Manford's First Swim

So, I graduated from Winona State University this last weekend with a B.A. in Mass Communications and a minor in History, and am currently searching for a full-time position with a newspaper. 

Until then the blog will be filled with random happenings in my life, and possibly some random self-assigned assignments that I give myself. We'll see. 

Anyways, earlier this afternoon Lauren and I took my parents puppy, Manford, to the lake for his first time. The water was still a little too cold for us to enjoy, but Manford loved every second of it.

He was a little bit timid at first, but quickly started frolicking in the water and sticking his head under.

Once he was comfortable with the water we started playing fetch with him.

He loved it.

I'm pretty sure Manford would have played fetch in the water until he died from exhaustion, but we left after about 20 minutes-or-so of swimming and playing fetch. 

Here are some photos from the lake, some from a walk the other day and some of my mom's horses. Enjoy and thanks for looking. 

All images ©Joe Ahlquist

Northern Minnesota Photo Shoot

So, get ready for a lot of photos!  I had a photo shoot the other day while I was up in Bemidji, Minn.  None of these photos were actually taken in town.  I was going for more of an outdoors look with a little bit of a western theme.

I've got some more photos coming of just general things I liked.  I will get to those photos in the next day or so.  I hope you enjoy these so far!

More Photos From Last Week

Just wanted to post some more photos from last week.  I know I've posted SO many photos, but I took a lot so I'm posting them.  These photos are from just hanging out at my parents house, a couple from one of my shoots, and some from my brother's horse show in St. Paul, Minn.  Enjoy the photos!  Check out more of my work on Flickr and at The Winona Daily News website. 

Oh and one more thing, I'm looking to book some photo shoots so contact me via email at joseph.ahlquist01@gmail.com, on Facebook, or at my website.  Thanks again!

Kids, Kids, Kids

This last week I was up in Bemidji, Minn., and while I was there I had photo shoots with two beautiful young families.  I picked a bunch of my favorites from the two shoots and am going to share them here.  Hope you guys enjoy them, and if you know of anyone who would like to book me for a shoot or other assignment direct them to my website for my contact information.  Thanks and enjoy the photos!