To Friends and Family

Dear Friends and Family,

During this time of year, we are surrounded by family and loved ones. It’s a time when the smell of warm cookies permeates through the home, relationships are rekindled and new memories are created. And every year, there never seems to be enough time. 

Here at Miroslavich Photography, we understand the importance of being with family and creating those special moments. We work diligently year-round to provide a warm, inviting atmosphere so we can capture the honest nature of all personalities we work with each and every day. So, for a limited time, we are pleased to offer any size of our gift portraits for a holiday special of $80 if ordered by 12 p.m. on December 9. Additionally, we are also offering gift certificates through December 18 that can make for a great stocking stuffer.

So join us this holiday season, and let’s work together to create amazing memories that will last forever. Let’s celebrate the everyday, today.

We love Jolie's portrait, but it isn't easy to capture that magical moment! She provided us with some fun, candid moments we wanted to share with you all. Check out the below blooper reel, and enjoy!

Our Thanksgiving Family

In honor of families spending their time with us at Miroslavich Photography throughout the year, we wanted to share a special post regarding one of our favorite families.

This past September we had the privilege to spend time with Sherry and Charles, as well as their children Ben, Brock and Brooke. Even Sasha, the chocolate lab joined us! The family wanted a classic look and feel to their portraits, and our goal was to capture the family with a timeless appeal, before the kids began their personal journeys in pursuit of their dreams.

We think the final portraits highlight the family’s fun, engaging personalities as well as the obvious love for one another. And just in time for the holiday season, the family has their portrait hanging in the entry way to their home for everyone to see.

It was a pleasure spending our time getting to know each member of the family, and we are thankful for each opportunity provided to us every day by all families and friends of Miroslavich Photography. Have a happy holiday season!

Celebrating sisters!

We were so fortunate to meet this cute family recently after they were the winning recipient of our donated gift certificate at the Luther College Silent Auction! We love supporting education and schools! And we get to meet the best families!!

Sisters Brynn, 8, and Elise, 5, were a hoot to hang out with and photograph! Is there anything cuter than sisters?!?  They chatted Melissa up about everything girly-including dance, gymnastics, ballet, books and art! We wish they could have stayed all day!!  We loved watching the interaction between the sisters and the love and silliness that ensues!

Pretty in Pink!

So far, 2014 has been the year of babies!! Newborns, 6 month olds, nearly year old babes- you name it!   With each new baby, we marvel at the new-ness and sweetness of each one! Baby Lauren came to us at just a few days old with her family including big brother Jack who is all of 21 months old. After almost 2 years of little boy cuteness, Mom is certainly excited to be adding pink into the mix!  And it seems to be Lauren's color! Next up-Jack's 2 year old session this summer when Lauren is closer to 6 months old and when we can be basking in the summer sun!!
And keep posted for more baby session blogs coming soon!  We can't get enough of these babies!!

New Year, New Families!

Every year we are fortunate to meet new families who come to us to capture their family portrait.  We were delighted to meet this family and get to know them this year!  Creating a stunning family portraits for their home was an honor for us!  We know they will cherish them for a long time! And we hope to see them again over the years to come....

Evan turned One!!!

What seems like so long ago (it was actually only a few short months ago but during the Polar Vortex we are currently experiencing, it seems like ages ago!!), we went to Evan's family's new home to photograph Evan for his first birthday and their family at their new residence.  It was the perfect fall day with the sun providing the best light!!  Evan had started walking since we had last seen him and was having a ball exploring his surroundings-which included his grandpa's vintage super cool red car!!  What a morning we had!! Big sister Halle had her horse out that day so we were able to capture some beautiful moments of them together!  We are looking forward to this spring when Evan and Halle welcome a new baby to their house!  Hooray!!

Togetherness.

What is important to you?  When asked, most people will have some variation of family in their answer.    We couldn't agree more!  Capturing families is always special for us.  Having family portraits that document a time in a family's life is priceless.  Showing connections, relationships, feelings is what you remember when you look at your own family images.

This family is not only gorgeous *and super fun to photograph*  but we love how they all relate to each other!  Brother, sisters, mom, dad.  Fun, playful, silly, loving. (it is an added bonus that mom styled them all so fabulously!) It has been a couple of years since we have photographed them so it was cool to see how these siblings have all grown up and have fun together!  We know their family portraits hold a special place in their hearts and we hope they will cherish this as much as we loved creating it for them.

2013 Family Fall Sessions!

Fall 2013 here in Minnesota has been nothing short of spectacular!  The warm weather has certainly been in our favor- delaying the fabulous colors or the trees a good couple of weeks.  That is allowing us to schedule outdoor sessions for families well into mid-late October. (although we do know from past experience, all it takes is one good windy day and all the leaves will be gone!)

If you haven't already scheduled your fall session, call or email us today!  651.343.4823.  We will get you in our calendar before Minnesota turns cold and blustery-we know it's coming....but every beautiful day we can squeak out beforehand is a bonus!!!

PhotoStyled Fun!

An early summer morning, a fabulous family of 5 and perfect Minnesota weather (with no bugs!!).  Who could ask for anything more?!? Add to this combination two big brothers who simply adore and dote on their little sister and we had an awesome morning!! This family also was one of our Photostyled sessions which we launched last fall.  PhotoStyled sessions are for clients who want even more help in putting the finishing touches on clothing coordination and also for clients who "want it all"!  The cool thing is the styling process is still a completely collaborative experience.  We actually have two options for your styled portrait experience.  ClothingStyled provies additional help with clothing choices.  A stylist actually comes to your home and coordinates your family's outfits.  PhotoStyled takes this another step further marrying visual design with relationship photography to turn your session into a conceptual masterpiece (think magazine ad).  Not only do we provide a stylist for clothing design and extra help during your session (the stylist came to this family's session to help!), we also complete an in-home consultation to discuss unique portrait display options and ultimately hang your art for you while you ohh and ahh over your new art piece.  It's for when good enough, just isn't!  

Family laughs and giggles!

This family session was full of fun! Maddie, her mom and her dad made us laugh and giggle the entire session!  (it helps that they have known Melissa for quite awhile!) You would have thought a party was going on in the studio that day.  Maddie was a star and we captured her smiles and silliness perfectly! We love that their family portrait is displayed proudly at the foot of their stairs so that they pass by several times a day and see what a precious family they are!