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These Hopkins engagement photos showcase the great little Knollwood neighborhood pond, which features a small island and fun little red wooden foot bridge. My clients brought their dog in for some fun in the snow as we explored around the area. I love getting out in...

Brittany & Logan and I explored around La Jolla, CA, hiking around Scripps Coastal Reserve, high up on the coastal cliffs, and then ending our adventures with a relaxing sunset at Windansea Beach. Every time I come back out to shoot in San Diego I fall more in...

Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is one of the coolest locations for engagement photos in the United States. Crater Lake offers absolutely jaw-dropping backdrops for adventurous couples who are engaged to be married. You'll get gorgeous sweeping views over the...

Exploring around San Diego with these two was a ton of fun. Such cool, laid back people, and gorgeous scenery all around. La Jolla Shores is a fantastic beach to stroll with it’s long sandy beaches, the cool and symmetrical Scripps Pier, and those awesome cliffs. Alex...

Running around with Sam & Ben in the gorgeous late day light, in the hills of Palos Verdes, California, was beyond an absolute blast. We ended with a gorgeous sunset on Redondo Beach and shared good conversations and laughs along the way. I love shooting in...

Baker Beach in San Francisco is such a great place to shoot an engagement session. The iconic Golden Gate Bridge makes for a beautiful backdrop. Running around with Silviu & Bogi and their fur baby was a lot of fun.

Katie & Matt were a ton of fun to shoot with during this summertime Lake Calhoun engagement session. Now named Bde Maka Ska, this lake is one of the most popular areas for engagement photos in Minneapolis. We first grabbed some kayaks and headed out on the water...

Mandi & Rudy (and their pup) were a lot of fun to work with.  We hiked, laughed, and explored around Lebanon Hills Regional Park in the South Metro. These two will tie the knot with a beautiful outdoor wedding in Joseph, Oregon on Wallowa Lake. I love destination...

Beth & Mike are such cool individuals, and one awesome couple. I had so much fun working with these two, from our engagement session at Louisville Swamp to their beautifully rainy wedding at Camrose Hill in Stillwater. Yes it was rainy, and yes it was still...

Sarah & Colin live and work in the heart of Minneapolis, so naturally we ran around to some of their favorite spots. We started their engagement session at sunrise, in the gorgeous light on the Stone Arch Bridge, to grab the quintessential Minneapolis shots. We...

    The Van Dusen Mansion in Minneapolis is a fantastic place for a wedding, both inside and out. Speaking of being fantastic on the inside and out, Katie & Dan were such an awesome couple to work with. I’m so lucky to be able to shoot with such...

Lindsey and Nick are great people, and you can just tell that they are a perfect match for each other. I first met them as guests of another awesome wedding I was shooting, and got some cool photos of them together on the dance floor. Now it’s their turn to get...

    Did you know that Minnesota Zoo weddings were a thing? Yup, and they offer great spaces for both wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. The cool thing about having your wedding at the Minnesota Zoo is that you can still go the traditional looking...

    Gretchen & Olivia celebrated the first ever LGBTQ wedding at Aria, a gorgeous wedding venue in the North Loop of Minneapolis. They are also one of the coolest couples I’ve had the honor of working with. They are such sweet, full of energy,...

    I had a great time shooting with these two in Colorado. I took a couple day break from my stretch shooting the Nicholas David & The Avett Brothers Tour (Pacific Northwest) to shoot with Ashley & Tom. We started off our engagement session in the...

  Sibyl & Joel's Weisman Art Museum wedding in Minneapolis was a fantastic one. They were such a fun, intelligent, and kind couple. Clearly they also have great taste as the Weisman Art Museum is hands down one of the coolest places to get married in all of...

With all the crazy shooting & traveling I’ve been doing, I finally have time to start posting some highlights from my sessions over this past year. I’m starting with this awesome couple here and our shoot together in Minneapolis. Looking forward to shooting their...

Landscape Photography + Portrait Photography = Portraitscape Photography. I absolutely love getting out in nature with my wedding and engagement clients.  Traveling, exploring, hiking, and climbing in beautiful places…does it get any better than that?  Fusing my love...

I always ask my clients about the things they enjoy doing together, and about the places of special significance to them, or to their story, so we can incorporate those ideas into their engagement sessions.  It always makes the imagery that much more...

    This was such a fantastic music-themed Minneapolis wedding at Aria. Erica & Marcell are an awesome couple, and their wedding party and families followed suit as well. We had so many belly laughs throughout the day. My kind of crowd! Being a huge...

I've been traveling and shooting away, all across the country, this past month.  I shot a really cool engagement session at Minnehaha Falls before I left to shoot a destination engagement session in Hawaii.  I also made stops in Las Vegas, Lake Havasu, and finally...

Jess & Joe celebrated their wedding with an awesome weekend at the Outing Lodge in beautiful Stillwater, MN. They are both huge Star Wars fans and incorporated a bunch of those elements into their blast of a wedding day. Their friends helped with some really great...

    These Louisville Swamp engagement photos were a ton of fun to make. This little known location is beaming with beauty and gives an almost unlimited amount of awesome backdrops for any photo shoot. It was quite the hiking adventure as well. Below I'll...

    This Red Wing engagement session is famous on Pinterest, with over 100K pins. It's also featured in online posing guides and dozens of other wedding & engagement focused websites. I'll share the different Red Wing, MN locations we used to capture...

  Tauni & Will put together such a fun Varsity Theater wedding in Minneapolis. These two were so great to work with and are the epitome of why I love my job. They had a “Game On” themed wedding featuring everything from Twister to Scrabble, to Mario Bros to...

    Why a Lyndale Park Peace Garden Wedding is a Great Idea You'll be with your nearest and dearest in a gorgeously landscaped outdoor Minneapolis wedding venue. This awesome Minneapolis park provides a peaceful natural vibe for weddings ceremonies and...

These guys were a lot of fun. Very cool, easy going, and down to earth. Just my style. We shared a lot of laughs running around at one of my favorite parks in the Twin Cities. I'm excited for their Winter wedding upcoming.

This was my first Gale Woods Farm Wedding, and I fell in love with the venue upon arrival. My couple, Lauren & Noah, were kind, intelligent, creative, and made the day so much fun. I'll share some details about Gale Woods Farm as a wedding venue, along with some...

Kirstin & Tony are close friends of mine, so naturally this was an extra special wedding for me. The day was perfect. The ceremony took place at Tony’s parents house in Eagan, MN. They probably have the most beautiful property in all of Eagan, and they sure decked...

    Karli & Andrew had an amazing St. James Hotel wedding. This Red Wing wedding showcases so much of the beauty this Minnesota town has to offer. The gallery of images below highlights the gorgeousness that the St. James Hotel offers its couples on...

  I'm excited to share this awesome Lyndale Park engagement session in Minneapolis. I finally found an adventurous couple to get up at the crack of dawn with me. We shot these engagement photos at the Lyndale Park garden system during a beautiful sunrise. We met...

Tina & Derek are an awesome pair, and my kind of client.  They are laid back, smart, funny, and deeply in love.  They’re currently living in the Twin Cities but grew up in Hudson, WI.  The two of them met through mutual acting friends, and Derek ended up asking...

Anna & Max had an amazing wedding in La Crescent, MN. An artist and a musician getting married makes for one really cool wedding. Anna & Max were married by local music legend, Nicholas David who became ordained at the couples request. Immediately following...

    Spirit Mountain is a breathtaking wedding venue in Duluth, Minnesota. What makes it so amazing is that it sits high above Lake Superior, offering absolutely incredible views. This is one of the best venues for a wedding in all of Duluth. Spirit Mountain...