Time to start thinking...

...about Holiday Cards!!

That's right, as we say good bye to October - the Holiday season is right around the corner!

This year I'm offering a variety of fun Holiday cards to any of my previous and present clients! Each design is offered in two options:


a) Two-sided, full color 5x7 press printed card | sold in sets of 25 | $60/set of 25
*Paper choices include standard smooth or textured linen

b) One-sided, 5x7 photo card | minimum of 25 | $1.50 each

Deadline for Holiday Card orders is NOVEMBER 25th!

Please contact me if you are interested!!

Autumn is...

...my FAVORITE time of year.

Came across these photos today while updating my Project 365. I took these on a cold morning at my parent's farm while walking through the apple trees in the pasture.

The top photo is one of my very favorite "self portraits" I've taken of Boyd and I together. Just something about it I love.



I'm working frantically on editing photos, so much I think there may be smoke coming from my computer! (ok, not really, but you get the idea). I'll be posting later today or tomorrow about some options for anyone interested in purchasing their Holiday Cards from me!

Have a great day! Enjoy Fall while it's still here - Christmas is just around the corner!!

Annie | Eau Claire Newborn Photographer

Last week Rebecca and I had the joy of photographing this sweet little girl, Annie. She is the new baby sister of this little guy I photographed earlier in the year.

She is just seven days old in these photos - and would you believe she was holding her head up already!!?! This girl is strong!

Welcome to the world beautiful Annie!

Stelter Family | Wisconsin Family Photographer

I met up with this adorable family not long ago at a local apple orchard. They were so great and I absolutely adore their outfits! Right down to the coordinating Chuck Taylor shoes - LOVE!!

Enjoy!







He was SO excited to finally get to eat that apple he'd been carrying around! :)



I'm slowly getting caught up with all my latest sessions - stay tuned for more! :)

Zielke Family | Minnesota Family Photographer

A few weeks back I drove to meet this lovely family in Red Wing, MN. I just love this town, full of lots of fun places to shoot. Mom and I go way back as we were good friends in grade school - it's so fun to catch up with friends now that we are all 'grown up'! :)

Dad also knows his way around a camera. :) You can check out his work here.








Thanks for a fun morning guys!

helllooo? is anyone still out there?

Yikes... It's been a while since I've had a chance to update my poor, neglected blog. But believe me - life has been C.R.A.Z.Y!! In a good way :) It started mid-September with a week of solid sessions, followed by my first wedding as the 'primary' shooter. Then my husband and I closed on our first house - so there was a lot of packing, loading and unpacking in there too. Followed by more sessions, more weddings and MORE unpacking! Oh ya, and I happened to fit in a three-day trip to California as well ;)

So my sincere apologies - but this is going to be a big, catch-all post to get caught up.

Here we go....

First was a newborn session with this precious little girl, Jordyn. She was just TWO DAYS OLD during this shoot and she slept like... well.. a baby. ;) I shot this session with my good friend Rebecca. I think we made a pretty good team!






Then I shot the beautiful wedding of Cassie & Brent. You may remember them from their engagement session earlier this year. I had my dear friend, Stephanie Neprud join me as a second shooter and she was AWESOME. Please be sure to check out her blog and photos from the wedding as well!


Their first look:




The light was so nummy during the ceremony!

The following weekend was the wedding of Craig & Lori. They had a fun Luau them complete with flamingos, tiki torches and a pineapple wedding cake!








Then I packed my suitcase and flew out to Orange County to learn from the AMAZING Jessica Claire! I will blog a separate post on this entire experience - but for now, some shots of Jessica in action...


The day after flying back home - my brother and his wife of 11 years had a vow-renewal/blessing of their marriage. I was completely honored to photograph this special event for them - and in a week and a half, will photograph their reception as well. I will blog a ton more photos of their renewal and reception, but for now - just one that we took while at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum


And to wrap things up, I had two family sessions which will eventually get their own official blog-post... but I thought I'd post one from each for now.

The Zielke's:


The Stelter's:


It's been an insane few weeks, but I feel very lucky to have such a full life. :)

Tomorrow, my husband and I leave for a four day weekend to Door County to celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary!! I'm amazed how fast a year flew by! Even more amazed at how much things have changed in that one year!!!

So check back here soon - I'll be updating more frequently and will hopefully sneak in some photos of our new house and trip to Door County too! :)