Wedding teaser. Ross and Breanna

A quick pic of a lovely day and couple....
More, later;)

Cute wedding shoes...

Okay, so I love Anthropologie... Love love love.
Love, love.

I wish I had a reason to purchase THESE shoes.
Just like the title of the shoes (Wedding March Skimmers), I feel like they would be super cute wedding shoes, with the right dress.

David & Erin: Engaged. ( Engagement Photos Minnesota )

Erin and David met while going to school at St. John's and St. Benedict's in Collegeville, Minnesota. It only seemed appropriate to do their engagement session there! We drove up together, and it was only my 2nd time on campus, but first time exploring the campus. All I can say is WOW and GORGEOUS. I loved the history, the architecture, and the variety of places to shoot. The campus was very empty, giving us lots of space to shoot. We even shot on the edge of the monastic gardens... talk about a beautiful, romantic (in a holy way, of course), and peaceful spot. What a truly lovely place.

Erin and David are sweet together, and it is quite obvious to me that they are meant for each other. I can't wait until their wedding day in October!

Here are just a few pics from our session (And don't miss a couple more pics from a few days ago, on a previous post).
























































































Erin said that there was this funny ad in a St. John's/ St. Ben's school brochure that they always joked about, but was kind of a fun idea... so they decided to do something similar themselves.

Braving the cold water...
Want to know how they got out there without getting soaked...? Only we will know;)

4 Years Together....

Today, Aaron and I have been married for 4 YEARS....

It seems crazy to say! Just yesterday, it seems like we were celebrating our 1 year anniversary. Although, I will say, that it does seem like a long time ago that we were engaged, or dating (when I was in college)...
Time is a weird thing...

I am thankful for four amazing, sometimes difficult, almost always awesome years with my husband (those of you who are married know-- it can be a lot of work, but SO worth it!).

This year we celebrated at our favorite Bed and Breakfast-- The Rivertown Inn in Stillwater. Anyone who says, "I'm not really a Bed and Breakfast person," has not been to the Rivertown Inn. We've been there three times, and cannot wait to go back again.

Along with staying there being a treat in itself (the rooms are amazing, the hosts are wonderful, the social hour rocks, and the 4 course breakfast is AWESOME), we also went out to eat two nights, watched DVDs together, went golfing, drank yummy drinks, walked along the St. Croix at night, and saw a matinee -- Karate Kid (such a feel good movie! Loved it.). It was a really great 2 1/2 day celebration... I can't wait to do it again next year! Well, not all the exact same stuff, although I'd be happy with that... I love any chance to spend time with my husband.

Before and After...

I haven't done one of these Before and After posts in awhile! And I think they're pretty fun.


BEFORE Editing::::

AFTER Editing::::



Side by side::::

I'll show you more from this session soon;)

Getting back into it...

YES, I know, once again, it has been a long time since I've blogged photos!

Here's how it works... It is usually an expectation I have of myself...to post at least once a week, or to post every session that I shoot... (which may or may not be silly). I WANT to blog more... I truly do. In fact, I really enjoy blogging. I used to have another personal blog, before I was a photographer. I go back and read it sometimes, and I think some of it was actually pretty funny. (No, I won't post that blog link here:)). Usually, I get so far behind in posting the photos, that I think I need to blog everything that I've missed, which gets entirely overwhelming. I think I just need to start blogging... from here on forward... instead of worrying too much about what I've missed in the past (not that I wouldn't love to share those photos). Sometimes life happens-- as we all know!

So in the next couple of days, look for a few photos from a more recent shoot. :)

Here's a teaser! The lovely, Erin and David: