Alyssa, Mark and I went for a walk around the Cathedral – Summit area of St. Paul – I brought my camera. 
Alyssa is actually getting ready in the Blair Arcade on their wedding day, so it was cool to get that sneak peak.
It was an overcast day (love the overcast) that had me both laying in the street (not the greatest idea when things are wet…) and climbing trees. Don’t tell the St. Paul park patrol.
Mel and Eddie had their engagement session near the shores of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis (which happens to be the same place they got engaged… fancy that. hehe). We basically just walked down a bike path for most of the time; with all the people around it was a perfect place to get over the ‘big camera in your face’ jitters…. and, of course, we got some cool images to boot!
Eddie brought an old-school Schwinn bike; it was pretty much awesome. So we basically had ourselves a fun little three-way engagement shoot…
Contrary to rumor, the bike did not get jealous. 
… too bad some crazy love-birds got in my way.
I’m really excited to shoot Anna and Mark’s wedding. We’ve worked together quite a bit on their wedding plans. And, as designers, they were able to provide some really cool design ideas for the custom wedding website we created together. Check it out: http://www.WillowLakeFarmWedding.com
Kristin and John flew in from Virginia last Thursday, got some paperwork out of the way, ran some errands, and still had time to get out to Como park (looking strangley like fall) for an engagement shoot and to nail down some details. Tireless, they are. I’d yet to meet them in person, so it was nice to see how happy, kind, and into each other they were.
Kristin eventually got around to working the rockstar look (below) amongst many other fun faces… *inside joke*, and I’m pretty sure that John could beat me up with nothing but a hard stare… We had a good time and got some fun images as well. I can’t wait for their smaller, intimate wedding coming up in July.
My most fun engagement shoot of the year on Friday… Some more fun wedding photography on Saturday for a college friend… and I’m two minutes late leaving to canoe the boundary waters for a week. Suffice it to say, only time for one picture… I’ll post more when I get back.
This was one of the first images from the engagement session, and from the moment the shutter tripped, I knew it was golden:
Met up with Kara and Ryan last Wednesday for some ‘get used to the camera’ time.
Ryan likes to goof around, Kara likes to laugh… it’s a good pairing. We practiced dipping, laughed a bunch, talked shop, and all around had a good time. Oh, and we made some images too…
I like these last two all-the-more for the fact that they didn’t know I was taking them. Catchin’ the laughin’ and the smoochin’…. which really isn’t too hard with this couple. Can’t wait for the wedding!
There is this same image with more of the Cathedral (of St. Paul), but the sky was just so staggeringly beautiful on this day, with the capital hanging out in the background - this image captures the day a bit more for me. When their wedding goes down in about a month, there will be plenty of ‘church’ shots to go around. Let the sky have it’s day. ;0)
There Is a story behind this image… lets just leave it at that.
Rachel’s veil reveal… everyone agreed, it’s a good’un.
Tom is a fun guy. I do believe this might have been a Jump-out-of-the-car, see me, and scream, “hey take my picture” first-shot of the day. But it actually captured his mood throughout the session quite well. Good times.
Incidentally, this is the first of my new 750-pixel wide blog photos. I’ve revamped the blog to hold them nicely. Bigger image = Better.
Just an impromptu shot of the happy couple after leaving their reception site. It’s an old mansion on Summit ave in St. Paul, just a block down from the Cathedral. It’s going to be a really good time.