Joanna Reyburn May- November 2008

I wanted to re-edit these photos just a bit and re-share them.  I feel like they are worth sharing all over again.

I took these election evening in 2008. Shelley Paulson took me out on our first real mentoring session to shoot portraits of our close friend, Joanna Reyburn May. It was a gorgeous November night with tall grass full of golden light (a few of my favorite things!). This session taught me so much about lighting and composition. Joanna, is such a natural model and so full of spirit. After upgrading my camera, and learning so much more since then, these photos still remain to be some of my most favorite.

Check out Joanna’s Wedding that Shelley and I shot in May of this year.

Of Seasons past…

Although these were taken over the course of last summer to this summer, I still get really excited about them! I need to blog these more often…

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Ben & Jacqui Rosenbush Wedding

In one of my recent blogs, I wrote about how I went to Minnesota to see my dear friend/photography mentor (read here)

Shelley and I shot this wedding together, I was her second shooter and as always I really enjoyed shooting. This wedding has to be my absolutely favorite as of yet…

Ben and Jacqui are friends of my friend Shelley, so going into the wedding I had a lot of back ground about them and it really excited me to shoot this with Shelley. (Here’s a link to her blog about their wedding) I loved how Ben and Jacqui planned and decorated their wedding. Their taste is very similar to my own, so I felt a lot of passion in shooting their details.

Jacqui’s dress was from TJMax and all her girls  purchased white cotton dresses from different stores. They then threw each dress into teal dye and dyed them all the same color.  Jacqui also has dreads, which made it all the more amazing.

Ben is a musician and music teacher,so for the ceremony he had a string orchestra come and play. (It was so incredible!) The bride and groom left the ceremony along with their bridal party playing kazoos….

Where they got married is Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, MN. Perfect evening, beautiful light, glorious bride and groom and a lovely wedding. I loved it! Congrats Ben and Jacqui I really enjoyed getting to know you both!

Here’s some of my favorite photos from their day…

Grant & Alexandra

I took a trip to Minnesota to shoot my 1st wedding with my mentor, Shelley Paulson. It was a bit colder then I expected for June. This was also the second wedding I had ever second shot. I learned so much being with Shelley and understanding new things. I captured a lot of Grant and Alexandra’s wedding details. They are a beautiful couple, and I was excited to get to share in their glorious day! Here is Shelley Paulson’s blog post on their wedding…

Enjoy!