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Welcome to my Blog!

Thanks so much for visiting a little piece of my world! This blog will have updates on recent photo shoots that I have done, as well as photos from my personal life.  

A little about me.....I was born and raised on a farm in South Dakota but now I currently live in the Minneapolis area. Growing up on a farm with a dad who loved to take pictures was definitely my inspiration to go into photography. I have always been a people person and I love watching relationships between people, whether it be a mom and dad with their family or two couples in love, it all makes me giddy inside :-)  I love to have fun and have always been a happy go lucky kinda girl. Some of the things that make me happy are....my son, the smell of the rain, fresh mountain air, a trickling stream, the sound of a belly laugh, fresh baked cookies, planting flowers and watching them grow, skittles, a good board game with some competition, coffee, warm sand on my feet, and the peace that God gives me. 

I hope that you enjoy looking at the pictures on my blog. They are what make my day brighter and my life truly blessed.  Thank you for visiting!

Amy

"Find something in every day that makes your heart SMILE!!"


Casey & Kristen: Married

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Posted in weddings

Of course this post is long overdue, but I am going to try and post some of the weddings that I failed to blog in 2011 in the next couple weeks.  Casey and Kristen, you guys were so much fun to photograph, thank you so much for asking me to document your big day. I enjoyed every little part of it!!

isn't she adorable???

I had to put this one in there, this little flower girl was a riot! total princess on the right and not so princess during the ceremony! Loved her!!

love these expressions!

gorgeous!

casey works for the railroad so how convienient that a train flew by while we were taking these pics :-)

love this shoe shot that Jamie captured!

 

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Robby & Lindsay: Engaged

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Posted in engagement

Another fun engagement session from God’s Country, I love South Dakota!

Love the clouds! it looks like you could touch them!

love the two different perspectives, thanks so my partner in crime (jaime) for assisting me on this engagment shoot :-)

so much FUN!

Heart this one!

this was the tree robby asked lindsay to marry him under :-)

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Tim & Heather

Friday, October 14, 2011 Posted in engagement

love the way the are so sweetly in love, can't you just feel the love between these two!!

This blanket was from their Aunt Irene and when Heather asked if they could borrow it for the session, Irene told them that she wanted to give it to them for the wedding anyway. How fun!!

check out the dragonfly off to the left of this image!!

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Lance and Anna : Married

Thursday, October 13, 2011 Posted in weddings

love this one, Anna you are gorgeous!!

looking fierce!!

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Ohlson Family

Monday, August 8, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized

This is probably one of my favorite sessions from the summer. The light was gorgeous and they were such a fun family! I can’t believe that summer is almost over, makes me sad :-)   It’s sessions like this that make me just LOVE my job!!

love this one!

PEEK A BOO

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Jake & Tasha: Engaged

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Posted in engagement

So excited to photograph these two at their wedding in March. They have such a fun, carefree love for each other….have I mentioned that I love photographing people in love??  I love my life!!

love this one :-)

love love it!

:-)

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Tyler & Jackie: Engaged

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized

Once again I got to go back home and play in my home state. I was so excited when Jackie said they wanted to do their engagement session on her farm where she grew up. I love it when couples make the session about them, it makes it so much more personal.  We had a blast and I am really looking forward to their wedding in Yankton this fall, it is going to be rockin!

this tree is on the property they will be living once they get married :-) love it!

I knew right as I pulled into their farm that this old red truck was gonna make for some fun photos. Good thing Jackie's dad didn't take her advice the previos week and get rid of it :-)

Gotta love random old school houses in the middle of nowhere filled with grafitti :-)

Jackie....you are gorgeous!!

thier first baby...miss roxy :-)

of course we had to have a little fun on the trampoline :-)

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Lucy turns ONE!

Thursday, May 19, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized

Miss Lucy is part of my baby steps program and it has been so much fun watching her grow up this year!! Check out her newborn photos here I love my job and when I get to see the little ones every three months, is so much fun!! We wanted a spring type feel to these pictures and I definitely think we got it! Molly has a beautiful yard, and thankfully some of her tulips were blooming (of course all her tulips decided to bloom the day after the shoot, but we still got some cute ones). Hope everyone has been out enjoying this great weather!! I am so excited for summer!!  

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Justin & Lynsey : Engaged

Friday, May 13, 2011 Posted in engagement, weddings

To say that we had fun on this session was an understatement. These two are such a blast and I am so excited for their wedding. They definitely have a sweet kind of love for each other, and complement each other perfectly! I am so glad they told me they wanted their session to involve the lake and the areas surrounding it. We decided to go into Excelsior since they are huge lake people and I am so glad we did. We got so many cute pics!! Then we headed back to Justin’s house for some smores and a few more pics. They made my job easy that day! Happy Friday everybody!!

LOVE this

Lynsey....you are stunning!!

yep, gotta love the lots of licks ice cream shop in excelsior...if any of you are out that way, you have to go there, some of the best ice cream around :-)

workin it!!

this is Justin's dock on lake minnetonka :-)

probably one of my favorite ring pics ever :-) makes me hungry

you two are so stinkin cute!! The nice lady at the fabulous candy shop, simply nuts, let us take some fun pics in here. This is another shop everyone needs to check out!

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Lance & Anna : Engaged

Friday, March 25, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized

I had a great time photographing Lance and Anna’s engagement session a couple weeks ago. They are so fun and totally laid back, so I know their wedding is going to be a blast.  Enjoy!

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