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Como Park Engagement Session

Look. At. These. Two.  Lauren and Ruben are a beautiful couple that just recently got engaged. We’ve been friends with them for years – Lauren and Bri were college roommates! We were SO excited to take their engagement photos. When they stepped out of the car at Como Park for the session, our jaws dropped. […]

Engagement Session

Kelcee and Mike’s wedding was like stepping into a fairy tale – literally. The theme of the wedding was Alice in Wonderland, and they did a superb job of making you feel that you, yourself, fell down the rabbit hole! From Alice being on the invitations, the smoking Caterpillar on the Groom’s tie, to even […]

Weddings

Minnesota Backyard Wedding
Beautiful Backyard Summer Wedding

Hannah and Nathan’s backyard wedding was a perfectly orchestrated symphony. Everyone made this wonderful day possible. Using Nathan’s backyard, it set the scene for the ceremony.  Family helped with setting up food, tables, and lights; friends helped with audio for the wedding, speeches, and songs. Everyone present played a huge part. Nathan even had a […]

Weddings

Engagement sessions allow us to peer into our couple’s lives and see what makes them tick. We get to see the foundation that their love is built on and the glue that holds them together. For Vik and Joanna, that glue is cooking. Vik and Joanna love cooking for each other and others. They love […]

Engagement Session

Ritter Farm Park Engagement Session
Elegant Wedding at the Holden Room

Everyone was on the dance floor. The friends and family, who traveled far and wide, singing along to each song. The bride’s father, who brought the venue to tears with his heartfelt toast, danced with a flower girl. Generations of each family, from grandchildren to grandparents, danced together.  At the center of the dance floor, […]

Weddings

Engagement sessions are one of our very favorite things to do with our couples. Right before the session starts, we get excited in anticipation. Not only do we get to create fantastic engagement portraits, we also get to spend quality time with our couples and really get to know them. So when the time comes […]

Engagement Session

Summer Sunset Engagement Session
Summer Meadow Engagement Session

When you photograph an engagement session of close family, you get to experience a side of them you don’t see too often. Maria, Joe’s sister, with her new fiancé, Thomas, is just the latest example of this. Once Maria was in front of the camera, she was transformed. Confident. Elegant. Joyful. These are just a […]

Engagements

We send out a questionnaire a month before weddings to get some details before the big day. One question on there that we always ask – “anything else you want us to know about your big day?” Sophia and Cory answered “it’s going to be unique!” And unique it was. From the entire ceremony full […]

Weddings

The Woods Chapel Wedding

Catch up with The Story of Us Here: Part One: We’re So Happy We Swiped Right Part Two: Finger Photos and The Threatening of Joe’s Life Part Three: 3.14 Day Part Four: The Day(s) That Joe Proposed Joe told me the entire time we dated that he was waiting till he was 30 to get […]

The Story of Us

Steve turned on the lights. The venue lit up. From the bar all the way to the head table, the personal touches jumped out. Though the venue was quiet for now, we knew in a few short hours, it was going to full of family and loved ones celebrating Teresa and Steve’s new adventure. Though […]

Weddings

Gorgeous Minnesota Backyard Wedding

Located in Amery, Wisconsin
Serving the Twin Cities & Western Wisconsin

A fine art photography studio specializing in capturing weddings, motherhood, & seniors

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