Just a small sneak preview...

These 5 photos are less than 1% of the photos that K and W took on D and my wedding day! I was so lucky to have such fantastic photographers! I sure like being on the other side of the camera though, it was hard not shooting myself but both girls did an amazing job! These are just a few for now so enjoy!

A beautiful spring day in April

Two weeks ago I traveled to photograph this wedding. K got ready for the day at her parents home and I found this trunk and just had to use it for some of the details of the day. I loved her red shoes and flowers.

 K and J's first look.

 This was my favorite spot to photograph K and J. I just loved the brown for the background. K and J took a few hours to be photographed without the bridal party. I love when a bride and groom do this because lets them spend some time alone (of course I'm there along with my assistant) on a crazy busy day.

 After photographing the cat tails for almost an hour...hehe we headed into the woods. The sun started to come out and the wind died down. There had been rain in the forecast but we were lucky and it held off for the most part!

 Bridges! I love bridges! Plus the red brush in front of them...LOVE!

 K and J were so much fun to photograph and the wedding party was a hoot.

 Last stop in the park was by this fence.

 Someone brought this french toast from one of J "favorite" places to eat. It traveled 500 miles to make it to his dinner plate!

K and J thank you so much for letting me be a part of your special day. It was such a fun and relaxing day for the first wedding of the season.

Second shoot *Not my photos

As a photographer I had so many ideas for photos that I wanted, and I still didn't get to do them all...poor D. I'm so happy that he's such a good sport about my couple hour photo shoots in 30 degree weather! Oh ya, and the hat I wanted him to wear! That's just one reason that I love him.

My assistant K took these photos. We had a couple of pictures done earlier but I needed a few without snowflakes in the air for our wedding announcements so K was willing to do another shoot. Thanks a bunch K!

Yes I purchased yellow rain boots, that I will be wearing on my wedding day! We are going to be in a couple of locations that rain boots are going to be the preferred footwear.

I could not have engagement photos without a camera...hey it's hard for me to go on a photo shoot and not be taking pictures. So K didn't mind that I took along my Canon AE-1 and took some shots of D...it's different using film, were D's eyes closed...is the exposure correct...I never thought I'd be saying this five years ago but I LOVE digital photography.

Thank you again K for taking time to photograph D and I! Also thank you L for coming along and using the reflector and holding my coat ready for when I needed to be warm again!

My "new" nephews

A couple of weeks ago I took H's pictures again. This time he had his little bother O to show how it's done. H and O are going to be my nephews in two months! They are some of the cutest kids I've seen.

3 Months already!

So last week I did my nephew Z's three months photos. I can't believe how fast that time flew by. My sister also wanted to attempt a family photo...hehehehehahahah that went wonderful! T is almost sixteen months and loves to run! So trying to get her to sit by Z was almost nearly impossible...most of the photos were like this.

Elizabeth and Dave *I did not take these photos

I did not take these photos...because they are of me and my fiance'! My assistant K did our engagement photos and she is going to be doing my wedding! I am so happy that she is going to take on my wedding, I could not imagine anyone else photographing me and D on our special day! This first picture was actually taken by W, she is going to be K's assistant. K knows my style so well it's almost as if I'm taking my own photos...hehehe I love this one how she focused on the trees instead of us.

And this one...LOVE it.

K and W thank you so much for doing this half of engagement photos...more to come in a little while... I am so lucky to have you girls doing our wedding photography and I can't wait for May 14th to hang out with you, my fiance', and of course a couple of cameras!

Just today...

Today I photographed A and D. They were so much fun and hopefully they will come back this summer for a modeling session for me!

I have so many ideas for A and D if they are able to model this summer. Sunsets...Superior...Sailor... sounds like a dream session for me! Thanks for letting me photograph the two of you!

New nephew

I have a new subject! Z is a little brother to T. These photos are his newborn ones and at the same time that I did these I did T's one year photos. She got to go first to show Z how it was done. Once she was done we had to put her in her highchair so she wouldn't tackle Z. She got to watch from a distance while snacking on frozen peas.

T's photos will be next!

Grandma H made this colorful blanket.

My sister, brother-in-law and T welcomed new baby Z in November. So now my blog will be filled with photos of him!

Can't wait for this wedding!

M and S were in my local during the Thanksgiving holiday and wanted to have a photo shoot with me to see how we work together before I shoot their wedding in April. As you can tell we had a BLAST! This couple is up for anything and they are always laughing.

M and S I can't wait to photograph your wedding! Glad you guys picked me to be a part of your special day!

Happy family photos!

Remember this family?LINK My brother J and his wife T and their adorable son R. We went out last night for R's one year photos and a family photo. I forget how busy a "running" one year old can be!