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MN Snowy Winter Engagement Session | Lake Bemidji State Park Couple

MN Snow Engagement Photos with Diamond Ring, Jeans, Boots, Hats and a Red Blanket

I had the privilege of photographing this energetic couple! I’m so grateful to have met them. What a fun pair! They brought a few outfit changes, we played with layers and a blanket, switched out boots, hats, and tromped in the snow a bit. It was a fun way to stretch my photography muscles for the cold afternoon. And, it was great weather, too! Take a look at her gorgeous rose-gold ring in a stunning setting of smaller diamonds. GORGEOUS.

MN Snowy Engagement Photos with Rose-Gold Diamond Ring, Jeans, Flannels, Sherpa, Boots, Hats and a Red Blanket
Gorgeous Engagement Ring Setting on Rose-Gold. Bride wearing Sherpa Fleece and a Red Blanket Wrap, Over Jeans for Snowy Engagement Session at State Park.
Gorgeous Engagement Ring Setting on Rose-Gold. Bride wearing Sherpa Fleece and a Red Blanket Wrap, Over Jeans for Snowy Engagement Session at State Park.
Bride wearing Sherpa Fleece and a Red Blanket Wrap, Over Jeans for Snowy Engagement Session at State Park. Flannel
Groom-to-Be in a Flannel and hat, Bride-to-be wearing Sherpa Fleece and a Red Blanket Wrap, Over Jeans for Snowy Engagement Session at State Park.
Red Blanket, Pine Trees, Carhartt Beanie, Sherpa Sweater, Uufta MN mittens in Bemidji. She's wearing Jeans and he wore jeans and a flannel. Long Brown Hair Engagement Couple Session
Red Blanket, Pine Trees, Carhartt Beanie, Sherpa Sweater, Uufta MN mittens in Bemidji. She's wearing Jeans and he wore jeans and a flannel. Long Brown Hair Engagement Couple Session
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Winter Wedding, Bemidji MN Snowy Wedding Day

This was one of my favorite winter weddings! The couple was so in love, and it was a short engagement, with spontaneous touches to make the ceremony and portraits stand out. A Beautiful Winter Wedding with simple decor: Inspired by greens and berries, gold rings and white leather boots and a jacket. This bride chose just the right amount of layers, colors and textures to naturally dress for a Minnesota Winter Wedding. A classic and traditional winter wedding in Bemidji, MN

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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.
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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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Hooray! The first photos as Mr. and Mrs. are the BEST! | MN Wedding Photography

THIS! A photo can capture the best of all the feelings of your wedding day, and what all that (sometimes grueling) work of preparing for it is for. It takes months and months of countless hours toiling away with wedding plans, decisions, plan Bs… and then, Boom! You’re married. You have become one with your soulmate and boy, does it feel good! It’s all official, the logistics are taken care of, and now it’s time to really celebrate! These are the moments that you want to remember forever.

Mr. & Mrs.... It's official!
Mr. & Mrs…. It’s official!

 

 

This picture of the bride and groom seems to capture that hoo-rah camaraderie with friends and family that, “yes, we are in this for the long haul.”

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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

 

Amy Kate Photography Family Portraits
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!