my niece!

The twin belly!

And here they are!

A collective ‘awwww’ is in order.

Super cute family and super awesome evening!  Another family who scooped up  a photo session by kindly donating to a local charity, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation!

This family was awesome, not only during their session but the Tufte family were the ones who nominated my Giving Is Awesome family last Christmas.

When mom said they weren’t really looking for traditional family photos, I did secret cartwheels of joy in my head.   And then in to my camera popped this image…  A little extra funky color and some sassy texture and *sigh*, I love it.

Miss Madison seems to be modest but her dad told me all about her interest in photography.  So I looked up her photo that was published in the the Star Tribune..awesome!  Click here to check it out:  Awesome Photograph If I took a photo like that, it would be 24×30 on canvas, on the wall.  It is right?

Miss Chelsea is heading way out of town for college.  I’m glad we were able to get these family photos before she headed out.   Good luck with college!

Thanks Tufte family for taking the time to send in the nomination for Giving Is Awesome, driving to the other side of the cities for your session and having fun with it!

…of having a photographer in the family if we never get photos”, is what I always hear.  So here are some of those ‘photos we never get’.   (admittedly a month late…)