Twin Cities Family Photographer - A Dream Family Session for Lianna

This weekend I was delighted to finally deliver on the "Dream Photo Session", promised to last year's contest winner, Lianna.  Lianna chose to extend her prize to her parents and siblings - resulting in a fun family get-together and some beautiful family portraits!

Though it sounds difficult to take a family photo of 10 adults and 3 kids, it really wasn't.  I truly couldn't have asked for better lighting, setting OR subjects.

35 years of marriage, and such a beautiful, loving family to show for it.  Congrats, you guys! :-)

Thanks again for entering the contest, Lianna!  It was such a pleasure to meet with you and your family.  May God bless!

Twin Cities Wedding Photographer - An Iowa Wedding (October 2010)

 



One of my favorite things about being a photographer is all of the amazing people I get to meet, and semi-intimate experiences I'm invited to share. I just love it.

Thanks again for inviting me, Abigail.  I had a blast!

Twin Cities Wedding Redux Photographer - Wedding Photos (Re-done) a Year Later!

My friend Jen had a beautiful wedding. Everything went perfectly (for the most part!), and everyone had a great time. But to her, there was one disappointment...her wedding photos.

One year after her wedding, Jen formed a grand idea to resolve this problem. Why not fly her friend Elizabeth all the way down to TN, to do a Wedding Redux?

Well, this turned out to be more than a grand idea - it was a GREAT idea! Jen and I had so much fun planning this session, and all without the wedding-planning-pressure like the year before. We had the time and leisure to visit 3 different locations and to get all the poses she wanted. Her husband Zach was a great sport about it as well - I think he enjoyed seeing his wife so excited and happy. :-)

My favorite part was seeing the amazed look on Jen's face as I periodically showed her images on my camera. Jen forgets how beautiful she is, even though she could be a model. It was my pleasure to provide irrefutable proof of this! :-)



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Twin Cities Family Photographer - Minneapolis Fall Family Fun

Remember this beautiful birth? It's been about 6 months since then, and time for fall family photos!

Its always such a pleasure to photograph this family, but the beautiful fall foliage makes it doubly fun. :-)

Twin Cities Maternity and Family Photographer - Happy Expectations

Twin Cities Maternity Photographer - With Love, from the Peace Garden

This photo session almost didn't happen. It started sprinkling rain as soon as we arrived at the Minneapolis Peace Garden, but with the mama due at almost any time, we pushed through and made it work (thank you!) - with some really great results.

We had planned to take pictures in the Rose Garden, which was nice enough, but most of the roses were not in bloom yet. So I walked to the back of the garden...and discovered the Peace Garden right across the street. I was amazed at how absolutely gorgeous it was (I'm such a sucker for good landscaping), yet I had never even heard of it before! It has definitely won a place in my heart as one of my favorite nature-spots in all the Twin Cities. You will see more photo sessions from here, in the future!

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Twin Cities Engagement Photographer - Photos from the Past

It was almost 3 years ago that I held my very first photo session - for someone outside my own family, that is.  

All I had with me was my trusty Panasonic point-and-shoot (it still holds a special place in my heart - and bag), and two friends who were extremely happy to be gittin' hitched. Since that unforgetably fun session, these friends have continually encouraged me in my photography. They were extremely happy with their photos, and remind me of this all the time. So I wasn't surprised to receive a somewhat scolding phone call from Rebecca, after my website debut.

"Why aren't any of *our* photos on there?!"

I tactfully tried to explain that the photos I took back then just didn't reflect my current style...and oh, and I have much better (expensive!) equipment now! She didn't sound quite satisfied, but we left it at that.

After considering it more, I decided to go back and re-master some of the photos (despite their sad JPEG, 6MP status). To give you an idea of what they looked like previously, see the comparison below.



Though do I feel that I have greatly improved over the years (I hope!!), I think these photos are still pretty special. For more than one reason.


I am lucky to have such awesome friends.

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Twin Cities Family Photographer - Morning at Lake Calhoun

I had such a great family session this weekend! We met up at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, and the beautiful overcast day was just perfect for photographs. And by a happy happenstance, someone had left a boat on the beach for our own personal use. It made for a fantastic prop! I couldn't have planned it better myself. We returned home with some great photographs, and one particular funny story... ;-)

Here are some of my favorites from the session...

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Twin Cities Family Photographer - Spring Family Portrait Sessions

What a lovely family to photograph! And such a positively perfect day to take photos by the lake. The vibrancy of spring seems to be catching on!




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Twin Cities Couples Photographer * Young Love

As I walked around the lake yesterday, I saw this couple wading in the water and just had to take a picture. I was a considerable distance from them so they didn't notice me at all. I just thought they looked very sweet. They have unwittingly given me some great ideas for future engagement photos!