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Monday, August 15, 2011

Sarah Senior Portraits {Cottage Grove, Oregon Senior Portrait Photographer}

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Sarah is an incoming senior at Cottage Grove High School. We had a great session at The Village Green with her family and one of her friends along to help make her laugh. I know Sarah has great taste, because most of the pictures below that she chose as her favorites were also my favorites!

Sarah Senior Portraits ©Kim Larsen Photography

This picture is completely different from my normal style, but I love it. I was experimenting with some uplighting around the fountain and the final product didn’t quite turn out how I had envisioned it, but this treatment seemed perfect. I am not a big fan of using a lot of heavy PhotoShop actions or any editing that looks unnatural, but this vintage look was just what this image needed!

Sarah Senior Portraits ©Kim Larsen Photography

Thanks for a great session, Sarah!

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Fun on Friday {Cottage Grove, Oregon Photographer}

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A Midsummerpuppet Night’s Dream continues this weekend at the Cottage Theatre. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, be sure to get them before they sell out!

On Saturday beginning at 11am, check out the Cowpie Drop & Plop, featuring live music, a mini marathon, costume contest, hoe down, beer garden & food for purchase, begins at 11am in the public parking lot at 5th & Main. Tickets are $10 each, and the winning ticket will get $2,500! This event is a fundraiser for Family Relief Nursery, CG Boys & Girls Club, Warren H. Daugherty Pool (Save Our Pool) & Looking Glass.

If you need something to do next week, do your produce shopping at the Grower’s Market at Coiner Park from 4-8pm and check out the Concert in the Park to hear The Blue Skies Big Bandstarting at 6:30. Blue Skies plays classic swing music you can dance to, and features two Cottage Grove locals; Larry Bottemiller on Trumpet, and my husband, David Larsen, on lead Tenor Saxophone.

And if you need to escape from the heat, don’t forget to check out all of the great weekly events for kids of all ages at the Cottage Grove Public Library. From story time, to sing-alongs, to movies, they’ve got something for everyone.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Three on Thursday {Cottage Grove, Oregon Photographer}

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1) Last week I said we were going to the Oregon Zoo with Paige on Tuesday… well, I had hoped to be able to share pictures this week, but plans changed and we ended up having to stay home and wait for UPS to bring a very special package… so we will be going to the zoo next Thursday instead.

2) So, you might be wondering what package was so important that we had to stay home from the zoo to wait for it…

3) We harvested about 125 strawberries from our garden on Tuesday & Wednesday, and then spent Wednesday afternoon making strawberry freezer jam, strawberry sauce, and strawberry fruit leather.

Strawberry jam preparation ©Kim Larsen Photography

We began with just short of 8 cups of cut up strawberries.
Strawberry jam preparation ©Kim Larsen Photography

After about 30 minutes of stirring, the strawberries were ready to be made into freezer jam, strawberry sauce, and strawberry fruit leather.

Our finished products…except for the fruit leather – it was only about half done baking at this point, but we had to take it out so we could make dinner. It didn’t finish drying, even after being left out overnight, so this morning, David put it back in the oven. Either the oven was too hot, or it stayed in too long, because when we took it out, it had crystallized instead of just drying out. So, it’s not exactly fruit leather anymore…

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Fun on Friday {Cottage Grove, Oregon Photographer}

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Today and tomorrow, visit the Cottage Grove Airport for the Jim Wright Memorial Stearman Fly-in.

Tonight is opening night for A Midsummerpuppet Night’s Dream at the Cottage Theatre. It is sure to be an excellent show, and you have lots of opportunities to see it before it closes on August 21, but I would suggest buying your tickets early!

On Saturday from 10am – 3pm, check out the Brian Ouellette Memorial Car Show & Concert. This event is a fundraiser for South Lane Wheels.

If you need something to do next week, do your produce shopping at the Grower’s Market at Coiner Park from 4-8pm and check out the Concert in the Park to hear M & J Kaleidoscope starting at 6:30.

And if you need to escape from the heat, don’t forget to check out all of the great weekly events for kids of all ages at the Cottage Grove Public Library. From story time, to sing-alongs, to movies, they’ve got something for everyone.

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Three on Thursday {Cottage Grove, Oregon Photographer}

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1) We have been busy around here lately! Since we run a home studio, we decided it was about time we finish re-landscaping our front yard so it looks decent when clients drive up. We tore out everything that was left in the flower bed along the front of the house and planted a couple of new things. It is still a work in progress, but it is looking so much better already! I’ll show off a picture when we have a little more progress made.

2) Paige has finally learned in the last couple of weeks that she can put herself to sleep for naps and bedtime! No more spending 30 minutes (or more!) sitting on the floor next to her crib trying to coax her to sleep. I have so much more time in my day now!

3) I am super excited to take Paige to the Oregon Zoo in Portland next week! The second Tuesday of the month, they offer a huge discount on admission, so the three of us can visit the zoo for only $8.00! I’m sure I will have plenty of pictures to share when we get back!

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