Congratulations, Melissa!!

Melissa was recently named a Silver Medalist during Professional Photographers of America 2014 International Photographic Competition.  Melissa’s work will be on display at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, February 1-3, 2015.  This International Photographic Exhibition is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention and expo for professional photographers and several photographic associations.

A panel of 45 eminent jurors form across the United States selected the top photographs from nearly 5,000 total submitted entries.  Judged against a standard of excellence, just over 1,800 images were selected for the General Collection and 918 (roughly 18%) were selected for the esteemed Loan Collection—the best of the best.  The Loan Collection images will be published in the much-anticipated “Loan Collection” book and over 200 selected General Collection images will be published in the “Showcase” book by Marathon Press.

The level of the award is determined by how many of those four images receive the highest possible honor: acceptance into the PPA Loan Collection, which is displayed at photographic exhibitions, conventions, and other photography events.  Miroslavich was named a Silver Medalist, meaning that one of her four merited images entered the PPA Loan Collection.  In 2014, she was named one of only 104 Silver Medalists.

About PPA:

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is the largest international non-profit association created by professional photographers, for professional photographers.  Almost as long-lived as photography itself, PPA has roots that date back to 1869.  It assists more than 27,000 members through protection, education and resources for their continued success.  See how PPA helps photographers be more at ppa.com.

Blue eyed boy!

It started out as a 6 month old, blue eyed boy session. But Oliver was totally willing to "share" his time in the spotlight with his big brother and sisters!!  And what fun we had!!  2 year old sweet, loving Christopher adores his baby brother!! Free-spirited 7 year old Vivian had a blast being silly and funny with Melissa during the session and big sister, Isabelle, was definitely the "mother hen" of the group with her nurturing and sweet nature!  We adored their session and can't wait for Oliver's 1 year session this fall!!

Peek a boo- Evan is (not quite!) Two!!

As this sibling pair gets ready for a brand new baby brother due any day now, they came into the studio recently to capture Evan at 18 months of age and his big sis, Halle, at 12 years old!  Evan is a guy who LOVES his diggers and tractors-so much so we thought having his big tractor at the session would be super fun!!  Evan was initially perplexed about how (and why?) his prized possession was at the studio- and maybe even a little worried it wouldn't make it home?!?!  Although capturing Evan and his interaction with the tractor was priceless!!  Big sister Halle is becoming such a lovely young lady and hammed it up for the camera but letting us place the crown on her head-because what 12 year old doesn't still want to be a princess?!?  We can't wait til Halle turns 13 this fall so we can plan a photo session just for her!!!  And that new sibling- stay tuned for newborn images on the blog very soon!! TO BE CONTINUED......

Sweet kisses!!

Who wouldn't want to smother this little guy with kisses?!?!  We loved having Greyson to the studio for his 6 month portraits-and little did we know that not only was he sitting up on his own, but he was also crawling, pulling himself up on furniture and generally motoring around quite well!!  (let's just say, he has got great genes!!) We created the BEST VALENTINES CARD EVER for this sweet family to send out this year!
We can't wait to see what Greyson is doing when he comes back for his year old portraits this summer! (at this rate, he may be running marathons!!)

Isaac is sitting up!!

Baby Isaac came back to us not long ago once he was sitting up like a big boy all on his own!  How sweet is he?  Of course, he brought his toy elephant with him to this session. Remember these adorable images from Isaac's newborn session? Click here:
http://miroslavichphotography.blogspot.com/2013/06/welcome-to-world-baby-isaac.html

The session wouldn't be complete without big brother John coming along, too!  Love these brothers!  We cannot wait to see Isaac at his one year old session later this year!  So fun to see this lovely family!!

Summer Sun!!

On this super chilly November morning in Minnesota,  it is warms us up to look back at some of our summer sessions from this past summer.  It is also heartwarming to us to see such sweet siblings basking in the sun of a carefree summer day!  This cute trio are longtime friends of the studio so we were thrilled to capture them together this year.  As we kick off Thanksgiving week, we wish all of our blog readers and Miroslavich Photography family a very happy holiday!  We will be back blogging next week with some holiday gift ideas so check back then!!

Thanks & Giving 2013

Thanksgiving First! 

    

Open your heart to someone this holiday season - and thanks for giving us the opportunity to open ours! We are so grateful for the opportunity to continue to have a business that creates such joy in the lives we touch.  Thanksgiving 2013 may be later in November this year but we love to honor this holiday by pausing to appreciate the significance of it.  

Our Thanks & Giving event started in 2009 with the purpose of giving the joy of photography to a family in need. Over the past four years, we have been humbled by the recipients of this gift. We created lasting memories of a family who lost their husband/father a few short months after we made portraits for them.  We photographed another family who was given the gift of senior portraits for their twin daughters who would not have been able to have them without it. This year we met two special kiddos who have been blessed with a wonderful home after a less than ideal start to their lives.  We are always amazed by each families' strength but we are also incredibly grateful for the thoughtfulness of the people who nominate them.  

This holiday season we are giving you the opportunity to give once again. If you are a client or friend, please join us by nominating someone in need. You know someone. You know someone who's experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one job, has someone in their family that is terminally ill or someone who is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. You know someone who would cherish portraits of their loved ones this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a lifetime reminder of their family's spirit, love and beauty.  

We know you know someone to nominate. We want to know who they are, and want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography. $1500 worth to be exact. Whether it's a beautiful canvas, or an art book or multiple wall portraits, what better reason to show some love could there possibly be?

The Rules:
- You cannot nominate yourself.

- The nominee must be able to come to Woodbury for a studio or location session. 

Tell us who you know, what they're experiencing, and why they deserve a gift of photography. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself. Please put "Thanksgiving Giveaway" in the subject line and email the full story to: melissa@miroslavichphotography.com . The deadline to nominate is Wednesday November 27, 2013 at 12 noon.

The winner will be notified on Thanksgiving Day ... get nominating!! We are blessed to give another family an amazing, beautiful experience, and start to the holiday season!

Julia turns 5!!

Our little friend Julia turned 5 years old last month and brightened our day by lighting up the studio with her sweet smile!  It was bittersweet for us to photograph Julia's 5 year old session- we have been photographing this lovely family for years.  We have photographed her big brothers since they were just little babes!!  And now, Julia, the "little sister" is a big girl who is 5!! How is that possible?  Weren't we just photographing her newborn session with her brothers gazing lovingly at the little pink bundle of joy?!?  Can't these kiddos stay little forever?!?   We adore capturing families as they grow big and cannot wait to see how they continue to grow up and become big people!  Happy 5th birthday, lovely Miss Julia!!

Smile alert!!

Have you ever met a 6 month old baby who seriously, could not stop smiling?  Well, we recently have!! Ethan came into the studio for his 6 month session and not only could he not stop it with that darn cute smile, he had us grinning from ear to ear the entire time!  It was totally contagious!  Of course,  big sister Emerson came along for the fun!  We photographed Em when she was the same age Ethan is here-hard to believe that was 3 years ago now. WOW-time flies! Emerson is now a very grown up 3 1/2 year old and dazzled us with her enthusiasm and energy!!!
Love these kiddos (and mom's fun sense of style- those Clark Kent glasses were awesome!!)

Pretty in Pink

Lately, we have many of our 2012 babies turn a year old which means we have been lucky enough to photograph a lot of one year old sessions!  These sessions are the best!!  This little cutie, Mylee, turned one in July and came in a few weeks ago for her very own special session (we hope to see big sister Stella next time!!).  Mylee got to play "dress up" in two very sweet outfits perfect for this session!  Mylee's big smile lit up the studio almost as much as the hot pink we used- it really must be her color!!
Stay tuned for a one year old session with cake coming soon to the blog- you won't want to miss it!!