Creative and fun wedding photojournalism photography serving Minneapolis, St Paul, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Task: bring a noir feel to a portrait with the Minneapolis skyline. Solution: off-camera flash to create moody shadows and allow me to stop down on my camera for a darker sky and background. Also vital to this portrait – the right clients. Thanks, Tonya & Emem!
The Guthrie theater can be dark – so dark that even at ISO 3200, there is just not enough light for detail. So, this image is actually a composite of two images – one with Emem holding the flash directed at Tonya, and the second with the situations reversed. I can’t lie – got this idea…
I recently had a lot of fun on a personal project with Peace Coffee, shooting a series of cinemagraphs (basically fine detail animated GIFs) for a story on Heavy Table. I learned a lot about coffee and short video production from this project. For this image, I wanted to capture the dripping of the espresso…
I love the Guthrie theater – it is a world class location for theater, and I admire their commitment to keeping the common spaces public, even as it becomes a more well known place. Because I usually shoot there several times a year, I make it a rule to always find a new way to shoot when…
I have been lucky enough to work with Tricia before – she does quite a bit of modeling work for wedding photographers. I was so honored when she asked me to take photos of her and Cody for their 1 year anniversary. When I photographed them, Tricia and Cody weren’t engaged yet, so I was…
Nhu & Mai are two lovely young women, and I was lucky enough to take their senior photos in downtown Minneapolis. Here are a few of the photos of both sisters together!
Obviously, I am a photographer. But I am also a proud member and organizer of the Independent Wedding Association. I believe that weddings are about two people sharing their commitment with the people that matter most in their lives, and then celebrating together. There are very few ceremonies in our lives, and a wedding is a unique…
Tricia told me that she was totally up for whatever, so we planned the portraits at dusk.
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