Izabelle's 2 year Portraits

One of my favorite cuties I often get to photograph... Miss Izzy. She is truely a sweety. We spent some time downtown Minneapolis. I love the area on the river by the Stone Arch Bridge.

Having lots of fun with her Michael Jackson hat... The wind was a bit cold but it sure made for some fun shots.

Thanks Amanda for being up to all my ideas! I love the red rain boots!

Dancing...

Posing... Maybe America's next top model?

Joy and Jordan- Pregnancy Portraits

I photographed Joy and Jordan's wedding two years ago. They are expecting a baby boy next month. Joy looks amazing, absolutely radiant! I can't wait to meet their baby boy!

Lily's 9 Month Portraits

This is my youngest Lily. I don't think I've posted pictures since her newborn portraits, wow how time flies.



Lily is obsessed with her hands... clapping, waving and doing the baby sign for "all done". I think she is still quite impressed with her ability to make an actual sound with her own two hands.













My son Eli is the best big brother. He loves playing with Lily and is already quite protective. Lily adores him!

Trash the Dress- Maria & Nathan

A trash the dress session is great way to get more amazing photos at great locations. It's an excuse to wear that gorgeous dress and go out on location to capture fun and artistic photos that you would never have time to do on a wedding day. After the dress has made it through the wedding and reception it is usually quite dirty on the bottom. Before getting it cleaned and preserved or just shoved into the back of a closet, why not take it out for a trash the dress session? The session can vary from getting the dress a little more dirty to getting totally into a lake or stream. Maria was willing to do anything, however the weather didn't cooperate. It was freezing and so windy, however the overcast sky was perfect for portraits. Luckily this location had plenty of shelter from the wind and we took lots of breaks for Maria to warm up.

Maria and Nathan were married last month at the Historic Courthouse in Stillwater, MN. I took them to Raspberry Island in Downtown St. Paul. There is a ton of great variety on this tiny island.

Amazing skyline views...


Plenty of water...

Huge pieces of drift wood, or I guess you would call them "drift trees"?

I love the MN Boat Club. The doors are so cool.

A very modern look at the band shell and the metal stairway.

It's never to late to pull that wedding dress out and head out to a cool location for a Trash the Dress session!