Here is a sneak peek of just a few of my favorite images from John and Tiffany's beautiful wedding this past Saturday in Victoria, MN. What a great couple and wonderful families! The rain (as forecasted) held off most of the day, but there wasn't a dry eye in sight when Tiffany's dad gave his toast! {sj}

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This weekend I am photographing Tiffany and John's wedding in Victoria, MN! Be on the lookout for a blog with some of their wedding images in the next week or so. In the meantime, I'm posting just a few of their engagement photos from our shoot near downtown Excelsior in May. {sj}

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For the longest time my friend Brad and I have been wanting to do a theatrical-type shoot, recreating an old movie poster. He suggested the late-1950's film Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. Thanks to the hair and makeup stylings of Ashleigh, actresses Laura and Rose were transformed perfectly. Im still playing around with the images, but here are just a few of my favorites. 

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Driving back to Minneapolis from my winter in Phoenix, we neared the exit for Winslow, Arizona along the interstate. A bug of nostalgia struck me as the Eagles song "Take It Easy" started playing in my head. I was determined to grab a photo actually 'standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona' but we couldn't seem to find the landmark spot (err, corner) as advertised on the interstate billboard. There wasn't much to the town itself, but nevertheless we passed by this run down gas station and it was like a bolt of lightning struck down and told me to stop and take a photo. Its not every day you come across a scene as picture perfect as this. Call me crazy, but I still can't look at these photos without getting that darn song stuck in my head! {sj}

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I did this fun photo shoot back in March, but wanted to blog about it and share some favorites. Seri and I know each other from growing up (mostly from that long hot week spent every summer at the county fair!) and she is currently living in Phoenix, where I spent this past winter. The shots with the strawberry were completely spontaneous (I must have watched Across the Universe one too many times that week!?) and despite the fact we were both laughing about how corny the strawberry poses seemed during the shoot--they ended up being some of my favorites! See, inspiration really can come from something as random as a fruit plate! {sj}

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I know Kathryn through a friend, and was tickled pink when she asked me to take her latest head shots. She drove all the way from Chicago to Minneapolis for this photo shoot, but we had so much fun! (she said it was worth every minute of the crazy traffic she had to deal with to get here)  

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Colin and I grew up just down the road from each other and were in the same high school graduating class (all 42 of us!) I was thrilled to hear the news of his engagement to Trisha, and even more excited when they asked me to capture their wedding day coming up in August. Trisha's parents' lake home made for the most perfect setting for their engagement photos. Despite a huge thunderstorm before and after our scheduled shoot time, Mother Nature decided to give us a little break. The light was perfect, and it was fun catching up with these two as well. Congrats on your engagement, and I can't WAIT for the big day! Lets hope we are just as lucky, again, with cooperative weather! 

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I met up with Brent & Megan on the Iowa State campus for their engagement photos (Brent is an alum!) Despite the hot, humid day, the light couldn't have been more perfect in all of my favorites places to photo around campus. Im really looking forward to their July 12th garden wedding at the Prairie Pedlar in Odebolt, Iowa. {sj}

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