BOZEMAN CHILDREN and SENIOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER, BOZEMAN BABY, CHILD, FAMILY and FAMILY REUNION PHOTOGRAPHY by MONTANA’S SUSANN SAAREL

My fine art portraiture of children, families and high school seniors has long overshadowed my humble beginnings as a landscape and “Images of the West” photographer.  When I first roamed the West and was introduced to Montana by my now-husband, Doug, these are some of the scenes I focused my lens on.  Some of these...

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Family and holidays mean tradition.  Like decking the halls the day after Thanksgiving while dancing to Ray Conniff’s “Here We Come A-Caroling”.  Like searching for the perfect tree, chopping it down, hauling it up to the house on the snowcat and dragging it in through the front door.  Like baking Wespennester, Zimtsterne and Zitronenherzen.  Oh,...

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Last night, my husband declared he has cooked his last Thanksgiving Day turkey in this house.  (Yes, I know…how lucky am I?…my husband cooks!).  It’s not that he is never going to cook a turkey again, it’s just that next year, we’ll be celebrating in the new house.  Well, at least that’s the plan and...

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Today is my mother’s 72nd birthday.  She wants no gifts.  She has everything she needs.  And so it is always challenging to find a way to acknowledge the day and honor my mother short of a phone call where our family sings her an always memorable rendition of “Happy Birthday” through the telephone wires…no, I...

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His fascination began with the discovery of my 70’s longboard carefully stowed in the attic.  Yep, I was a skateboarder back in my day and although I shudder to think how we used to shoot down Ashland Avenue and all the wipeouts we took on that steep hill, it’s nothing compared with the tricks skaters...

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