You often don’t know how your next couple is going to find you. You show up on social media, your website, and in person, each with the hope that you connect with someone on a personal level that is deeper than just someone who can take their pictures. It has always been one of my […]

As they pulled into the parking lot at Nolde Forest, I slowly stepped out of my car and started to get my camera ready to go and pull my bag out and over my shoulder. Right as I was turning back around to give them hugs, two paws landed on the ground behind their car […]

A snowy week. A rain forecasted day. But a beautifully lit engagement session. Brielle and Zack are from out of state, so scheduling their engagement session was very limited in options. We had to find a date that they would be coming up to see family, before their wedding in April 2020. We easily got […]

Standing. Wrapped in each other’s arms. A large architectural monument towers behind them. The light in the sky slowly begins to fade. Only a few lights shining on the monument are left. Emily and Wilder are smiling ear to ear at each other. Their heads slowly lean forward. As their foreheads touch their eyes close. […]

The day started out very gloomy. It was pouring rain pretty badly all morning. So bad that puddles were forming everywhere! In my head I started thinking that our chances were getting slimmer and slimmer. I pulled out my phone thinking it would be this way all day, and that we would have to reschedule; […]

That was easy! I swear, at the end of engagement sessions, I need the “Now That was Easy” button. It is just so easy and effortless with each of my couples. We instantly connect every time and it ALWAYS feels like we have been friends for years and are just catching up. Don’t let Michelle […]

They walked out to the center of the road. Hand in hand. Smiling. Slowly they faced each other and rested their heads together. Closing their eyes. Breathing in unison. And then….. A car comes up behind them. So we quickly move to the side, and resume position. But then. Another car starts coming from the […]

I absolutely LOVE this job, because of all the new people I get to meet and become great friends with!! It is one of my favorite things! However, I do enjoy the occasion couple that I have known for awhile! It is such an honor to have watched their relationship grow and then be asked […]

The street is quiet. Other than a car that passes by every so often on a side street, there is no movement around. Leaves are starting to fall and collect along the curbs. Cobblestone stretches across the entire street and leads up to each of the colorful houses lining it. In the center of the […]

When your receive an email that says… “Would it be okay if we brought our dogs along to the engagement session for some photos with them?” Ummmm you instantly start party dancing in your head because you are out in public and don’t want to draw too much attention to yourself! But maybe I should […]