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

Introducing my little niece, Baby A.  She’s just four days old and after the heat was hot enough for my little nephew to declare “It’s roasting in here”, a few feedings and plenty of patience, she slept.

…be any cuter.   Little Miss E’s mom very generously bid on my photo package that supported a local charity and our schedules finally worked out to squeeze Miss E in (you know those preschooler’s schedules!)

What a perfect weekend for sessions!  Here are Miss P and her sister Miss P. 

This littlest one was a tough one to crack a smile! 

This little one loved to smile but I had to be quick to catch her in one of her ‘quiet’ moments!

Love the leaves…so did she!

These two sisters came to their session all prepped with plenty of ideas of their own after having just watched America’s Top Model which is always very helpful!  So here is their public “Top Model” debut that I promised them so they could show all their friends! 

After a session, I download my photos to my computer, burn a DVD so I don’t accidentally delete them and then take a closer peek than I did while driving home (I know, I’m trying to quit that!).  Good thing I’m usually doing all of this late at night because my stepdaughters would probably think I’m a huge dork or a little crazy, sitting on the couch, smiling and laughing while I go through the photos.  And looking over this session, I did laugh out loud.  There was a ton of personality between these two!  And thanks to mom who let me reschedule after I thoughtlessly booked the session the night before my husband left overseas for two months.  I really appreciate it!

I ‘extra huge puffy heart’ this photo below.  I love a lot of photos I take, not because I took them, but because the kids I get to photograph are so amazing and this one of the latest that takes my breath away.  I love her slight smile, her sparkly eyes and the way that one little piece of hair falls across her cheek.

And this one makes me laugh out loud.