Family Lifestyle Images : Storytelling in Nature

If you know me or my kids, you know that we spend an exuberant amount of time out of doors. In our homeschool life, we get outside every day. We play, explore, work… It’s a vivid part of our routine. And we are so grateful! Sometimes I bring my camera along and capture the mundane and ordinary moments. #documentordinary

3 Cute Ways to Pose in your engagement photos

Three Cute Ways to Pose in your couples photos. Perfect for Engagement, these three easy, go-to poses are: 1. walk away from camera hand in hand, 2. kissing in bokeh (out of focus) and the ring in hands focused, 3. laughing together with her ring hand on his chest.

Romantic and Fun poses for couples.

Three Cute Ways to Pose in your couples photos. Perfect for Engagement, these three are: 1. Walk away from camera hand in hand 2. kiss in bokeh, holding hands with the engagement ring in focus 3. Simply smiling or laughing together as she puts ring hand on his chest.

Three Cute Ways to Pose in your couples photos.

Perfect for Engagement, these three easy, go-to poses are:

  • 1. Walk away from camera hand in hand
  • 2. Kissing! Kiss in bokeh, holding hands with the engagement ring in focus
  • 3. Simply smiling or laughing together as she puts her ring hand on his chest.

BWB Rustic Barn Wedding Benedict Walker Cass Lake MN Wedding Photographer

The bride chose an absolutely perfect dress veiled in dainty lacy soft pink flowers. And, check out that Wedding Hair! SO perfect.

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The bride’s make up artist was Taylor Miley | Makeup by Taylor G: check out her youtube channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO-mTRm35k-oIIAZDXjZZ7w or INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/beautybytaylorg/

VENUE: the Amazing BWB Ranch, in Benedict, MN https://www.bwbranch.com/ It’s a beautiful location for a supremely well-hosted country wedding.

Beautiful Fall Wedding | October in Minnesota Russian Orthodox Wedding Photographer

We met up in the freezing rain at Itasca State Park to take the wedding photos for this beautiful bride & groom.

The weather was pretty predictable for a fall wedding in MN, and didn’t pose a threat at all to these brave Minnesotans!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy the photographs that capture just a sliver of the love these two sweethearts have for each other.

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Her dimple radiates joy, and the way he gazes at her proves he is absolutely smitten…

I hope you enjoyed looking through these as much as I enjoyed taking them!

 

 

 

XO
Amy

Family Pictures at Itasca State Park

This family! I had the privilege of taking wedding photos for one of these young couples, and now I got to take pictures of her whole family! I met her mom, dad, brother and wife, younger brother and younger sister (her god-daughter). Mom carefully made each piece to go together, and the violet-plum was the perfect color against the warming greens of our natural backdrop at Preacher’s grove. It is always a blessing for me to be around families, especially couples who’ve been married for twenty-some odd years!!! I enjoy watching their interactions, their jokes, their short nicknames… It is just fun. Here is a little preview of the photos I took with this lovely M Family

 

Amy Kate Photography Family Portraits
Amy Kate Photography Family Portraits

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Simon Wedding | Mahnomen, MN Wedding Photography. Northern Minnesota countryside home, Lutheran Church and Shooting Star Casino

Congratulations to the blessed Jake & Allena on their wedding! What a sweet, kind and caring couple. These two have some absolutely adorable kids, and I wish the best for them, and pray that their marriage is rich in love and always gaining understanding for their whole life. This sweet little Simon family was married on a cool and blustery October day in Mahnomen, MN. It was special that they all got ready–a big bridal party and all– at their home out in the curving and hilly countryside, before heading into the quaint church in Mahnomen. When they had their wedding ceremony, sweet little sister was carried to the front of the church by her two cousins, and then big brother actually walked his momma up the aisle. He was crying the whole time because he wanted daddy… But what a sweet picture of family it was. The new couple held their children during the ceremony, and the four of them shared a time of unifying themselves with the sand as a symbol of the four of them blending together permanently.

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Fall Family Photos | Rum River, Riverview Park, Milaca MN | Minnesota Fall Mini Session Photographer

I love having the privilege of meeting with families year after year, watching them grow. It is such a blessing to see a mom and dad love their sweet kiddos so much, and this family is an excellent example of Love!
They do a great job laughing together, naturally. They smile and giggle, and the kids, like ALL other kids, have their little fits too. Plus, they always do a fabulous job with great outfit coordination for their annual fall mini session of family portraits! You can spot denim, leggings, cute boots, the mustard yellow sweater, the nice green vest and floral tunic on sweet little… they’re just simply adorable!

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