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Working with Jeffery and Sara, their children, their family and their friends was truly wonderful. Their wedding day was full of love, faith, family, joy and newness. I’m so grateful for the opportunities my work gives me to meet so many great people during such monumental days in their lives.

I was also unexpected impressed by their amazing their flowers, cake and wedding venue by http://www.angelsandivynewlondon.com/, http://www.coldspringbakery.com/, and Melvin’s on the Lake in Spicer. All were impeccable.

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French Regional Park in Plymouth, part of the Three Rivers Park District, provided an awesome location for me to meet Eric and Jessica for the engagement session. Right from the start Eric and Jessica were comfortable with each other and with me photographing them. They have a beautiful relationship of trust and understanding which comes across in how comfortable they are with each other. Gentleness and love in the way the speak to one another even when they are teasing and being playful.

Eric and Jessica it was my pleasure to meet you and I can’t wait for your wedding next year!

p.s. It has been my busiest season ever, so thank you SO much for your patience.

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I always get a little extra nervous photographing a fellow photographer, especially one that I follow! Laura and Matt are full of zest and tenderness, spontaneity and determination, support and sarcasm. What a fun session documenting the love and relationship of such a dynamic couple: a small business owner and an Iron Man participant.

Matt and Laura, you guys are awesome!

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Stillwater is such an amazing town for a photographer. Nooks, crannies, hills, cliffs, rocks, trees, and a river make it a playground of light and backgrounds! I’m so glad Kristen and Jorden suggested it as a location for their engagement session.

Jorden and Kristen were up for anything and were so much fun. Their wedding at Grandview Lodge next fall is going to be awesome. I’m really looking forward to it.

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So much fun to meet and photograph Rob and Danielle. Beautiful rustic cabin near Crosslake, fun spunky dog and a couple in love!

So looking forward to their wedding next year at Manhattan Beach Lodge.

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Manhattan Beach Lodge in the fall is hard to beat unless you add an awesome couple with tons of style. Style from beginning to end. Style that started with the purse and dress, continued to the hand woven ceremony archway, proceeded upward with the reception decor and had colored paper lanterns and Manhattan’s amazing sunset as the finale.

Teresa and Jeff, what a party…

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Chelsie and Sean are substantially different people from when I photographed this session less than 6 weeks ago; they are parents to beautiful Clara.  How amazing it is that their love is so full that now there’s Clara, beautiful, wonderful, amazing Clara.

I’m so happy that we had the opportunity to shoot this session for this reason alone.  This was a very unique and beautiful time in their lives. So much of what makes life so beautiful was so clearly present: expectation, uncertainty, hope, anxiety, love, trust.  The short periods of time that we have waiting for something (or someone) are the most beautiful times we have because it is when what we are a human beings is most clear: a constant waiting, an endless expectation, awaiting a promise.

Sean and Chelsie, you are beautiful.

Jake and Brittany’s epic Northwoods Engagement Adventure!  Well… maybe not epic, but pretty awesome.  I love how my work allows me access to the intimacy of beautiful relationships.

Getting to know Jake and Brittany during their engagement session made me even more excited to photograph their wedding at Manhattan Beach Lodge in Crosslake next summer.

Koreena and Jason’s wedding day began with Koreena getting ready at The Lodge in Brainerd, continued with a pontoon ride for the bride leaving from Lost Lake Lodge and arriving at the lakeside ceremony with a bag piper.  After the ceremony the celebration continued with a tented reception and dance at the family cabin on Gull Lake with a  beautiful sunset view and fireworks.  The entire celebration was spectacular.

Jason and Koreena, thank you so much for having me as your wedding photographer.