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I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to share the images of this amazing couple. Their wedding day back in June was SO much fun, everyone was so relaxed and chill, and I enjoyed being able to be part of the party! Jose and Katie, you guys are such a comfortable couple and I can tell you guys are totally meant for each other. Thank you again for picking me to be part of your day!
Read More{photo taken around June Lake, CA} I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what church really is supposed to be. Lets face it, most of us are dissatisfied with what the church in America has become, it just doesn’t seem like it’s functioning the way God intended it to. We’ve decided that church is not a building, or a time, or a meeting or a potluck, and rightly so… but if it’s not what is it? Then we look at the book of Acts and decided that it must be community, living in unity as a body and fellowshipping together, which sounds good, but how does it work? What if we’re not living in unity, what if we’re not getting a long, what if things just become actions? Church is never just a meeting. The church isn’t a Sunday service, it isn’t a community group, or people having fun together {although the church can do these things, it isn’t these things}. Is the church simply a collection of people whose biggest, highest and only goal is love Jesus with all their mind, soul and strength? Whose passion is Jesus first, and which is then followed by a passion for people? “The church” {or the body of Christ} cannon be a formula and it can’t always look a certain way. We as humans have…
Read MoreWhen Katherine came to visit early in June {to shoot Jose and Katie’s wedding with me!}, we also squeezed in a camping trip to the North Shore. It’s how we work.. pack it all in. We may have forgotten a lot of fairly essential stuff, but we didn’t get eaten by bears, or rained out of our tent, or have trees fall on us, or get smashed by a rock fall, although we thought we were going to ;) All in all, we had a pretty fun trip, and saw everything from two step falls {which is MUCH farther than two steps} at Tettegouche, to Split Rock, and Palisade Head… from Betty’s Pies, to ships arriving in Duluth and the Silver Bay Marina. Gooood times! Oh, and did you know? Bears don’t have thumbs.
Read More“When you walk through a day in trusting dependence on Me, My aching heart is soothed. Gently bring your attention back to Me whenever it wanders away. I look for persistence – rather than perfection – in your walk with Me. ” {Jesus Calling, Sarah Young} *Photo taken on Lake Superior at Tettegouche State Park
Read MoreRobert totally rocked this shoot! He was super comfortable in front of the camera. He lives on a dairy farm, and is also going into heavy equipment after he graduates, so we lots of great picture opportunities. I enjoyed meeting both you and your family!
Read MoreThere’s a full blog post of Jose and Katie coming in the next few weeks… but during editing I keep getting reminded of the reason I LOVE my job. I mean look at these… it’s moments like these that make me so excited :) hehe Enjoy! These are just a few!
Read MoreI ran across this little guy at the ball park a few weeks ago… and he made me smile :) Happy Saturday everyone!
Read MoreJose and Katie got married this weekend! I was super excited to be part of their day, as they are such an adorable couple! Definitely enjoyed myself through it all. I haven’t gotten to really spend a lot of time with their images yet.. but wanted to share just a couple. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Alba! Hope you are having a great time in Cancun! :) {And of course I had to add this one… we all know how much I love leaving the church shots!!}
Read MoreAll I can think about right now is this lovely lady…. IS COMING TO VISIT!! Katherine and I meet two years ago at photojournalism class in Atlanta.. we were roomies :) The only picture we have of the two of us that week {ok, we look tired… but we had just finished 70 hours of class in five days. Yes.} And she also takes extremely lovely photos: {http://www.katherinealison.com} I got to visit her last year in California… and we did lots of amazing stuff, including shooting a wedding, hanging in San Diego and Coranado, camping and rock climbing in Yosemite and lots of other adventures. And now she’s coming to MN! :D Tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow. Which means I’m scrambling to catch up on last minute things which included lots of photo work, things for the newspaper, CPR recert {ugh}, filling out a camp application {I’m guarding for a week this summer! Yay!}, and wayy too many other things. So… so long for the next week, during which we will be shooting another wedding, canoeing on Pillager Lake, exploring the country and camping up the North Shore {among other things}. :) Until then!
Read MoreHere they are… the rest of Hannah’s rad senior session! There are a ton of them, because I couldn’t pick just a few favorites! Seriously, I’m so in love with these images. :) Hannah was the first girl senior that I’ve shot in wayyy too long. While I love all you guys, most of you can’t pull off these stunning looks ;) haha You were amazing Hannah! Enjoy…
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Hi, I'm Kelley, a MN portrait and wedding photographer located in the greater Brainerd Lakes Area. Welcome to my photography blog!