ERIN+ANTHONY | crunchy snow, trusty evergreens

Shooting outside in the winter in Minnesota can be a real risk to life and limb, but miraculously the conditions aligned that we all finished this maternity session with all our fingers intact! My favorite way to take pictures in the bleak grey months is to find those trusty evergreens that always looks fresh and full of life. There’s a reason the pine tree emoji is always in my ‘recently used’ section!!!

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TESS + CECIL | respect the uggs
KAYLEY+JAKE | if the Von Trapps really went to Switzerland

MAL+STRANZ FAM | ooey gooey muddy golden field

The crazy thing is that we got all these pictures within like… 20 minutes?! Just goes to show how keeping a shoot simple can yield the best results. Especially with a little baby! We used one location, one outfit, but did have a handful of jingly items on hand to get those big brown eyes on the camera.

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GARET+BEN FAM | baby touches and cheek kisses
LOIE+EDDIE FAM | roadside meadow does it again

ERICA+ROSS | fall colors five years later

On the evening of their FIFTH wedding anniversary, I joined Erika and Ross amidst the fall colors to capture the special occasion. The weather of their wedding day didn’t super duper cooperate and they didn’t get the vibrant yellows and reds you imagine for a late September wedding! So they came prepared with wedding dress in tow to reminisce and experience the fall colors they never had. We parted ways just as the sun dipped below the horizon as Erika and Ross drove off to their fancy dinner reservation to end the evening. It was perfect!