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Great Photographer??? - Saint Paul,MN

I am looking for a photographer to do my daughter's first year photos with a couple of our family thrown in. I am hoping the photographer will be able to do shots outside (and then praying for awesome weather!). Is there anyone worth a recommendation on the east side of the metro area? Is there anyone I should avoid or stay away from? Thanks so much for your help!!!

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Holy COW!! First of all--THANK YOU to all of you who took time to respond to my question with your recommendations. I have been agonizing over this for months and accomoplished more in the past 24 hours of posting my question than I have in the past 4 months. The Mamasource community has certainly earned my trust and respect! My only problem now is making a decision on which photographer to go with and of course...what we will wear! Aahhh, decisions decisions! Thanks again to you all for being so kind to help me out, I am so grateful! Try to stay cool this week and make it a good one!

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I'd recommend a great photographer, Tom Dunn ____@____.com

He is FANTASTIC with kids! Bubbles, fans, feathers, makes them so comfortable and having fun - they smile and laugh!!

J. M

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Anita Jader. ###-###-####
Off of 694 and 61- small studio but does outside in fun areas.
Tell her B. sent you.

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B. J- wellness coach, med. prof. and mom of 7 yo twin girls
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I second Cheri's response for Ron Burg. I received a promotion when my daughter was born for a free -yes free- 4 picture panel (3mos, 6mos, 9mos, 1 yr). Of course the pictures are so phenomenal you end up buying some. He seemed kind of expensive, but after a couple bad experiences w/ Sears and only so-so pictures, he is well worth it. He is so good w/ kids too.

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I highly recommend www.cksphotography.com. She has great pricing and you can own your negatives - which is a major plus. You can either go to her house in Lake Elmo or she will go anywhere you want. If you have any questions just e-mail me.

We have used The Photographer's Guild in St Paul (http://www.photographersguild.com) something like 16 times (over 2.5 yrs - yes, we're a little obsessive...), and just love them. I know they do outdoor work for weddings, and am sure they would be happy to go on site for a first birthday - they LOVE kids! :) We have never had anything but good experiences with them, and can't recommend them highly enough!

We used J. Boldt (jackieboldtphotography.com) for our wedding last year & our recent family photos. My sister has also used her for her family photos and we have all been nothing but thrilled. J. is an independent photographer with a studio in Eagan. She is willing to work indoors in a studio setting or at the location of your choosing. She is easy to work with (taking cues and direction from the client as well as interjecting her recommendations) and is quite inexpensive given that she gives you the rights to all the digital photos.

Whomever you end up choosing, good luck with the photos...and the weather.

I really like Memories by Marnie. She is a mamasource mom who runs her own photography business on the side. website is www.memoriesbymarnie.com

I'd recommend a great photographer, Tom Dunn ____@____.com

He is FANTASTIC with kids! Bubbles, fans, feathers, makes them so comfortable and having fun - they smile and laugh!!

J. M

We've been very happy with Kyle Johnson at Siji Kids in St. Paul. He did indoor photos of my daughter at Christmastime and he just did her 2 year photos outdoors at the duck pond at St. Kates. You can check out his work at www.sijikids.com (go to the photo studio link). The kids' clothing store he and his wife own on Grand Ave. is great, too.

This is who I used when my daughter was little. It was outside in the fall and they were the best photos I've ever gotten, and we've tried many.

k. noel photography ###-###-####
Paul Peterson-PHOTOGRAPHER-OWNER-against the grain framing-rebelframer.com: ###-###-####
karina noel-PHOTOGRAPHER-sales/marketing-###-###-####

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