Vince and Amanda 01.03.09

Absolutely one of my favorite weddings... ever! I can't say enough about this wedding!

Vince and Amanda are an amazing couple. My family drove down to attend and for me to photograph this wonderful couple. My husband and Vince became friends in college and Vince had a profound effect on my husband's faith and walk with Christ. (He was one of the groomsmen in our wedding!) To him I am am forever grateful. We met Amanda in August and realized she was the perfect match for Vince. Both are extremely witty, genuine, fun, and laid back people. (Just my type!) This played itself out in the photos. The day of the wedding we did a few different shots around the church and at the reception site, but my favorites are the photos taken downtown Chicago the day after the wedding, something I would highly recommend! Because the couple loves the city, we wandered around the downtown streets and shooting at various places; The Art Institute, The "Bean" and even a Subway station before they took off on their Europe honeymoon!

Many thanks to both of you for allowing me to be a huge part of your day! We love you and pray God's blessing over you as you enter this amazing covenant of marriage! Hope these can tie you over for awhile! Thanks also for loving Lydia who was memorized and enticed by Amanda's beauty and was the only child completely unaware that she was standing right in the middle of the dance floor during their first dance!

Luke and Marissa 12.23.08

She had the dress. He had the rings. They tied the knot!

Luke and Marissa had been waiting for the perfect occasion to get married and on the 23rd of December, they were married on a carriage ride around the Mississippi mile area. We got together an hour before they were married and walk all around the romantic Nicolette Island Inn hotel in Minneapolis and took advantage of the Christmas decorations. What a sweet evening for a wonderful couple. Congrats!

Shooting location: Nicolette Island Inn; Minneapolis, MN

Corporate

Here are a few more corporate photos taken for my sister and her boyfriend. Let me know if you are intersted in booking a corporate session and I can send you rates!

The Kinley Family

Christmas is the time when family is together again. Because of this, the Kinley family called to see if I was available to shoot photos of their family who is from MN and the east cost. We went to the conservatory to get some indoor and outdoor photos. MN is notorious for its wonderful weather, you never know what type of weather you'll get. This day we got a wonderful snow storm, so thankfully we had 2 different locations to shoot in!

Shooting location: Como Conservatory

Holly and Scott.. waiting for their winter wedding

Holly contacted me about 2 weeks ago in search of a photographer for their Jan 10th wedding. Thankfully January is a slower time and I am back shooting. We hit up the Como Conservatory to do some indoor photos on a very cold weekend. The gracious staff allowed us to photograph upstairs in a room overlooking the zoo and the city. I am looking forward to working more with this fun couple!

Shooting location: Como Conservatory