The Sunday before Memorial Day was supposed to be 96 degrees and raining. You know what happened instead? The weather was GORGEOUS. It was hot and sunny and windy and gorgeous. You know what else was pretty gorgeous? This fine-looking couple. They were married in a quiet ceremony in front of their family and then had a rocking party at the Crowne Plaza. These two thought of everything and their day was spectacular; from the dramatic floral arrangements to the way their entire family dressed in black and white (resulting in some seriously killer family portraits) to the fact that they rented a vintage Ford to drive us around for portraits. Travis & Teresa: thank you for choosing me and for letting me be a part of your lovely wedding day. I wish you all the best!

Minnesota is an unpredictable place. It’s hard to know when you can schedule outdoor events and have them go off without a hitch. For instance, you may have scheduled a whole test shoot for a new makeup company with a florist and models and a beautiful location…and then it might rain. And you might not have a backup plan. What to do then? Well, then you make lemonade out of those darn rainy lemons. You call makeup artist Alice Berman and Lisa Roy of Flora Bella and you even convince an old family friend to model for you. If everything goes the way you hope it will, you end up with images like the ones below (and some really tasty lemonade). Special thanks to Elizabeth Messina for inspiring this shoot.

Just going through some shots and I found a few favorites that I wanted to share.  Isn’t she just lovely?

This past weekend I had the pleasure of working at the Wisconsin State Ballroom Dance Championships. This was the 25th year celebration and it was quite a wonderful weekend. A special thanks to Dan and Becky Messenger who put together an amazing event and congratulations on 25 YEARS!!

These two lovely people got married on a chilly, grey day in Madison last weekend. I think we made the most of it