Cass Lake, Minnesota Wedding + Lifestyle Portrait Photographer
The bride chose an absolutely perfect dress veiled in dainty lacy soft pink flowers. And, check out that Wedding Hair! SO perfect.
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.
In September, my sister led me on a fascinating 3-day adventure heading North from Reykjavik to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. We stayed at a modern and beautifully scenic Airbnb at Stóri Kambur, where we rode Icelandic Horses. On the beach. At Sunset. With rainbows. And dogs. And Sun rays. And the glacier. And mountains. and… and… did I mention I rode horse (named Elvis) in the ocean!? Such an exhilarating experience.
We toured the most western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, driving around the Snæfellsjökull glacier. The glacier lies within the national park, and the park is the only Icelandic national park that stretches to the sea. Along with getting a few times to view the otherwise hidden-in-the-clouds snow, we enjoyed seeing such sights as waterfalls, basalt column cliff sides, mountains, and lava. Lava, formed into vast fields of rugged moss-covered boulders was colorful and added more texture to the already rugged terrain. The fish soup we ate at a quaint library/cafe/musuem in a small fishing village was incredible. The city was called Grundarfjörður. And, if we had to move there, it would not be a disappointment.
This is post 2 of my trip. (Read Post 1, here)
Iceland, Day 1
As we drove north from Reykjavik, I couldn’t help but ooooh and ahhh at every tree we passed. It was funny. I live in the Northwoods, so I see trees all day, everyday. But in a vast land, rugged and wild, there is so little provision for a tree, that there aren’t many. We saw them in clusters, though, and I found several photos of them on my computer when I got home. I guess I was thrilled for this country, this arctic island, to be able to sustain more life than I expected, and subconsciously documented it while my sister drove our little car around on the typical, two-lane, dark pavement rode of Iceland.
I enjoyed the Icelandic language very much. My childhood gave me a keen interest for world culture and language. I saw resemblance to Norwegian, Swedish, English, and perhaps some Finnish (since that’s the Scandinavian language I know best, but isn’t as similar as Norwegian). For example, just knowing roots of words helped read signs, and mainly, guess at what things meant. I’m a nerd, and thoroughly enjoyed this brain-quiz while I was traveling.
In September, I fulfilled a lifetime dream of mine and traveled to Iceland!
My sister led me on a great 3-day adventure North from Reykjavik to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. We stayed at a modern and beautifully scenic Airbnb at Stóri Kambur, where we rode Icelandic Horses. On the beach. At Sunset. With rainbows. And dogs. And Sun rays. And the glacier. And mountains. and… and… did I mention I rode horse (named Elvis) in the ocean!? Such an exhilarating experience.
We toured the most western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, driving around the Snæfellsjökull glacier. The glacier lies within the national park, and the park is the only Icelandic national park that stretches to the sea. Along with getting a few times to view the otherwise hidden-in-the-clouds snow, we enjoyed seeing such sights as waterfalls, basalt column cliff sides, mountains, and lava. Lava, formed into vast fields of rugged moss-covered boulders was colorful and added more texture to the already rugged terrain. The fish soup we ate at a quaint library/cafe/musuem in a small fishing village was incredible. The city was called Grundarfjörður. And, if we had to move there, it would not be a disappointment.
I’m going to share pictures from the first day here in this post. Below are pictures of Reykjavik, and then the sights of the drive to Stóri Kambur will be in my next post.
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.
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
This senior photo session at camp was fabulous! A Special thank you to Concordia Language Village Camp Lac-du-Bois for hosting this
Here is her first outfit: Long Hair Down, Light Blush Pink Dress, Nude Color Strappy Flat Sandals, Gold Necklace and Bracelet, Gold Leaf Earrings.
Outdoor Session Senior Pictures, Copyright Amy Kastenbauer of Amy Kate Photography, Cass Lake MN as a High School Senior Photographer
www.amykatephoto.com
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. 
Graduation, Homeschool, Home Education, Home School Graduate, Senior Pictures, Portraits, Cass Lake, Minnesota, Photographer, Class of 2018
These two!!! Adorable, precious, tender, and loving. It was so so so fun to watch these twin sisters work together throughout the whole wedding day! They were darling! 
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.
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.”
I love the colors: Light tan and khaki tones with white, navy, and green. Accents of sunflowers and turkey feathers.
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!