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Romantic veil shot of bride and groom in front of the Cathedral of St. Paul

Nestor & Melina
Romantic Catholic Wedding | Cathedral of St. Paul

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Wedding

Nestor and Melina are a couple near and dear to our hearts! We had the honor of photographing Melina’s brother’s wedding two years ago when their relationship was just beginning. It’s been a gift to us to watch that relationship grow through the years and to now celebrate by their side. Let me tell ya that these […]

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Give Us This Day Our Daily Love: Our Prayer for Engagement

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Personal

It’s just as important to plan a beautiful marriage as it is to plan a beautiful wedding. Prayer is the primary way to do that! When we got engaged, friends encouraged to choose a prayer that we would say during our engagement to help us prepare for becoming one in marriage. One friend suggested choosing […]

Riley & Becca
Lyndale Rose Garden Summer Engagement Session

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Engagement

Riley and Becca got engaged in the spring and are proof that good things still happen even in the middle of a pandemic. While the world felt like it was shutting down, theirs was opening up with plans for the future. Luckily, we can social distance for engagement sessions and were able to capture these […]

Reflections on our Third Wedding Anniversary

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Personal

Three years. It doesn’t feel like time has passed since this day and yet watching our baby boy become a toddler proves to us that time is in fact moving along. We are by all means still excited, still laughing, and still surprising one another. We’re also still learning, still failing, and still forgiving. But […]

Kara
Doctor of Physical Therapy Graduation Session

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Portraits

Celebrate life’s milestones even in a pandemic! It takes years of studying, research, class, exams, clinicals and boards to earn a doctorate degree. Yet when you are finally done and get the happy news that you passed your boards, it is easy (a little too easy) for that big milestone to get overlooked by the bigger […]

Senior girl picture session | Irvine Park in Saint Paul | Katzie and Ben Photography

Johanna
Irvine Park Senior Session

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Seniors

After months of staying at home for the pandemic, we were so excited to get back outside and start doing photoshoots again. Getting to celebrate Johanna graduate from high school was the perfect way to kick it off! She’s the sweetest soul and beautiful through and through. I am also low key obsessed with her […]

Bride in elegant lace wedding dress holding hands with groom

How to Pray the Daily Examen for Couples

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Tips for Brides

One of the beautiful things about marriage is the way our lives become one with another person. You are joining your lives together in body and in soul. Many pray for their future spouse. Especially when we are teenagers, right? We knelt down asking God…when on earth am I going to find the one? Who is this person that […]

Jordan and Anne
Redemptive Love: A Catholic Wedding During COVID19

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Wedding

On New Years Day, Jordan and Anne were celebrating that it was finally 2020; eagerly awaiting their April wedding and counting down the days. They were lining up the final details, coordinating with vendors, and getting ready for their vows. Within a matter of weeks, coronavirus hit Minnesota bringing with it state executive orders and […]

Choosing Between a First Look or a Traditional Aisle Reveal

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Tips for Brides

We love assisting couples with planning their wedding day timeline in a way that allocates enough time to capture all of the details without feeling rushed. Choosing to do a planned first look or a traditional aisle reveal is both a personal preference for your vision of your wedding day and a matter of logistics. […]

Couple praying together with rosaries

10 Ideas for Couples to Do Together During Lent

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Tips for Brides

Lent is an opportunity to evaluate if Christ is really at the center of your own life and your relationship together as a couple. It is a dedicated time in the Church to more closely conform our hearts to Christ. We encounter God in relationship, through the person of Jesus. Relationships form by spending time […]

Tony & Sammy
High School Sweethearts’ Winter Engagement at Minnehaha Falls

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Engagement

Tony and Sammy are high school sweethearts who survived long distance and planning a wedding during a pandemic. To say their relationship is a strong one would be an understatement. We are suckers for romantic relationships that stand the test of time and know that their experience across state lines helped them be intentional about […]

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3 Tips for Stress-Free Family Pictures on a Wedding Day

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Tips for Brides

As much as we all love our families, it doesn’t take long before family pictures start adding stress to a bride and groom. We’ve seen a big difference between couples who follow these simple tips and the stress on their faces when they don’t. Which is why we believe everyone should know them! #1. Designate […]

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