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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series

Well, we’ve come to the end of another year in the Self Portrait Series. And what better way to go out with a bang than to announce to the whole world that I went on a diet.  Dieting in December — am I crazy??? Maybe! I haven’t been on a diet in about three years. […]

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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series Christmas

The first Christmas season after we were married, Jonathan and I got to talking about Holiday traditions. We knew that we’d celebrate with my family on Christmas Eve and his on Christmas Day, so we scheduled OUR Christmas on December 23rd. We put up our tree and I cried a little.  I was homesick after we got married […]

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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series

Every once and a while you come across a piece of gear that you know will revolutionize your work. When I first started as a photographer I was wary of becoming a gear geek because I was afraid of turning into one of those archaic old guy photographers who could only think about light metering and ratios, […]

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This past Monday with the help of my mom I took my husband to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  My man has been a weird kind of sick since  4 1/2 years ago when he unexpectedly passed out after a church meeting.  We’ve seen a lot of doctors, done tests and tried a lot of […]

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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series at the beach in Detroit Lakes

My last wedding-free weekend before school landed on some of the hottest days of the summer.  Looking ahead at the forecast and my calendar last week, I penciled out Friday and made mental plans to ditch life and escape to the lake with the girls. Snacks, sunscreen, swimsuits, sunglasses, sand toys. Oh, our sand toys. Our motley collection dates back to a […]

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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series

Getting exercise has been a higher priority for me the last couple of months. In the summer time I freeze my gym membership so I can do more exercise outdoors when it’s nice! I am the farthest thing from a gym rat, so the quicker and more effective, the better.  I just want to take […]

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Abby Anderson Self Portrait Series

Okay, okay, so I’m definitely late in posting June’s Self Portrait! BUT, I am super excited about this one because it is a career milestone that I’ve been looking forward to.  A few years back I decided to start a log of all the weddings I had a part in photographing. At the time I was observing a few […]

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Shortly after my 20th birthday I was a newlywed of two weeks and I was staring down into my kitchen sink. It was full of soap bubbles and dishes, and as my hands reached in for a plate I realized that I was an adult and the rest of my life was starting. Bad feeling. Subconsciously I […]

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