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As you all know, I am home in Germany right now.. Enjoying Mama’s cooking, my great city.. amazing italien pizza, european clothes companies, hanging out with my amazing two BEST girls ever ALI and TINA and pretty much just being a daughter again for a couple of weeks!!

Which will pretty much soon be over cause we are coming home next week and I believe it will be forever over the latest in late August or September, when I am having another baby girl!

For all of you who never been to Germany.. you have to come to Bavaria and you have to visit my city!!! A while ago I posted a short info about my city here Go and check it out!!

The picture above for example shows the old Rathaus of Regensburg where Jonathon and me got married by law. Very very pretty!! But you have to come and see it for yourself.. summer in my city means walking through our old roman city with that amazing italien flair, enjoying some amazing italien ice-cream and maybe stopping at some of our hundreds of bars and cafe’s! Also just sitting by the river Donau and enjoying some amazing weather (HA.. right now we can just dream of amazing weather) is for me one of the greatest things in the world! Just topped by some great bavarian food, a Biergarten (beer garden) and my friends to chat with!

So last four weeks I was trying to enjoy all that but this may is not the greatest here in germany.. tons of rain and big clouds. My dad sent me to go and by a jacket cause he couldn’t see me anymore wrapped in two or three cardigans at a time. I honestly didn’t packed for that weather! But a couple of days where amazingly warm and sunny.. as you can see in the pictures. Ally enjoyed being out in the backyard and soaking her behind in some cold water! Just the ice-cream is missing!

The Tulips got so much water this year that they are higher than Allly even.. I call em the KILLER Tulips! LOL! Hopefully we will have some more nice days like that and I can share some more pictures with you before we come home!

Tonight my two fabulous friends and me and my big belly are going out.. my last girls night out for some time probably! Wish me a good time!!


Today I wanna show you some pictures of little Lily, one of the cutest and sweetest little girls I know. Lily is the daughter of Luke and Amanda, very good friends of my husband and me. I already took Amanda’s Maternity pictures last summer and finally we found some time again to shoot Lily’s 6 month pictures.


I was so excited to shoot this year for the first time again outside with good weather and grass under my feet that I rolled myself onto my tummy into my favorite position for shooting little ones.. and “hmmm.. what a weird feeling” I thought, until I realized that I forgot that I am 6 month pregnant and that the “weird feeling” might be my daughter protesting against me laying on her! Sometimes I just get a little too excited!




Right now I am excited to be in Germany with my family.. two more weeks and than it’s back home to Iowa. Which I am just as much excited about! Specially the weather back home in Iowa excites me, cause here in Germany I am right now not quite sure when I saw the sun for the last time.

So for all the Seniors who need or want to get a hold of me, for some Senior Picture Information’s and Prices. Just shoot me an email or facebook me and I will get the information out to you as soon as possible.

Cause I am having a baby at the end of August and I am planning on keeping it low this year I will not book as many Seniors as last year. And I will also not shoot in September. October I might do two or three shoots but I guess I will tell you guys more after Stinker No.2 has arrived!

Living la vida loca

October 3, 2009

Cause it got so quite here on my blog I thought I should write a little more often and post some news about me and what is going on with Anne Reuter Photography.

This year is and was crazy.. I would have never thought that my camera and me would get sooo busy. Thanks to all my amazing customers. But truly I was not prepared for all that business coming at me.. so this year is quite me try and error year. I figured so many things out.. what to do.. what not to do.. what I should do better (a looooooooooong long list.. i can tell you) and what is most important.. what I love to do and what I don’t want to do!

I learned so much about my style.. me and what Anne Reuter Photography is. So over my winter break I will do a major overhaul to my branding, my pricing and to my customer service. There will be a little more help next year.. but more about that soon.

I also had to realize that after all I am a one MAN show… despite my awesome hubby helping out at some weddings.. but when it comes to editing.. it’s all me. So next year I have a cap on my weddings and seniors. I will be shooting 10 Seniors and 10 Weddings next year. Booking will start as soon as I am done with my overhaul. But be prepared.. it’s gonna be awesome.

I got amazing products coming your way.. amazing stuff for my Fashion Seniors.. and beautiful beautiful albums for my fabulous brides.

I can’t wait to show you how it’s all gonna look like..

And cause blogging without a picture is boring… here is a picture of a recent wedding I shot.

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Dawson

May 21, 2009

Little Mr. Dawson is one of the most happiest toddlers I’ve ever met! He giggled.. looked at me.. even posed a little! Such a sweetheart! And look at his gorgeous sisters! I just couldn’t go home without a picture of them!

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I think the main reason why I want my clients to have fun.. the kids to run around and do what they normally do and almost forget about me, is cause I know how hard it is to look good in a picture when you have to pose and sit still and don’t have somebody try to take your mind of of it. I look horrible in pictures.. i really do! Whenever I went to a photographer.. I hated the pictures. I am a very bad poser and I do not have that perfect picture smile. I always look in pain or just flat weird! So end of that story for me is.. I am never in pictures. I rarely have pictures of Ally and me.. but millions of Jon and Ally. Sad but true! So lucky me that I have such a patient husband who doesn’t mind taking tons of pictures in a row until I finally end up with ONE picture I like! And look how good he did! I am so proud of him.. not much and he will through me out of business! But for now he is my assistant for the wedding I have coming up in June! I can’t tell you how excited i am! A full day of shooting, shooting, shooting! Since weeks is the FedEx guy swinging by my house almost every other day.. dropping of gear and back-up stuff I will need. It’s like Christmas all over..

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As many of you know.. my little Ally turned 2 at the end of last month! We were all so excited.. 2 years.. what a big girl we already have! So we thru a B-Day Party for her together with the family and treated her to a day at the zoo. And boy I tell you she was so excited.. MY PARTY.. was two of the most used word for a couple of days! Also she already started to look for the monkeys when we were still on the Highway to Des Moines! So cute!

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One of her favourites next to the fishes.. feeding the goats or whatever she can get is an absolute highlight!

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These pictures up here are my favourite.. they capture exactly her little (ha.. HUGE) personality these days. Misses had everything under control and was checking out her map routinely to see if we are still on the right path to the TIGER!! aarrrghhh! I really had to work hard to get the shot and not laugh myself to the ground!

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And cause there just have to be more pictures of this beautiful girl on my blog, here are some more of my favourites from my Model Session with Danielle!

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Playing for change

April 30, 2009

I just found this on the internet and good things have to get shared, right? So today i got a little different kind of blog post for you.. an inspiring one! And be sure to check out their website playingforchange.com

I wish you all a wonderful day.. after watching those amazing videos.. i bet an easy thing to have!

Finally after weeks of me not posting, i got your promised BAVARIAN sneak!! We had a lot of fun these 10 days.. and thanks to the weather we could actually do a couple of things. My favourite was the trip to the Mall of America. Gosh i could go there every weekend if it wasn’t for the drive.

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Oh and i got some new pictures of little Declan to share.. what a sweetheart!

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iowa newborn picture, midwest baby picture

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fort dodge newborn picture, manson iowa baby picture

call me a busy bee

March 13, 2009

Ok, so the first thing i have to share are some family pictures of the fantastic Hawley Family! You guys are really one of the cutest and funniest family I’ve ever met! We had so many funny moments this afternoon.. the one i will never forget was the moment when Macie, the little sweetheart took a dive into my backdrop.. soooo funny and so scary! And I topped off the session with my lousy try to mimic animal sounds to get Macie to laugh. I am pretty sure everybody laughed but Macie! So if you want to hear my dieing horse.. just come right in and enjoy the show! lol

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manson iowa family picture

And I also get to share some pages of a new sample album I just got in the mail this week. This album is a 10×10 Coffee Table book with the new available hinged pages. Those pages are a little thicker and the pages lay flat when you open the book. It is available with glossy finish, like the one i ordered or with matt finish and i just plainly love it. This album would work wonderful as a Engagement Album or a fancy Senior Book.. I also would suggest it as a Parent Album for the Wedding Couples. And of course it is available in many many sizes and styles.. from the photo-cover to a fabric or leather cover.

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Fort Dodge Engagement Album picture, Manson Iowa Engagment Album picture

And to finish this post off I have to share a couple of pictures from my little house monster! That little stinker never passes an opportunity to get in trouble. Just like Tuesday evening when i decided to bake some cupcakes.. and while I was still waiting for the rest to get done in the oven made my daughter the decision to already give them a try. Jonathon came up to my office and asked me if I gave Ally some cupcakes, which i didn’t. So Jonathon looked at me and said, I am pretty sure that your daughter (in those cases she is ALWAYS my daughter!! funny ha!) is sitting in the big chair, watching Harry Potter with the whole box of cupcakes next to her! These are the moments where you have to try so hard not to laugh and tell her how cute she is.. but after telling her how naughty that was i just couldn’t help it and had to snap some pictures. May I present to you “the cupcake monster”!!

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Manson Iowa Cupcake Disaster

oh and please notice her crossed legs while licking the icing of her little fingers! omg!

Right now I am super busy with all kinds of projects and sessions.. so be sure to check back and get some more sneaks into what I am up to these days. And than from next Wednesday on I will take a ten day break cause I have a little Bavarian invasion going on in my house. My two best friends incl. one boyfriend are coming to visit us here in Iowa. We will through a Bavarian Night with homemade food and Bavarian dresses for our family and visit the Mall of America and hopefully do a trip to the Omaha Zoo. So I am pretty sure there will be a lot to blog after they went home! And I promise there will be a picture of us (incl. Ally) in real Bavarian dresses and Lederhosen!! Piggy swear!

Drama Crop

February 19, 2009

Support the upcoming production of “Beauty & The Beast” by the MNW Drama Kids and bid on all the wonderful products and gift certificates in the Silent Auction from the Drama Crop. One of the gift certificates is a Mini-Session with me, either outdoor or in-studio.

The Crop will be at the MNW Elementary Cafeteria on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9am till 9pm, here in Manson. You can scrapbook all day and check out the Public Vendor Show featured by Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Stampin’ Up, Creative Memories and more..

It is really fun so come and check it out!

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anne reuter photography, gift card, gift certificate

Happy Valentines Day

February 14, 2009

I wish you all a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

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valentines card, manson iowa photographer

My Valentine’s Day started off with a wonderful surprise. I got a letter from the Department of Homeland Security congratulating me on the approving of my request, to remove my conditional basis of my permanent resident status. Gosh I can’t tell you how happy I am to have this approving process behind me. Makes me feel now even more at home in Iowa. I can’t wait to hold my new green card in my hands!

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stars and stripes, manson iowa photographer

And I got some other new’s to share.. the gift certificates arrived! So for all of you who want to grant the gift of a session with me.. they are waiting for you!

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gift cards, manson photographer

I also want to introduce you to the new member of the Reuter Family! Jersey Girl! A (what else should she be..) German Shorthair, 4 years of age and the most wonderful and loving dog! She is so good with Ally and even takes Ally’s little LOVE attacks without a blink of an eye! So if anyone of you sees a desperate girl getting dragged by a big dog over the street.. don’t wander and have a good laugh!!  It is for sure me, a crazy german girl trying to teach an Iowa hunting dog to walk on a leash! lol!!

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dog, german shorthair, manson iowa photographer