Nate + Lindsay's Engagement / Vics / Minnehaha Park

My words of encouragement to couples...Have fun, be thinking about each other and forget I'm here (as you go through these photos pretend its 92 degrees with 40 mph winds, because it was!).

 

NIKON D700 w/ 35 1.4G + 85 1.4D

Memorial Day Ceremony / Veterans Park / Richfield, MN

MY WIFES GRANDFATHERS WERE HONORED ALONG WITH ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PROTECTION.  WE SEE IMAGES ON T.V. AND IN MOVIES OR VIDEO GAMES, BUT WILL NEVER TRULY KNOW THIS AS REALITY.  YOU ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE AND CURRENTLY ARE RISKING YOUR LIVES HERE AND ABROAD. AGAIN, THANK YOU.

NIKON D700 + 17-35 2.8D, 70-200 2.8G VR2

Tim + Kelsey's Wedding / Moir Park / Bloomington, MN

SUCH A GREAT WAY TO START MY 2012 WEDDING SEASON!  WHILE PLAYING FRISBEE GOLF AT MOIR FOR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY HOW COOL THIS LOCATION COULD BE.  THE ACTUAL WEDDING DAY WENT REALLY WELL.  THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WERE JUST GREAT PEOPLE TO BE AROUND ALL DAY.  AFTER THE RECEPTION ENDED, TIM AND KELSEY MET UP WITH ME FOR A BRIEF PORTRAIT SESSION.  I'M SO GLAD THIS WORKED OUT!  A TIME FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM TO GET AWAY AND BE TOGETHER WITHOUT THE DISTRACTIONS OF THE DAY CAN BE SO REWARDING...HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL MY COUPLES!  TO EVERYONE VISITING...THANKS FOR SUPPORTING ME AND KEEPING UP WITH THIS BLOG.  I AM ALWAYS HUMBLED BY YOUR INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT IN MY WORK.  HERE YAH GO, MEET TIM AND KELSEY!    

 

CAMERAS: (NOT THAT IT MATTERS, BUT FOR ALL YOU CURIOUS SOULS) NIKON D700, NIKON F5

LENSES: 17-35 2.8D, 70-200 2.8 VR2, 50 1.4G, 85 1.4D

FILM: KODAK PORTRA 400 & KODAK TRI-X 400 B/W.