The second half of this photo shoot is being shot tomorrow. She is donating her hair to Locks of Love.

I have been bad about updating here. It is so much easier to do Facebook, but for those of you not on Facebook, know that I’m here and the studio is thriving. It’s been such a great adventure.

If you know me, you know that yoga and photography are two HUGE passions of mine. I finally found a place where both can thrive and grow. I am happy. You can see it everywhere. Walk in my studio and you feel it. Join me there….

Still a little unfinished but you can see where this is going. It’s my own little corner of the world here in Grinnell. I was officially open on Sunday. Had a yoga class at 10am and then an interview with a couple about shooting their wedding. Both went well. The big open house for the studio will be March 6th. Put it on your calendar! Going to be a good time.

Ashley was my first official shoot at the new studio. Unfortunately, the floors were not ready for us. Fortunately, there is this cool elevator in the back of the building we were able to use for the shoot. The pictures turned out great, and we made sure not to touch any ropes!

I’ll admit that I resisted the senior portrait work for a long time. I have somewhat been forced into it lately since a lot of my friends have seniors and wanted me to take their pictures. Don’t tell anyone, but I have really enjoyed this work. Maybe it’s the people I have worked with, and if so I am considering myself very luck to have worked with this young adults. They have been so fun and we have had a great time on these photo shoots. Pictured above are a couple of my favorite images from two shoots I’ve done the last month or two. Thanks girls for your creative input and your great attitudes towards keeping things light and easy!

Spent an hour with a fellow yoga instructor. We went to do headshots but couldn’t help but take a few yoga pics in this cool area around Grinnell. This was one of my favorites. Beautiful model, beautiful pose!

I apologize for the long silence here at Zink Photography. The last two months have been all about yoga, leaving very little time for photography. Teaching has finally settled into more of a routine and with the cooler weather (I know mild summer) people are beginning to schedule more photo shoots. The timing couldn’t be more perfect.

This weekend I was lucky enough to photograph one of my favorite subjects again! His mom asked that we meet at the beach. Imagine my surprise to find out there actually is a beach in Iowa! A very nice one! Kent Park Lake by Iowa City has a beautifuly maintained beach (and campgrounds, I hear). We had a great time getting there early in the morning and plowing through the left over sand castles.

I know! I know! Enough with the self-portraits already!

I seem to be having more and more fun doing people lately. Who knew?! I was lucky enough to have a last minute photo shoot with a local senior. He has a great eye for backgrounds so I got to shoot a few new to me locations in town.

I have been really lucky to work with great kids in amazing locations lately. These are from a photo shoot done last weekend. I couldn’t even pick just one to share.