Turn This Season of Childhood Into
Heirloom Wall Art
You’ll Treasure Forever
At Dale Studios, we create timeless family portraits in Eden Prairie for families who want more than snapshots on a phone. As a trusted family photographer in Eden Prairie, we help you capture this season of life and turn it into beautiful wall art for your home before it slips by.
Why 80% of Family Photos Will Be Lost — and How to Save Yours
I’ve been a portrait photographer for over forty years. In that time, I’ve sat across from thousands of families — and I’ve had a version of the same conversation more times than I can count. Someone comes in to restore an old photograph. Or to commission a family portrait before a grandparent gets any older.
What to Wear for Children’s Portraits: Outfit Ideas by Age
Here’s something I’ve noticed over forty years of portrait sessions that most parents never see coming. It isn’t the difficult child that derails a session. It isn’t the lighting or the timing or even a bad morning. Nine times out of ten, the sessions that don’t fully deliver on what was possible trace back to
Preparing a Toddler for a Portrait Session
Let me tell you what a two-year-old actually is. A two-year-old is a person who has been on earth for twenty-four months, who is still figuring out what their body can do, who has approximately zero capacity for abstract future rewards, and who is experiencing almost everything for the first time. They are not a
Sibling Portrait Sessions: Capturing the Bond | Eden Prairie & Edina Photographer
There’s a portrait I made about fifteen years ago of two brothers — eight and four at the time — that I still think about. Families from Eden Prairie and Edina bring their kids to our studio for exactly this kind of session. We’d finished the formal part of the session and I was adjusting
How Often Should Minnetonka & Wayzata Families Take Children’s Portraits?
Nobody tells you how fast it goes. Families from Minnetonka and Wayzata trust Dale Studios to help them stay on top of these important milestones. People say it — “Enjoy every moment, it goes so fast” — but saying it and knowing it are entirely different things. Most parents don’t actually know it until they’re
10 Childhood Milestones Plymouth & Chaska Parents Should Photograph
There’s a moment that happens to almost every parent I’ve ever met. Families from Plymouth and Chaska count on Dale Studios to capture these milestones before they slip by. It arrives on an ordinary Tuesday — while you’re watching your child do something completely unremarkable, tying a shoe or eating cereal or laughing at something
How Often Should Edina & Chanhassen Families Update Their Portrait?
There’s a framed photograph in a lot of the homes I visit that I can date within about three years just by looking at it. Families in Edina, Chanhassen, and across the west metro come to Dale Studios when it’s time for a new portrait. The children are a certain height. Someone is wearing a
Where to Hang Your Family Portrait | Wall Art Ideas for Bloomington MN & Chanhassen
I’ve been in a lot of homes over forty years of photography. I’ve made deliveries, I’ve done follow-up appointments, I’ve helped families decide where a portrait should live. Families in Bloomington MN and Chanhassen come to us with beautiful portraits and no clear idea where to put them. That changes after this. What I’ve noticed
Extended Family Portraits: Multi-Generation Sessions Near Eden Prairie & Plymouth
The last extended family portrait I did before the matriarch of that family passed away was taken eleven months before she died. If your extended family is spread across Eden Prairie, Plymouth, and the west metro, our studio makes coordinating the session easy. She was eighty-three. The family had been talking about doing it for
Preparing Kids for Portrait Sessions | Tips for Minnetonka & Chaska Families
Let me tell you what actually causes a difficult session. Families from Minnetonka and Chaska come to our Eden Prairie studio regularly, and the question we hear most is: how do I get my kids to cooperate? It’s not the three-year-old who won’t look at the camera. It’s not the teenager who said seventeen times