Shawna Noel Photo Blog

March 26, 2009

Flood 2009

I'm sure that if you are from North Dakota, or even if you've watched the news in the last week, you know about the flooding that is happening all around our state. Our eyes are glued to the news to hear the latest reports on what's going on where, especially for our friends and clients in Fargo. If you'd like to check out some amazing photographs from the flooding in Fargo, go to ::

Dave Arntson
Britta Trygstad
Ann Arbor Miller

Luckily in Grand Forks, the Red River is predicted to crest between 50-53 feet, which is under the 60 foot levees we have. Today Kory and I took a walk down to the Sorlie Bridge in Grand Forks that has been closed because of flooding. It's about two blocks from our office.

If you want to see a live cam from Grand Forks, check out :: Grand Forks Herald live camera
Here's the bridge and river ::

Metal plates were placed in between columns on DeMers Ave.

A close-up of the plates labeled with DeMers.

Stairs down to the new swimming pool ::

I've never been able to stand in the middle of the Sorlie Bridge before.

This marker shows where the river was during different floods over the last 100 years. The top was in 1997, when the whole town of Grand Forks was flooded.

And here we are, freezing in the wind and snow (but looking rather happy?) ::

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March 16, 2009

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Yay for UND hockey!

Last weekend the UND hockey team received the MacNaughton Cup for winning the WCHA (their conference). Kory and I were slipping and sliding around the ice to get some photos of the team with the cup. At least I was slipping and sliding ... Kory's got some fancy shoe things that keep him from falling on the ice in front of thousands of people.

Here's Ryan Duncan holding the cup ::

Kory and Joe Finley having a heart-to-heart ::

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January 23, 2009

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The office

Finally, we give you a few actual photos of our new office. I've been a little under the weather all week so I couldn't give these photos my all :) Please excuse the not-so-greatness of them :)

Here's the front ::

The door (I hate the doorknob, but we are working on that) ::

The front room ::

My office, above my desk + computer ::

The view of the front area from my office ::

Kory's office ::

My office ::

The front area, again ::

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January 21, 2009

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The party, part two

Yay for photo booth photos! The best part of any party, whether its a wedding, open house, or just a house party is simply enjoying the company of your friends. Now, I may be biased, but I think the best way to document that fun is with a photo booth!

Here are some photos from the photo booth fun at the party. Coming up tomorrow we'll have the official office photos so you can see how talented we are at hanging photos in a straight line :)

First up :: Kory and Amanda, testing the lights. See the tape in Kory's hand? He carries that with him at all times.

Me and my mom testing the lights. Great faces. :)

Grandpa and Megan and Claire ::

Grandma and Megan and Claire ::

Hooray for past clients Marisa and Mandi! (Marisa has her own photo blog going on HERE)

Amanda (who, by the way, has a blog! Check it out HERE), Jen (our new neighbor, who has a website HERE), me, and Kathryn.

Amanda was in charge of the mop (wet tile = very slippery) ::

Me, Christy Doyea from Christy Doyea Photography and Leigh, her assistant ::

Me and Marisa and Mandi ::

Mandi, showing off her bum ::

Me and Amanda from Amanda Cardinal Photography ::

Amanda and Tim ::

Hey?

This guy and the mop ::

Kory, me, and Peter Johnson. Peter is one of our favorite people who work on the fourth floor of Twamley at UND :)

Jodi (from Jodi Lynn Designs) and me and Jen. We all used to work at the Herald together ::

Louise and Michael are getting married this year and we are so excited to be shooting their wedding ::

Aren't they cute (and what the heck am I doing?)

Amanda and the green beans ::

My family! My mom came from Aberdeen, and my aunts and uncle came from the Minneapolis area. Gary made a long trek from East Grand Forks.

Newspaper photographer friends (Bruce Crummy on the end now has his own photo business. Check out his work HERE)

Why am I so sad?

Me and Dion from Dion.Robert Photography ::

Tim and I, looking our toughest ::

Uncle Mark and my mom Karen ::

Aunt Sue and Uncle Mark. They're special :)

Kory and his old Caribou Coffee peeps (Jess, Kathryn, Tanner and bearded man) ::

I have no idea what's going on in this photo with me, Kory and Katie from Katie Lewis Photography. Maybe the macarena?

Trying to spell out "S-N-P" ::

Me realizing this is not such a great idea ::

Me and Katie

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January 20, 2009

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The party, part one

Our new office is officially open and ready for business ... and we celebrated that fact by having a big party last weekend. Our Grand Opening Party on Saturday was amazing! The food was delicious, the music was good, and the company was fantastic! We had friends come from Fargo, family from Minneapolis, and clients all the way from Florida (hi Mandi!). It was great to see everyone and get a chance to visit with some folks we hadn't seen in a while.

I've got lots of photos to show you from the opening party, so I'm dividing them into two blog posts. First, the food ::

Kathy Benda cooked up some really tasty appetizers for us. Doesn't it look good?