Megan+Geoff: Aamodt's Family Session

I've started and erased and restarted and erased this post what seems like a million times because I simply don't know how to put into words the awesome that is Megan+Geoff.  Fun. Vibrant. Silly. Loving. The exact type of people I crave as clients. When Megan contacted me to discuss their wedding photography, I knew by her email that I was smitten. When we met for coffee I was done for. I made a complete idiot of myself and kept whispering "Pick Me!" when she would talk about the slew of other photographers they had already interviewed. I am so incredibly honored that she listened to my insanity, and cannot wait for their wedding next fall.  During our conversation (and my incessant rambling) Megan asked if I'd be willing to shoot two engagement sessions; one with Geoff's son Graydon, and a more traditional, couple only session, next Spring. Graydon is a huge part of both Megan and Geoff's life, and I could not imagine not including him in the documentation of their love. Their story. Their together.  So of course I jumped at the chance. We frolicked around Aamodt's Apple Farm in Stillwater for an afternoon, and below are a few favorites from our day: 

Megan, Geoff, (Graydon), I heart you all. f'Real. Thank you for picking me.

Always Love,

A

Meyer Ranch; Cascade Falls Family Session

I grew up in a tiny little town nestled on the bluffs of the St. Croix River. Too young and headstrong to appreciate its quaint beauty as a teenager, I fled the confines of the single traffic light town as fast as my feet could carry me.  Now that I am back, however, I am reveling in the beauty of this place; open spaces, fields of grain, deep, lush forests, heavy morning fog that hugs the river as dawn breaks.  When Theresa, an old classmate of mine and fellow blogger, contacted me about a family session at Cascade Falls, I jumped at the chance. I spent many a summer playing in the cold, clear water of the Falls. Chasing the stream down to the river, racing over rocks and fiddletop ferns, crawfish and mosquitoes. I had my senior portraits taken here, the falls frozen in ice, the ground under a blanket of untrodden snow.  I haven't been here in a decade, and this place hasn't lost its mystique. The feeling as you descend the gagillion stairs into the ravine that you've transcended into another time entirely. A simpler time.


Theresa and Brian, thank you, so much, for inviting me into the magic that is your family. I feel truly blessed to have had the chance to share a few precious moments with you and your boys.


Here are a few of my favorites from our morning:

To see more images from this session, click here.


Always love,
Athena

Baby Blues

I'd give all wealth that years have piled,

The slow result of Life's decay,

To be once more a little child

for one bright summer day.

 ~Lewis Carroll

Reece: Newborn Session

This amazing creature is the newest addition to an already amazing family.  Three people I'm honored to call friends, have now become a family of four.  I was overjoyed to have the privilege of capturing some photos of Reece's first few days of life, and can not wait to watch him grow.  Congrats, Jon and Melissa! He is beautiful.

With this guy looking out for him, Reece has nothing to fear from life.  Masen, you're going to be a fantastic big brother.


Always Love,
A