Simon's Slamtastic Apple Picking Photo Op

I like taking photos of people. I charge because a brothers gotta eat... well... I am sure I could be fine if I didn't eat for a day or so, but I would be hungry. I also like to see lots of people. My thought is that photography + lots of people = fun. Unless it is photography + lots of people + riot = not so fun. There was no riot, but there was apple throwing and eating and tractors and goats... (no goats were harmed and are not pictured for their kids sake. ha. kid. whatever.) So next time Simon has an event, this is why you should be there (Hillbilly House Party sometime in December) ->






















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Homestead Apple Orchard

A while back, a few friends and I went out to the Homestead Apple Orchard in Maple Plain, MN to hang out and shoot some photos. I will post more later tonight, but here is a sneak peek.

Rios and Ruth

Albert is his real name, but in college he went by Rios. Rios has been a good friend for about 4 years and has done everything from eating spoonfuls of pepper to almost finishing The Matrix game in one sitting. Ruth... well, she is a little bit quieter. A lot of fun, but still much quieter. They started to date when I was living with Rios in college and got a chance to briefly meet her and got to know her a little, but by the way Rios raved about her, I was pretty sure that she was the right girl for him. I moved away and hadn't talked to him for a while when I got a call from him. I knew he had been engaged to Ruth but hadn't talked to him since then. He asked if I could shoot his wedding and I was excited to do that for him. I went up to Minneapolis (an amazing city... love it) for the weekend and shot the wedding with my friend Cooper. Here are a few shots of the very affectionate wedding.

p.s. it is a long post....

These two girls were so much fun... mention Hanna Montana and they got huge smiles.

Rios wanted to do an "Abby Road" photo with his 8 grooms men...

I rented a fish eye lens for the wedding and had a lot of fun with it.

We had some fantastic light in the evening

Brent and Christina Engagement Session

I was up in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area shooting a wedding and stuck around for an extra day to shoot with Brent and Christina. We decided to meet in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul.

St. Paul is quite different than Minneapolis. It is quite a bit older looking while Minneapolis has a little more of a progressive edge to it. We went from the park to an amazing library, to the side of a building down the street laughing the whole way. I don't know what it is about getting on a shoot that brings out the crazy in me, but that is just what happens. Keep em laughing and make them look good. That is my motto... I think? Check out the photos!

Bloooooggg

I'm in need of sleep. I need it bad. I'm gonna get some now, but soon... soon... I will have new photos up. A model shoot, a family shoot, and a wedding! I got it all coming very soon, so hold your pants.