The Stephanie Newman Photography Journal

I met the Nystrom family on a beautiful, yet chilly Saturday morning at Lebanon Hills – Holland Lake Trailhead. Little Evelyn wasn’t too sure of me at first but with a little bribery from me and some fruit snacks mom she definitely warmed up to me and gave me all the cheeses.

I couldn’t have asked for a better morning for the Stroik family’s session. It wasn’t humid or hot yet and there wasn’t crazy strong winds to blow us over and definitely no bugs! Dayna, Riley and little Delilah were just fabulous people to work with! I enjoyed every minute with them at their session!

What happens when two people from the same hometown, different schools, but the same friend circle fall in love and have 3 adorable children? You get the Achmans. Yes, that’s right. Andy and Irene are both from New Ulm – my hometown too!- have been friends for forever but fell in love while they were […]

Last Thursday, I met the Stephenson family at Lebanon Hills Regional Park to have their session. The days leading up to their session day had been filled with rain and I was bit nervous at how many bugs were going to interrupt our evening and how muddy it was going to be. It turned out […]

Trina and her son are family members of a client of mine from a session I had in December. They were visiting from Florida to check out Minnesota in the wintertime. I met with them at Centennial Lakes Park in Edina to have their session. I encouraged a snowball fight between mother and son since […]

One of my favorite parts of my job, is working with all sorts of different families and members of those families. Including the fur babies. Jane, Ron, and Emily are my across the street neighbors. They are the most wonderful people and neighbors and we won the best neighbor lottery when they moved in across the street.

They are oh so kind and patient with my family, including my boys who love their puppers, and of course them too.

Along with their 3 pups ranging from small to big Kiwi, Duke and, Faleen respectively, we met at Whitetail Woods in Lakeville for their winter mini session. I had a blast hanging out with all of them and trying to get coordinate the puppers as well as the peoples.

These are my friends Robin and Nissa with their girls, Nora, Maggie and Hattie. And they’re moving to Belize in a few days!! They are going to be missionaries and will be working in at a children’s home down there for three years. And I cannot be more excited for them. They’ve been gathering support, packing and selling things since October and now it’s time for them to head out to be the hands and feet of God.
Nissa asked if I could do a session for her mom and dad to have of the girls and her parents. So of course I jumped at the opportunity to capture some sweet moments with Mimi and Papa before their daughter and family left on their journey to Belize.

When Allie booked a mini session with me at the beginning of November I don’t think either one of us had imagined that we were going to be having their session in the SNOW! I had never done a family session in the snow before and I actually was really excited about it. 

If you know anything about me, I’m not a huge winter person. I don’t like being cold and the early dark nights that come with the winter season. BUT when you live in Minnesota you’ve gotta embrace the snow and cold and muscle through. Plus, it can be pretty. Am I right? 

When this sweet family’s mama reached out to me to hire me to photograph her and her family, she had no idea that I was also a homeschooling mama of three, just like her (except she’s got another one on the way!). I was very much excited to meet another homeschooling mama and her family. […]