MR. Photography

07/10/2024

One last bit of unconventional content here, and then it's back to showing off my couples I promise haha!

I made this for Upper Lakes Foods for our Spring food show up at the DECC a few months ago, and I can't tell you enough how crazy of a process it was to not only make this image, but then to animate it with programs I've never or very lightly used before!

I can't wait to make more videos like this in the future, but for now just hearing the opening seconds gives me PTSD 😅👌 in all I probably spent at least 30 hours learning and working on this, and used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, MidJourney, and even iMovie lol and a loooooot of Youtube 😂

Thanks for indulging me if you've gotten this far, I don't share often from outside from typical photography/videography, and so if this is something you think I should continue pursuing let me know! Have a great rest of your day! 😊✨

Created for Upper Lakes Foods 2024 Spring Food Show as the front entrance display using a projector. Come see the Spring Food Show at the DECC in Duluth, MN ...

07/06/2024

Might seem a bit random, but I've been getting into food photography and back into Photoshop since I started my amazing job 9 months ago at Upper Lakes Foods as one of their graphic designers - lately even getting to visit some local Duluth/Superior restaurants to help spice up their content! 🖤✨

A huge shoutout to the amazing chefs at Upper Lakes Foods who were responsible for making all this delicious food - and having patience with me as I learn how to best represent their hard work and dedication to their craft! 🔥

Thanks for letting me show off some of what I do at my "day" job - I'm so grateful to have two jobs that I genuinely love to do! Hope you all had a great 4th of July! 😊🙌

06/25/2024

Heather & Ben's Engagement Session // (Normandale Japanese Garden) - Bloomington, MN

I don't think I have to tell you that these lovely humans are in love - clearly just by these few photos alone it's pretty undeniable 😊❤️ I got to meet these two for the first time in person down in the Twin Cities area a few weeks ago, and I am even more looking forward to getting to be their wedding photographer and videographer after these BANGERS!! 🔥🙌

On another note! I'm sorry, but I hate social media! 😅 Thank you to everyone that takes the time to tag me, review me, and just looks at my work in general! I so appreciate each and every one of you!✨

05/20/2024

A phenomenal couple calls for phenomenal photos, and when I say this was the hardest album I've ever had to narrow down I mean it! 🙌🔥Bomb after bomb was getting dropped while editing these shots, and while I have over 600+ edited photos delivered to this couple I'm only HALFWAY THROUGH!

Huge props to these two wild stallions - Matt and Katie - as well as to their amazing family and friends whom I still can recall by name to this day 🖤 I'll never forget the wedding of the New York Long Islanders, and all the amazing times we had celebrating the love story of a truly wonderful couple.

Thank you again so much for having me as your wedding photographer and videographer, and I look forward to seeing you two this coming weekend when you come up to Duluth! 👌😉

Katie Cronin

05/04/2024

As you may recall, I last shared Alyvia & Kyle's wedding photos a few months ago and they just turned out so cute ❤️ Well I've also got this wedding film showcasing the most wonderful moments from their day that I've been dying to share with the world (but I have an intense love-hate relationship with social media, hence my haphazard posting schedule) - so my apologies on your delay in seeing it!

I hope you all love it as much as I do, and as always, the Brule River Barn Wedding and Event Center flippin' SLAPPED and delivered like no other 🖤 Love all the amazing people there and all the fantastic help they provide to each and every guest!

I've got some more content to share with you guys here in the next few days that I've been camping on, as well as something COMPLETELY unrelated to the run-of-the-mill photography and videography you typically see me share - and yet it might just be the COOLEST thing I've ever made... more on that to come soon!

Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to watch these videos that I make, and of course all the love and good vibes go to my incredible couples that make this all possible ❤️

https://youtu.be/aY-neQmwdJE

Alyvia Renner | Kyle Renner

02/27/2024

I think all my couples are adorable in their own way, and getting to see all of the intimate moments of two people in love on their wedding day will never ever get old. But as far as Alyvia and Kyle are concerned, they might just be in a league of their own for how cute they are! ❤️ It certainly helped too that we were at one of my all-time favorite venues - the literal picture-perfect Brule River Barn Wedding and Event Center - where I've had the honor of shooting 5 weddings at by now!

I so appreciate you both for having me as your wedding photographer and videographer, and I can't wait to show off your wedding video soon as well! 🥳 Cheers to a beautiful life together you two, and thanks for your support and friendship! ✨

02/25/2024

My childhood friend, old gaming buddy and fishing partner, and fellow goalie Lucas Lindgren and his wonderful wife Jen got hitched last year, and graciously invited me to come spend the afternoon with them at their home down in the cities for a backyard wedding reception celebrating their love ❤️

I have so much love for these two, as well as Lucas' parents - Al & Vicki (especially Al as you might be able to tell lol). I have many beautiful memories with these guys both on the rink and at their old lakeside home in Rush City, and although we're now long apart and living our separate lives, I'll never forget the impact you all had made on me 🖤 Thank you, Lindgrens, and cheers to the next chapter in your lives.

02/24/2024

There were so many special moments both posed and candid with this beautiful family during their session, but here are just some of my favorites! 😊

We were so blessed to have a spectacular day at Larsmont Cottages on Lake Superior, and these guys were beyond adorable interacting with each other!

Thank you for supporting me as always, and I hope to see you and your family sometime soon perhaps in the near future! 🖤 Have a great rest of your weekend guys!

02/21/2024

Alright, buckle down your buns, cause this just might be an S-Tier elopement 😱❤

Things got a little nutso last fall, as they tend to do so, and so this elopement (and a few others) slipped past me for posting - but damn I went looking through this album again, came out of it slack-jawed, and knew I had to share some of these bad boys with you all!

So, so, SO much love to Sierra & Logan for absolutely SLAYING Black Sand Beach without mercy, and for allowing me the privilege of getting to document their perfect fall elopement on the shores of Lake Superior! 🙌🖤 Have a great day, and thank you! ☺

Sierra & Logan // Black Sand Beach Elopement

02/19/2024

Anna & Levi's recent 1-year anniversary session at the St. Louis County Depot could not have gone better, as these two are just glowing in their love for each other!! ❤️ Super psyched to see you both again, and to see you two thriving and living such a beautiful life together brings me so much joy! ✨ Thanks for supporting me, it really means the most, and I so appreciate getting to spend an evening at the Depot with you both! 🥳 Cheers!

02/18/2024

Not only did Mikayla and Matt brave the -20ish degree weather (or colder) on the shores of Lake Superior for an hour, but they also easily managed to look good as hell doing it! 🥳🔥

Thank you so much again you two for having me as your engagement and wedding photographer, and for taking on arguably the most difficult day thus far in the winter season with style and tons of all-organic, all natural laughter ❤️ You two are such a stunning and loving couple, and I look forward to seeing you both dolled up on your big day in what will be no time at all! Cheers till then!

Mikayla & Matt 's Engagement
Glensheen // Duluth, MN

02/10/2024

Angel + Nick // Bridges, trains, and kisses in the rain 🖤

Can't wait to get these two in front of the camera again for their wedding day this October - I think we can unbiasedly agree, THEY KILLED IT🔥

It was legitimately very hard to get these narrowed down to just 10, so I'll be coming out with a quick little gallery-summary video here very soon so you can see all 162 photos that these two got from their session this past Thursday! ✨

Cheers, and thank you as always for your unending support and incredibly kind words, I so appreciate you all very much! 🖤

Ft. The Depot - St Louis County Heritage and Arts Center & Canal Park, Duluth

10/16/2023

Becky and Alex hired me to be their elopement photographer last-minute due to an emergency with their prior photographer (within 48 hours of their wedding!), and it was within an hour of me just coming back home from shooting another wedding at the exact same location their wedding would be a few days later! So long story short, we were a perfect fit, and sometimes things just work out! And holy s**t, did their photos work out🔥

And this is the paragraph where I gas up my couple for bringing the heat, slaying the day (cause they DID), and shouting to the world that they are the most bomb humans on the earth - because in these moments they freaking were 🙌 Big props to these two.

As for me, I'm a blessed hot mess for getting to be a wedding photographer up the North Shore - blessed for the views, and a hot mess for all the editing you bad boys leave me with 😭💀 I wouldn't have it any other way ❤️ Thank you.

28 weddings this year guys (so far). Twenty-freakin-eight. Cheers.

09/12/2023

Beyond blessed to have had an AMAZING photo and video-filled weekend featuring some truly wonderful people! 🖤😊

Breyden & Kate's wedding on Saturday, Cassandra & Steven's engagement Sunday morning, and Niveeh and Ridge's engagement Sunday evening! Looking forward to posting more from each here in the near future, but enjoy these tiny sneak peaks for now!

Glensheen & Black Sand Beach

08/27/2023

You can't beat lupins and lake views ❤ Got a lot of new favorite photos from Brad and Danielle's beautiful North Shore wedding, at the always incredible Larsmont Cottages on Lake Superior!

Big thanks to Brad and Danielle for being such a wonderful couple to spend the day with, and letting me take as many lupin photos as I wanted 🤤

08/23/2023

This session's golden-hour vibe has been slaying me! 🤤👌 So hard to narrow them down to share with you all!
Hats off to these two studs for a session FULL of all-natural organic feels ❤️

- Boom Island Park // Minneapolis, MN
- Katie Sheehan and Matthew Cronin

08/06/2023

LAST CHANCE DEAL FOR ALL 2023 SESSIONS! I'm upping my session prices a bit starting in 2024, as I already charge less than the average photographer with my experience, and give WAY more photos back than (dare I say?) just about ANY photographer out there!

Book your session with me for 2023 and you'll get 50-75+ edited photos that you can download and share to your heart's content, as well as a newly-offered fully-custom 30-second highlight reel that's perfect for sharing and summing up your session.

DON'T DELAY! Fall color sessions are going to book fast! (and have started already!):
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And as always... THANK YOU!!! ❤️🔥

07/14/2023

Got to go on a little bit of an adventure with my family down to Stillwater this past Sunday for an absolutely epic proposal! (and yes, that first half is me creeping on them for an entire mile lol 😅)

Andrew proposed to Savannah down at one of the legit coolest spots I've ever been to, the St. Croix Boom Site Waterfall, which took a mile-long walk along winding sandstone cliffs to get to! 😍🔥

Big thanks to my beautiful family for coming with me and joining me on my adventure, and to Andrew and Savannah's besties for coming along and helping me find the path! (never would have found it otherwise, it was hard haha)

This is already my 5th proposal of the year so far, and I can't wait to have many many more!!! 🙂 Have a great Friday, and I hope to see you soon!!

07/06/2023

No doubt - this was an incredibly swoon-worthy proposal ❤️😘 Congrats to Max Harty and Sophia on the new engagement, and extra props to Max for coordinating with me to help make this proposal extra special!

What made this day even more awesome was that I got to go shoot a wedding right after this proposal up at Spirit Mountain (and met a super dope wedding photo power couple Weyandt Photography)! Busy days like these are what I live for, I'm absolutely blessed to have them!!

06/19/2023

Where do I even start with this proposal!? 😭❤️ this incredibly raw session of epic helicopter rides, moody waterfalls, and beautiful people was truly a dream proposal come to life!

What made it even better was that the awesome gents over at LAKE SUPERIOR HELICOPTERS were a HUGE help, and agreed to my sneaky plan of me pretending to be their marketing specialist for the day so that I could use that as a cover to get as many photos as I wanted of the couple prior to liftoff/the midair proposal 🤣👍

So yeah, we had a blast, and I think it's pretty easy to see through the pictures of just how incredible these wonderful people are! 🙌 I have to give a huge shoutout as well to the gentleman, my brother Ro Zhang, for being a complete joy to plan this with, take pictures of, and getting the most selfies with me than probably any other client by far! 😅 With much love from me I wish you all the best!! ❤️

06/08/2023

Ugh, just look at these two! 😭❤️ STUNNING! And we're already just 3 months away from what will no doubt be an even more stunning wedding! 🥳🙌 Breyden Popp and Kate Schultz are having me as their wedding photographer and videographer in September, so of course we had to make sure this engagement session was extra LIT! 🔥

The first half of our session was at Palisade Head Overlook, and the second half was at Black Sand Beach in Silver Bay, Mn!

I'm immensely grateful to be able to meet incredible people like Breyden and Kate, and I can't wait to show off more of their photos here soon, as well as some of their video that we got! If you're reading this, THANK YOU ❤️ for making it this far in my journey - I sincerely appreciate and love you all! Cheers!

05/31/2023

First off - wow look at these hotties! 🥳🔥 You might notice this doesn't look very Minnesota-ey, and you'd be right! But before I get into that, I just wanted to say hi, and since I don't give updates often I figured I'm overdue for one! !🖤

2023 has been the craziest, greatest year ever so far, and it's only just starting! 😅 As of now I've already had 7 weddings, with 17 more to go still! I've also been booking more kinds of gigs such as dance recitals, a prom, a city-sponsored event, and other miscellaneous stuff, so although weddings are my specialty I'll take any excuse to be behind a camera!

2023 has also been the year I've traveled the farthest ever for a wedding - 8.5 hours one way - to have the immense honor of being an old classmate and friend's wedding photographer and videographer over in Minot, North Dakota last month! The pictures in this post are some sneak peaks of that amazing wedding ❤️ (many more to come soon!!)

Annnnnnd one more big update... I finally got a drone - a big one lol 🔥 So expect a lot of insane stuff coming out in the near future with that!

I'm so immensely grateful to all of you for supporting me either by having me as your photographer and/or videographer, or by supporting me online or in the real world by recommending me, liking and following my stuff! ❤️ THANK YOU!!! I can't wait to see you all soon!

Venue: The Barn at 52 Pines
Groom & Bride: Thad Hedtke & Cheyenne Hedtke
Hair Stylist: Eryn Reeff

05/26/2023

My 3rd time this year at the was for a particularly awesome couple for their engagement 🖤 Just look at how much they slayed! 🙌

I can't wait to see them again in a few weeks for their wedding, but until then enjoy these shots we got while hanging around the Duluth Depot and talking about Vanderpump Rules 😅🥂