I spent quite a bit of time with these two this fall! We squeezed an engagement shoot, a wedding, and a little personal shoot all within a months time. And each and every time I fell more in love with them. :) I love their adventurous, outdoorsy spirits - and have gratitude for an excuse to take a little day trip up to the Duluth area to snag these wonderful engagement shots. 🍂
All boys representing the senior class of 2021 this year (at least in my little photography-world!). And boy do they have some style and class. 😎
This family is absolutely one of my favorites (am I allowed to have favorites??).
When we did this session at the end of the summer they were patiently awaiting the arrival of two (!!) babies. They have so much love and I know it’s only growing exponentially. (Spoiler alert - this mama is a SUPERHERO and she ended up carrying both babies full term and delivered ON their due date 😱)
Headshots - seemingly simple, maybe even boring. But here’s the trick, here’s the secret: NOTHING has to be boring. Make fun and take enjoyment from everything in life.
A few years back it seemed like every summer was spent wedding planning with different friends of mine, and getting the opportunity to take engagement photos of them with their lovers. Fast forward a few years, and the families are starting! Mei is a nature-lovin’, crafty, take no crap type lady and I love every bit of her. Honored to photograph her in this cute-as-can-be state of pregnancy, and excited to meet the little one she’s creating.
If you’ve been wanting to do some portraits - for business, for fun, for you, for any reason - what’s been stopping you? How often a week do you want something and say to yourself “eh, it’s only $20 - I won’t miss $20”? In ten years, will you still have all those $20 impulse buys? Or what about the $5 you spend on coffee four times a week? In ten years you WILL have those pictures you decided to have taken. You’ll look back at them and say DAMN I looked GOOD. I had spunk. I had flair. I had fun. I’m glad I did that.
Let’s create some beauty together.
Maybe there’s something in the water up here in Minnesota, but every baby I’ve photographed lately has been a 10/10. Gerber baby status. This lil guy posed, followed me around with his eyes the whole time, and stole the hearts of every person who saw baby’s first photoshoot.
The perfect kick-off to a summer of photographing beautiful babies!
If you're looking for a local Minneapolis yoga studio with the best vibes, kindest souls, and most welcoming and supportive environment - Yess Yoga is your place. I've been lucky enough to know the owner, Lucia, for many years. She treats everyone like family, and the whole studio has a beautiful community-centric mindset.
Every so often she hosts teacher training workshops and I get the opportunity to come in and work with her and her students, showcasing their abilities and what they've learned. Working with other small businesses gives me such pride in the Minneapolis community - I feel so humbled to work alongside so many wonderful creatives and uniquely talented folks!
Doing my friend's senior photos while just out of high school is what really got my photography career started. I've always found it fun to do these kinds of portraits, one on one, wandering around finding unique-looking backgrounds. It's a nice chill session to do amidst all the craziness of wedding season and wrangling kids for family pictures! And every once in a while you luck out and get a modelesque young lady to work with like this one. :)
I love doing portraits for lil ones because they do their thing and I just get to capture it. No worries of posing or arranging things a certain way, just let them be themselves and the cuteness takes care of all the rest. :)
This lovely lady has been one of my very best friends for over ten years and it's a blast watching her little family grow. Their joy for life shines through when you see how happy and bubbly their little girl is too. Just doesn't get any better!
This fam is in it with me for the long haul! 6 years and counting we've gotten together to do family pictures, and boy do I enjoy our annual get-togethers. Love to see these kids growing up and getting more personality to them each and every year. :)
