{"id":2471,"date":"2013-09-23T20:32:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T01:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2013-09-24T00:27:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T05:27:57","slug":"meet-me-in-st-louis-professional-lifestyle-family-photography-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/meet-me-in-st-louis-professional-lifestyle-family-photography-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet me in St. Louis [professional lifestyle family photography workshop]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m going to be completely honest here and tell you that I didn’t know much about St. Louis before going to conduct the\u00a0Pinkle Toes lifestyle family photography workshop<\/a>\u00a0there this past July. Well, I knew there was an arch and I knew the Cardinals played there and that’s pretty much all. But let me assure you that St. Louis–in spite of the miserable humidity and heat this summer–showed me a fantastic time with an equally fantastic group of people! Upon arriving, I was lucky enough to get to bum around the city with my good friend\u00a0Heidi\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(a talented photographer in the St. Louis area and a past Pinkle Toes workshop attendee; you’ll get to see more of Heidi below, actually!). She even took me to a\u00a0Cards game<\/a>\u00a0(where we also hung out with some other photog pals\u00a0Stacy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Janie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The workshop itself (hosted by newborn and family photographer\u00a0Anne Meintrup<\/a>\u00a0of Edwardsville, IL) was jam packed and we literally were at 100% from sun up to well past sun down each day! I’m so proud of the girls for sticking with me and hanging in there for our intensive schedule. Our first photo session demonstration was an in-home lifestyle newborn session with the snuggliest baby boy in the world!!!! It was such a great honor to get to work with this family (of FOUR boys) IN their home because it’s the home mom grew up in!<\/p>\n

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Later on that day, we headed out to the City Museum<\/a> of St. Louis for Heidi’s urban family photo session demonstration. Unfortunately, the museum was closed, but it is on my bucket list to go back there…when it’s open…WITH my kiddos because there is NO place like this on earth. Wow! Wow! Wow! What I wouldn’t give to have the chance to take my kiddos up here<\/a>\u00a0(there’s even a ferris wheel on top of the roof, too)!!! Lucky for us, however, it offered plenty of super cool spots outside in which we could work (how do you like the perfectly timed taxi photo bomb?):<\/p>\n

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\u00a0And yeah, Heidi is kinda gorgeous, inside and out. Oh, one of my favs is HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And finally, after we were all good and sweaty ;-), we headed over to Forest Park<\/a> to capture a beautiful expecting couple set against the backdrop of a PERFECT sunset:<\/p>\n

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Quite a spectacular end to a spectacular day!<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, I did make it to the arch<\/a>. Twice<\/a>, actually. Even went so far as to buy the tickets to go up, but I was too chicken. It’s not heights that scare me, but the thought of being crammed into that egg did me in ;-).<\/p>\n

At any rate, thank you St. Louis for an amazing few days. Thank you, Anne, for all you did to make this workshop happen. Thank you, Heidi, for giving me such a wonderful St. Louis experience. And thank you to all of the workshop attendees for being such a fun and interactive and can-do group:<\/p>\n