{Laurence}

Well I have officially succumbed to the inevitable: the blogging curse of 'too many posts, too little time' :D  Even though it's been almost a month since nationals, I'm still working on those pics, but I just had to take a little break and share some of the amazing-ness that was captured last week :)

I honestly can't say when I first met Laurence...she's just one of those friends that has always been a part of my life :)  We've talked about doing a photoshoot for a long time, and last week I called her and said, 'How about today?'  It ended up working perfectly, and we had a great time :D

Laurence, my dear friend, thanks so much for giving me this opportunity!!  My job is definitely easy when I have such a gorgeous model to work with ;)  Looking forward to many more photoshoots (and coffee outings!) in the future :D

Bex <3

Sneak peek....

Did I ever mention that I love doing photoshoots??  Especially when I get to work with so much gorgeousness!! :D  Laurence and I have been talking about doing portrait session for awhile, and we spontaneously decided to do one this afternoon.  I had a ton of fun, and will definitely be posting more soon :)

Bex <3

Gorgeous girls :)

After a very long and hot week, I finally have the chance to sit down in air conditioned splendor and compile 'Nationals: part 2' :)  

As the Minnesota license plates proudly proclaim, the state has 10,000 lakes, and Northwestern college was situated right next to one of said lakes.  I'd wanted to walk down to the shore ever since we got to the college, but never got the chance until later in the week, when Elsa and I decided to make a photoshoot out of it :D  The campus was absolutely gorgeous and had some beautiful architecture, so we kept making  detours on our way to the lake :)  Leah and Liz eventually joined us as well, and we had a great time in our 'explorations' (we even found a little abandoned chapel!)

We got a little crazy ;)

When we finally made it down to the lake, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to do a model pose on the bridge :D

Elsa said that earlier in the day, the water lilies had been in full bloom, but the heat of the day must have closed them :( 

This little chapel was so cute!!  The doorknob had broken off, and we tried to peer through the cracks, but couldn't see anything...it definitely added an air of 'mysteriousness' to it all :)

Sweet Elsa...

Darling Leah...

Beautiful Liz...

In one of the buildings of the college, there was a gorgeous chapel with vaulted ceilings and marble pillars, and when we walked by, we saw two different wedding parties taking pictures outside.  We thought about crashing the party, but decided against it :)  I just ended up taking stalker-ish photos from a distance...

We did our last few shots on the steps leading into the main building:

(Els has nailed the model look with those sunglasses ;P)

(annnnd so has Leah! :D)

Laurence rounded the corner just as we were setting up our last picture, so she of course had to be a part of the group :)  

This was definitely one of my favorite parts of the week - any time I have the chance to take pictures of such gorgeous girls is time well spent!!  Thank you all for making my 'job' as photographer so easy - you are all beautiful, both inside and out, and I look forward to more photoshoots in the future!!

Bex <3