Kellie & Derek {engaged!}

We met up with Kellie & Derek last week at Centennial Lakes Park in Edina. They are getting married there this upcoming June, and we lucked out with a gorgeous day to be out doing photos. Kellie work a fabulous pink jacket which I loved! It makes the photos pop!

The day after our session I found the most awesome email in our inbox. It's emails like these that make us love what we do even more. Kellie said I could share it here on the blog, so here it is.

Just wanted to Thank you for making our engagement photo session so fun and enjoyable. You are Gene'o are talented and and amazingly compassionate about what you do and I am so happy that we will be able to look back at our wedding day through your eyes. Now having the engagement photos done, have worked with you, I am not one bit worried about that day.

I can't wait to show off our pictures!!

Emails like that make my day! Now, I'm happy to present Kellie & Derek!






This was the one photo Kellie really wanted. A shot of Derek kissing her forehead. So sweet :)






Kellie & Derek are Minnesota Wild fans, so we did a quick wardrobe change at the end of the session.



Our group shot was taken by "Ma". Derek's mom was in town so she came along on the shoot! I think she has skills behind the camera, don't you ;)

Thanks, Kellie & Derek! We are SO looking forward to your wedding in June!

Catching up....let wedding season begin!

We have our first spring wedding tomorrow and then we're pretty busy throughout the spring/summer/fall with weddings & engagement session, so in preparation I'm cleaning off the hard drives, archiving, and organizing previous work so I can start off this wedding season (somewhat) organized.

So I'm happy to present a July 2009 wedding that I wasn't able to post last summer!
Josh & Kayla were AWESOME to work with! They got married at Josh's parent's lake house near St. Cloud. Even though the wedding was last summer, I'm still going to put up just a few of my favorites because this wedding needs to be shared!

Nobody could understand why I was so excited about this barn/shed type thing, but for me it's all about the color!



A few of the wedding party as well. Of course, we had to take advantage of the nearby cornfields for some group shots.


The ceremony in front of the lake.

The gorgeous flowers were done by Tami with Studio B Floral. She did fabulous work! Even Princess, the "flower girl" got a corsage on her collar!

Enjoy this slideshow with more photos from the day!

Sonya & Mike {engaged!}

Last Sunday we met up with Sonya & Mike in Minnehaha Park for their engagement photos. We've photographed there in the winter before and it was super icy so we've usually played it safe and stayed up above the falls. Well this time we took the risk and went down into the cavern where the falls are located.

This one was taken up above the falls before we braved the climb down.

Then we headed down the stairs to reach the falls themselves. I didn't think it would be that hard to get down there because when we saw several people, including young kids, down there. Well Gene'o went down two flights of stairs on his butt (but didn't get hurt) so yes it was a bit dangerous but it was so totally worth it.

Mike & Sonya had their first date in this location. To commemorate, they brought a bottle of wine! G and I even had some and I must say it did help warm us up a little :)

We spent a little time around the creek getting some fun shots.




After we were done with the "safe" location we started the hike to get behind the falls.I think Mike even coined one area during the climb as "the hot bed of death". So don't try this at home kids (unless you want some amazing photos!). Once we were there it was so beautiful! The shades of blue, green, & aqua were stunning. We used a video light on this one and the blue is natural, hardly photoshopped at all!





It was getting late in the afternoon and we were losing light, so after we climbed our way out of the gorge we hurried over to this little corner in south Minneapolis near the Riverview Theater that I've always wanted to photograph at. I'm so glad we made it there, even just for 15 minutes, and I'm so glad Sonya brought her cute hat with!



It is my dream to have a photography studio in this red building! It's been vacant for quite some time and the "for sale" sign taunts me everytime I drive by it!



And finally our group shot! The one on the left is the outtake that Gene'o took while setting up the self timer and I'm trying to warm my fingers :)

What a fun session we had! We are so, so fortunate to be able to work with such great people. Can't wait for their July wedding near Brainerd. I can already tell it is going to be a blast!

Kate & Adam {married!}

Kate & Adam were our first wedding of 2010, and they just happened to get married on one of the coldest days we've had in January so far! Despite the cold, the wedding was warm and cozy inside of the gorgeous Woman's Club of Minnesota, located near Loring Park in Minneapolis. Kate's grandma is a member there, so it was a very fitting that the wedding took place there.

We started the day as we typically do by doing some getting ready shots. You may notice that the activities of the guys are much different than the ladies during getting ready :)


First looks always produce some of my favorite photos of the day. Theirs was no exception.



But the bride and groom portraits are what I love the most! The Woman's Club had all kinds of great locations inside with good natural light, which was awesome considering how cold it was outside. The chandeliers were especially awesome to me, and I took lots of photos with them in them!


And a few other faves.


We did brave the cold for just a few minutes! This was outside on the balcony, and it was only about 10 degrees.



One of my favorite group shots from the day.


After photos we headed downstairs for the ceremony. It was dark by now and the candlelight ceremony was beautiful.


Like I said, I couldn't stop photographing these chandeliers!




Here are some of the details. The flowers were done by Dawn at Appleblossom Flowers. The white roses were perfect for a January wedding.



And finally, the first dance.


And our last photo of the day was taken by Adam. It was the first wedding that Gene'o & I shot as a married couple! Horay!

Kate & Adam, we had so much fun with you guys! Your full gallery will be ready very soon :)