Cassell - the superstar!!

Before the Memorial Day long weekend begins, we had to post another precious Dog Days of March session for you all to enjoy! Meet Cassell-a stunningly beautiful golden retriever whom we met through our portrait display at Dog Days in St Paul (http://www.dogdaysinc.com/) Cassell used to walk into Dog Days for daycare and stop to gaze at one of our dog portraits on display. So when Cassell's owner, Debra heard about our March promotion, she knew she had to bring Cassell in for a portrait session of her own! During the session, Cassell was a charmer!! As soon as the couch came out, Cassell knew exactly what she needed to do and before we knew it, she was posing like a diva on the couch!! It was priceless-and one of our favorite images from her session! We are so excited to help Debra celebrate Cassell and have created amazing portraits for her to display in her home.

Brittany & Max - Engagement Session at Target Field (stadium engagement session)

We think Brittany and Max just may be the luckiest couple around these days...not just because they found each other, fell in love and are getting married this fall - they also had the entire Target Field to themselves for their engagement session! How cool is that?!? (and does that make us cool by association since we were a part of it?) As you can imagine, we were super excited to capture these intimate, special moments for Brittany and Max - and they were happy to share this experience with Twin Cities Live as it they filmed the session for their recent segment, "Not Your Typical Wedding" which aired yesterday.

http://twincitieslive.com/article/stories/s1563199.shtml?cat=11215

Their images are beautiful and really captured their relationship-playful, fun and in love! And what could be better than to incorporate their favorite team-the Minnesota Twins! Imagine how amazing it will be for them to share these images with their children and grandchildren someday and tell them about their engagement session at the brand new Target Field?!?! For now, they are happy to display the portraits at home in Max's "man cave" for all to see!

We wish you all the best as you prepare for your wedding day in a few months- 9.09.10! Much love and happiness always!!!

jane & gunnar 8.28.09

We fell in love with Jane and Gunnar the first time we met with them! Of course, their new puppy, Ellie, sealed the deal for us! After months of planning and preparing for the big day, everything went perfectly on their wedding day! Even down to the pink tutu for Ellie (complete with the Just Married sign). Even Gunnar, who was somewhat skeptical of the tutu, had to admit it was pretty darn cute! Congratulations! What a great family you make!

Enjoy the video (get some tissue because both Melissa and I cried when we watched it all the way through for the first time!)! We wish Jane and Gunnar much love, happiness and good health!

413 on Wacouta

Many of you may not know that the Gilbert Building, where the studio is located, also hosts many weddings and functions in their lower level, "413 on Wacouta". It is absolutely beautiful and stunning! We were recently asked to photograph the venue while it was set up for a wedding. We thought we should share the images with you. 413 on Wacouta hosts wonderful weddings! Our building opened in 1893. Today, it is on the National Registry of Historic Places and underwent major renovations in the mid-1980s. It is wonderful to have our studio in such a historic place with so much charm!

Here come the bride, the groom...& puppy!!!

We are so excited to be photographing Jane and Gunnar's wedding this Friday evening! I thought we could start the pre-wedding excitement by posting some of their engagement portraits that we captured back in May. Of course, included in this session was their new puppy, Ellie, who was really the star of it all! I am sure Ellie will be included in their big day on Friday and we will be there to capture it all! Congratulations to a great couple!!

A Wedding Story with Puppy Love

The story begins with a little french bulldog ... I had the opportunity to photograph Omar a few years ago and just fell head over heals with this frenchie immediately. He won my heart and is still one of my favorite dogs ever. Here is my favorite image from his session.Isn't he just so CUTE and huggable! Anyway, I found out during our session that this little guy was a gift from the boyfriend and thought to myself "that man is a keeper!" And guess what? I had the honor and privilege of capturing the couples wedding day earlier this October. Brian gave Omar to Suzanne, and she agreed he was a keeper too. It was an amazing wedding day, and I was thrilled to be a part of it. The bride was absolutely radiant and the groom just beamed. Surrounded by closest friends and family, everyone was happy, beautiful, and in the moment. And the fall day was as gorgeous as could be. Just look at the color! Thank you Suzanne and Brian for the opportunity to tell the story of your wedding. You are blessed! MN just doesn't get any better than this! A fall wedding. Check out that light! Yummy!

Giggles, laughter and joy filled the day. It was such an inspiration to me. Suzanne's mother made her veil. You can't get more special and personal than that!

Stunning!

Check out those baby blue eyes!