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Family at the Cabin | Pennington MN Kitchi Lake Cass Lake Family Portraits Up North

This rainy day photo shoot was fun. The whole family isn’t all together often, so getting pictures while they’re at the lake is a great idea!  They stayed at and fished from Bliss Point Resort. This was my first time seeing and visiting the resort; it was so nice! Very peaceful and quaint. Their docks were super! You can rent cabins or stay in your camper. This lake connects to Cass Lake, so this family mentioned boating over to Star Island for the day, too.

How Fun! Great fishing 🙂

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Newborn Photographer Minnesota | Cass Lake Bemidji Newborn Baby Lifestyle Portraits

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All Images copyright Amy Kastenbauer, dba Amy Kate Photography. I am a storyteller, and would love to help you tell your story. Family sessions, newborn, portraits… those are all made beautiful with a photo-journaling nature.

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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

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Senior Portraits |

It’s been a while so I wanted to share something to brighten up the posts 🙂 So…. you get to see…

Senior Photos! I loved getting to see this lovely lady choose great outfits, and get all dolled up with curly hair and great make up for that beautiful smile. We meandered around a few different locations to get some good color, texture, and variety in style. It was such a fun day. ERWSenior--22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graduation, Homeschool, Home Education, Home School Graduate, Senior Pictures, Portraits, Cass Lake, Minnesota, Photographer, Class of 2018 

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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

 

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Amy Kate Photography Family Portraits

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Kristi + Colbey Wedding Sneak Peek | Bemidji Wedding Photography at Library Park and St. Philips Catholic Church

 

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Colbey and Kristi were married on the last August weekend in Bemidji, Minnesota. Outdoor wedding weather is never guaranteed to be perfect, and it really shouldn’t put a damper on too much! Thankfully, this sweet couple was all prepared with several umbrellas, and high spirits. The rain that came was a misty, wet shower. It didn’t pour, but was very wet! Thankfully, Kristi still wanted to meet Colbey in the park for their first time seeing each other on their wedding day. HELLO, SWEET!!!

After Colbey cried at the sight of his beautiful bride and they giggled a little bit when thinking about the fact that this big day is finally here, we did portraits outside. Family and the Bridal Party. It went great, and with all the little kids running around with umbrellas, nobody even had their eye poked out 😉

Then, we all went back to the church for their wedding. Hip, Hip, Hooray!

 

 

This August wedding was rained out in precipitation, and flooded with joy! 😉 I’m Cheesy, I know!

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Z + A Carlson Wedding, Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge, Bemidji Town & Country Club | MN Wedding Photographer

Z + A had an absolutely beautiful day for their wedding. With a quick passing thunderstorm, the showers brought a beautiful rainbow out to encourage them to wait out the sprinkles and say their I Do’s just they way they had planned them! They were married under the pergola at Ruttger’s as the sun glistened around them. Then we all rode across Lake Bemidji on the pontoon, for a fabulous bridal party excursion before the reception. They arrived in the sunset glow to their reception at Bemidji Town & Country Club. It was decorated splendidly and everything tied together so lovingly with their themes of love and togetherness.  DQ Dilly bars topped the dinner off and the dance (led by Jamie with Extreme DJ and Karaoke Bemidji) rocked away all night!

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Here is a sneak peek at this super fun day for the Carlsons!

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CONGRATULATIONS, to this dear couple!
I am so grateful I was able to be there for such a sweet wedding day.