Tina and Brad's Engagements

Tina and Brad's engagement photos were taken at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska. Tina and Brad's wedding will be at this amazing site in August. Its a wonderful place for pictures. As you can see there is a wide variety of locations all in one place. We were able to get some wonderful images of the Tina and Brad. I really like the Asian garden setting. It is a really neat landscape shot. The couple really enjoys waterfalls so were able to get a few shots in front of the water. More pictures to come in August!

Kristen and Adam's Wedding

Kristen and Adam were married June 21, 2008 at the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis. They are a really sweet couple and their wedding was absolutely lovely. The ceremony and reception all took place at the mansion which was a very classic setting for the wedding, with so many different photographic opportunities. These were just a few of my favorites of their images and of course I had a hard time picking which ones to post. I really loved their images. They are a very expressive and smiley couple.

Their wedding had a lot of personal touches from the wedding officiant being a relative, to all the dresses being made by the bride's grandma. A lot of thought and love went into the details which mad the day extra special.

Best of wishes to Adam and Kristen!

Jessica and Jon's Wedding

June 14th Jessica and Jon were married at Hosanna church in Lakeville and their reception took place at Buckhill in Burnsville. They are snowboarders so Buckhill was the perfect site for them. It was a lovely day and everything went smoothly for the couple. They are incredibly photogenic as you can see and they were a really fun group. We got some amazing photos of them. I was particularly impressed with the jump shot. They really got some air in that image!

Jessie and Jon are a wonderful couple and I really enjoyed working with them. They are very in love and were so fun to photograph. They were very laid back and really had fun with the very special day.

Best of wishes to the happy couple!

Regina and Scott's Wedding

These are just a few of my favorites from Scott and Gina's wedding. I have so many that I love it was hard to choose. They are an absolutely lovely couple and I had a ton of fun shooting this wedding. The whole bridal party was so much fun to work with.
Its evident that Scott and Gina are perfect for each other. I think the pictures say it all.
Their wedding was at Prince of Peace Church in Burnsville and the reception was at The Holiday Inn in Lakeville. We stopped at the Civic Center park in between the ceremony and reception and were able to get some great shots! Everything went very well. Gina said she couldn't have asked for a better day.
If anyone needs some funny material for their toasts contact the best man. He was hilarious! I also really liked that the bridal party dance was a polka. I got some excellent pictures from that!
The couples great personality showed through all day! Best of wishes to Scott and Gina!

Sandra and Bayo's Wedding

Peace Lutheran Church and Northland Inn Wedding;
I had the privilege of shooting Sandra and Bayo's wedding May 3, 2008. They are an absolutely lovely couple. My face hurt at the end because I was smiling the whole time. They are the type of couple that have that infectious laugh and smile. You can really see it in their wedding images. They had beatiful weather, which was great since we thought it would be raining. Everything went like clockwork. It was an intimate wedding at 4 pm. The church was lovely to shoot in. Bayo really made me laugh... on the way out of the church immediately after the ceremony he said, "well, that was easy."

You can just see what a lovely couple they are. They had a candy buffet which was fun for everyone. I think the ladies especially enjoyed the chocolate. The Northland Inn is a wonderful place for a wedding reception. It was very classic. The food was amazing too!

It really was a perfect day for them, and I can't imagine a nicer couple who deserve it more. Congratulations again!

Mike and Sherry's Wedding

Mike and Sherry were married April 5, 2008. What a sweet story! They were high school sweethearts that were recently reunited. As you can see they are very in love. They are such an affectionate couple the moments were very natural. I really liked the first shot. That was during the ceremony after they had lit the unity candle. There is a giant window behind them and I love how it is backlighting them and making her blonde hair glow.
It was a very special day. I liked the second image as well. It really shows the emotions of this happy occasion. Even the pastor can't help but smile at this beautiful moment.
It was also neat because this was the first wedding in the Normandale Hyland's United Methodist Church's new sanctuary. After the ceremony everyone headed to Chateau Lamothe in Burnsville. It was lovely. It was a pleasure to be part of their day.

As requested, my engagements

I had some requests to share some of my engagement photos. These are some of my favorites. My fiancee's name is Tony. The poor guy is very patient with me as I am always requesting we be photographed. I recently got our guest signature book for our wedding in May. I absolutely love it!!! I used our engagement session images to create the book.
We had fun with these pictures!

On location baby shoot.

The first pictures cracks me up!!! I love his expression. Hilarious. My fiancee says he looks kind of like Dr. Evil. How sweet are the other images though! This is little Harrison again. He is getting a little bigger. We did images in his home again. He slept through all of the pictures in the basket. He is a great sleeper. He woke up when we did the naked pictures though, and he wasn't too fond of that. His big brother and sister let us use their stuffed animals to fill up the toy box and Harrison was pretty cozy in the toys. The shoot was a success and his mom was really excited about the pictures before she even saw the finished product. It was a fun afternoon!

Baby Model

Yesterday I shot Julia's photos. She is trying to start her modeling career. (she is very ambitious) What a cute little girl (great name too). I've seriously never met a 16 month old that is so social! Right away she wanted me to pick her up and within 3 minutes she was sitting on my lap. We had fun and I got a work out too because she is so fast!

I loved the images we got. She has such pretty eyes. I wish I had her eyelashes! Hopefully we'll be seeing Julia soon in print!

Bardot's Baby Shoot

Here are some of my favorites of Bardot. She is almost 9 months and what a cutie! We shot these right after her naptime in her home. At first she was a little sleepy and shy, but then she warmed up and boy can she move quickly! She kept me on my toes. I think we got some really nice ones. I loved her hair things and I was impressed she kept them on her head without a problem. We got few good ones with her mom and dad, but Bardot did much better modeling by herself.