The temps tonight were just plain hot for my engagement shoot and this couple made it even hotter! Cannot wait to showoff the rest!
Monthly Archives: June 2010
By complete coincidence, I met Jessica & Brett last June. I was photographing a wedding at the Fort Snelling Chapel and Brett and Jessica were touring the chapel for their reception. We ended up talking and I gave them my card. The rest is history. So lucky to work with this couple. Jessica coordinated great casual and formal outfits for the session. Brett and Jessica were beyond fun! Brett is a very likeable guy and can really make Jessica laugh. The shoot started at Northrop and ended at the Stone Arch Bridge. The night shots at the end may be some of my favorites. Looking forward to Jessica and Brett’s wedding this fall!!!
I took this photo purely for my own amusement. I just wanted Brett to feel what it is like to be Jessica (always looking up)
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June 23, 2010 - 7:23 pm
you two are gorgeous!! I love you both and these pictures are amazing!!! I love love love the nighttime ones!!
June 22, 2010 - 2:02 pm
I just can’t get over how beautiful you look in all these pictures, Jess!!!! WOW!!!! I just love them so much!
June 22, 2010 - 1:45 pm
I love how all of the pictures turned out. The ones by the pillars are really awesome.
June 22, 2010 - 12:54 pm
Love it John! Absolutely awesome!
June 22, 2010 - 12:46 pm
I really like the last two…..other than those, the black and whites looked really nice.
June 22, 2010 - 11:36 am
These are wonderful! The black and white by the pillar is my favorite!
June 22, 2010 - 8:34 am
Your pictures turned out great guys! Amazing!
June 22, 2010 - 7:44 am
wow love those pillars and the last two photos. I can’t believe you can actually see STARS, or were those something else 
June 22, 2010 - 7:36 am
Mmmmm love these!!
Meet Arthur. He’s into debate and soccer. He’s a very smart kid and is looking to attend Penn State or Dartmouth. His mom scheduled this shoot for him even though he doesn’t graduate till 2012. We’ll call this a practice run
Nevertheless, it was a great shoot!
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It was a Friday morning just 6 years ago (seems seriously like yesterday) that Em and I tied the knot. I can vividly remember the day…it had poured the day prior and so we thought we would have rain on our wedding day, rather we had blue skies and lots of sun. Em and I had perma-smiles that day which created headaches by the time the reception was over. It was a whirlwind of memories. Every year I’m just grateful to have found someone so amazing to share my life with. Everyone told us that marriage gets hard after the 1 year mark because the honeymoon time is over…after a year it still wasn’t hard. We also heard marriage gets tough after 5 years…well we have surpassed five and it’s still just as easy. Now I’m saying it’s “easy”, but it sure hasn’t been hard.
Em and I have always said that we never want to lose that “lovey dovey” newlywed aura. I think it is important to sustain and grow those feelings. We still kiss each other goodbye (even if one of us is still sleeping) and we kiss when we see each other in the evening. We still hold hands in public and I still wrap my arms around her when we wait in lines. It’s always a huge compliment for us when people tell us we’re so cute together. In fact, we were setting up some self-portraits while in Italy and posing and we had someone come up and say, “You two are the sooooo cute”. I’m glad we haven’t “lost it” during these past 6 years.
Em – Thanks for loving me like no one else can! I’ve said it 1,000 times, but you are still the BEST decision I have ever made!
Loves,
Hubs
I decided to attach a few photos of us over the years.
Engagement Session 2004
Wedding Day 2004
Self Portrait 5 year Anniversary 2009,
(I forgot the cards for the camera, so by the time we got home it was dark, so I had to setup lighting outside our house to commemorate our 5 years…we got this.)
Photo Session 2009 (Photo courtesy of Jessica Peterson)
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June 18, 2010 - 9:13 am
You guys are precious…it reminds me of my husband and I and our relationship. We too still have that lovey dovey aura and our love only grows stronger. Treasure the moments where you kiss, hold hands, laugh at the same things, smile when it hurts and live life together and to the fullest! Congratulations and here’s to MANY more!
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