For the majority of the day I'm there to document genuine moments as they happen. During this time I stay very hands off and focus on every detail. You won't find me asking to recreate moments, but you will find me ready to capture those moments before they even happen.

Portraits I approach as I would any other high end shoot, with an emphasis on lighting and crisp imagery. Here I will pose you, but I always encourage my couples to be themselves. I want to bring out who you are, whether you're intimate, goofy, serious, happy, or most likely some unique combination that's wholly your own. If that sounds scary, don't worry about it! Every couple is different and some need to be fully posed, especially at first.

You get all of the edited files in high resolution JPEG format. All packages include an online gallery where the images are easily downloadable with no watermarks.

I like to get at least one preview out within a few days of your wedding. It varies depending on the season, but in general I deliver your online gallery within a three or four weeks. I absolutely hate hearing horror stories about weddings taking forever to get delivered.

I have no travel fee for weddings within Minnesota for the above packages. Engagements or elopements over 50 miles away may have a fee, depending on distance.

If you don't want an engagement session we can take $200 off of your package price. If you have the 8 hour package and want an engagement session we can add it on for the same price.

The engagement session can also be exchanged for a bridal boudoir session.

My wife is available as a second shooter at $600 for eight hours. Having a second shooter isn't necessary at almost all weddings, but having her there brings extra flexibility to your planning and variety to the final images. When she isn't second shooting, she comes along to assist me.

Throughout the day I've got two cameras strapped to me at all times. This not only efficiently lets me switch between two different lenses, but if one acts up during a big moment I have the other right there. Both of the cameras have two memory cards in them, so if one card gets corrupted I'll still have the other card. The cameras, along with the cards, stay with me the entire day.

Once I'm home, they get backed up to a NAS using RAID (duplicated across multiple hard drives), an SSD on my computer, another SSD on my studio, and finally an online encrypted backup service. I have a background in computer science and have helped other photographers recover images off of corrupted cards and broken hard drives - something that should never need to be done with the right procedures in place.

I take keeping your images safe very seriously.

Exactly how many will depend on your wedding, but in general I deliver approximately 100 images per hour of coverage. For a 10 hour wedding that would mean roughly 1,000 photos.

Preferably we'd meet in person or via a phone call/video chat to discuss your wedding. I'll send you a contract to sign online, and you'll be booked once I've received that and the $800 deposit.