Two Minnesotans and a Michigander wandered through the Wisconsin wilderness one Sunday for an engagement session that was filled with laughter and romance, but also begged to answer one question.    Why in the world is there not a tri-state park pass? I mean, come on—between the three states that border the most superior […]

If you have followed along the last couple of years, you know I am all about a good story. Before I switched to Education, my major was journalism, because all I wanted to hear for the rest of my life were the best stories this world had to offer. As I have moved backed towards […]

  That first look, it says all that needs to be said about this last Saturday.   The tradition of the first look is a relatively new one, as it was once pounded into the head of every engaged couple that it was bad luck to see the bride before the ceremony. This archaic thought […]

“…and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other’s sight, as I may say, even for a […]

  Despite the mid-August mugginess, there was nothing hazy about Lacey and Cody’s wedding day. Yes, it was warm and sticky and kind of icky weather-wise, but when standing on the rocks along the Lake Superior shore holding the hands of your beloved, there is nothing wrong about that.    Lacey and Cody had made their love and their […]

It was in a twelve passenger van on the way to our first photo location when the first point of compromise between Cassie and Cole came into discussion. These two weren’t even officially married yet, and they were already trying to sort a situation out. They were chatting amongst themselves when the bride turned to […]

Wedding crashers, am I right? Katelyn and Matt had the craziest wedding crasher at their Duluth “I Do.” She goes by the name Carson J. Callaway; her presence was so obvious, so intrusive, the whole venue had to come to a halt until she made her way out of the picture…but many in attendance made sure […]

  Every story has to have a setting; it’s just the laws of literature. Even if it is not explicitly stated or if it is left to the imagination, every story has to happen somewhere, sometime. This literary element is needed in order to create the mood of a narrative, and without that atmosphere created […]

 Carrie and Danny had been together awhile. A long while. But it was a great love story that began four years ago when this northern Minnesota girl met this California boy, and one that began it’s next chapter amongst friends and family one late March weekend.   As the hometown girl, it was important for Carrie […]

Whenever a love story includes a long Doctor Who t-shirt and a pair of leggings, I know it’s going a good place. For Kristin and Nate, it didn’t go to a good place, it went to a great place—the front of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, where Reverend Dr. David Mesner pronounced them […]