Wedding days are a literal once-in-a-lifetime event expertly planned by couples in love. I understand the planning and excitement and photographing a wedding day is such an important job that I am always so excited to take on! As your Minnesota wedding photographer, I am there with you throughout the wedding planning process and help guide you when you have questions about ideas to implement and make your day unique. I also work with you to develop the timeline for the day and provide input and ideas to streamline everything and make the day as stress-free as possible. I consider myself a wedding expert with a few dozen each year and know how to make a wedding day awesome and how to photograph that awesome wedding day.
I studied storytelling in college and now use my camera and extensive wedding knowledge to help you relive your biggest moments over and over. I am a wedding photographer and engagement photographer and family photographer. I am based in Minnesota and have my passport ready to travel around the United States and the world! Having shot over 400 weddings in my career I know many wedding venues in the Twin Cities area and have photographed couples celebrating their days. I bring experience and fun to wedding photography. I am an organized, relatable and reliable wedding photographer who has captured weddings across Minnesota in places like Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Mankato, Duluth and beyond.
My goal and approach to weddings is to help make the day memorable in a positive way. I want you to look back at your photos from your wedding and remember feeling happy and at ease surrounded by the people that matter most to you. I will not make you do awkward poses, repeat moments because they didn’t get photographed the first time or endure hours of portraits.
When I am photographing a wedding I keep the mood light, stick to the schedule we created before the big day, and ensure the photos are beautiful and stand the test of time. When you are getting ready I join you and your friends and photograph you hanging out. Don’t turn the music off because I’m there - turn it up! I’ll grab some photos of your wedding day details and the finishing touches as you get ready.
You and your sweetie get some alone time after the first look and we take bride and groom portraits with a lot of candid photos mixed in. But, don’t worry - you don’t need to know how to be candid. I got it and will guide you and help direct you to get natural wedding photos. Wedding party photos are one of my favorite parts of the day and are always a blast with your favorite people. We take a few formal ones and then I feed off your energy and the fun you are all having together and photograph you as I give you some prompts and keep everyone happy! Family photos are similar; as an organized wedding photographer you and I create a list of each combination of photos you want with your families and we simply work through it as a checklist. It can seem like herding cats but it goes quickly with my plan of execution and expertise.
Whether it is indoors or outdoors your wedding ceremony is what the day is all about. That’s when you’ll see me moving around like a wedding photographer ninja getting all sorts of photos. I’ll be quietly moving all around to capture different angles. After your ceremony is when the night opens up and the partying begins. Lots of fun moments happen during your wedding day and not all are in front of your eyes. I do my best to be sure to take photos of wedding guests engaging with each other and laughing at your party. Dancing photos usually include some dramatic lighting I bring in to enhance the photos. I am confident there is not a lighting situation I cannot handle.