Holiday cards

This is the beautiful holiday card selected by the Kurnik family, and just one of the many designs we offer. Have you reserved your session yet? Yes, amazingly it's that time of year again! Call now to schedule your appointment before it's too late. Add us as your Facebook friend prior to your session and receive $25 off your session fee!

Kurnik Family

We photographed the Kurnik family while their daughter was home from college. and we had a nice evening for the session at Brown's Point Lighthouse.

Custom Collages

I've updated my website with a new gallery of some of the many different custom design options available for your portraits. There are examples of special treatments such as Vintage Hand Tinted and Spot Color, plus lots of wall collages. The Tiny Treasures 8x16 is one of my popular collages that parents really love. Check out all the ideas in the Image Gallery.

Beautiful family

I was very honored when asked to photograph this family, since mom is a fantastic photographer herself, and most photographers are pretty picky about their images. The kids all have such different personalities and it was fun capturing them, with a mix of reflective and fun portraits.

Presenting baby Jake

I love photographing newborn sessions and capturing expressions like this as the new parents gaze upon their baby with pride. This is one of my new backgrounds that is just wonderful.


Jake looks very cozy in my new baby poser, which he promptly initiated! No worries, it's washable.

Senior pictures - Jacob, a few more

Beach portraits look great in black and white too.

Jacob was happy to put his jacket on by this time as it was getting chilly. I applied a dreamy, grainy effect to this one.

Loved the texture of this old log on the beach. That great smile is pretty nice too!

This one is perfect with a high contrast sepia look.

Senior Graduation is a perfect time for a family portrait too. Mom did a great job coordinating the sweaters for this.

3 generations

Regan' s grandma came for a visit with her new granddaughter so this was the perfect opportunity for a 3 generation portrait with baby, mom and grandma. They did a great job coordinating their clothing and I love how it allows the faces and baby to stand out.

A few more from her 3 month session.

Santa baby

I photographed Brian and Barbra's wedding a couple years ago and really enjoyed working with them so I was happy to receive their email inquiring about my baby plan for their new addition. Just had to try my baby Santa hat and Bennett was a good sport about it.
Also tried some wonderfully soft new fabrics which he snuggled right into.


It's so cute how he's tucked in Daddy's arm here, I had to capture some of these.

The look of love on mom and dad's faces is just precious.

Family Maternity Portraits

Tanya looks incredible and there are so many great images it's hard to choose my favorite. Daddy and big sis were an important part of this intimate session.

Family Portrait Plan

I've been photographing the Clark family since Karen was pregnant with their first child and now here they are five years later! Karen is always so good at coordinating outfits, and that really improves the look of the portrait. The girls had quite a time exploring my garden and then Abby found a comfy spot on the lounge chair.

Baby Portraits

Babies go through so many changes within the first year, from a tiny, helpless infant to a busy, exploring toddler. My baby plan is a great way to help busy parents make sure they don't miss documenting the important milestones. For Jack's 9 month session we included some portraits with his grandparents.

Family portraits/reunions

I recently had the pleasure of creating portraits of the Iwasake family as a gift for Grandma's 80th birthday. They are such a nice family and Grandma is spry and cute. It is so important to make time to capture these memories to pass on to the next generation.

Here's a portrait I did of my family during our reunion in Mandan, ND last year.



Here's a view of the farm where my dad grew up, taken from the top of Seashell hill where they have found seashells in the dirt. The family farmland has been subdivided and sold for the houses you see in the background. Kinda sad but you make more money than farming it. I remember driving out to the farm when I was a kid and all I saw was a few houses here and there, getting all excited when I finally spotted our farm. When I drove out this time it was a little confusing as I saw houses everywhere and had to really look to make sure I went to the right one.


My uncles had naming rights for the subdivision streets, here's me next to a sign with the family name.


This is the one room schoolhouse that my dad attended. It was fun to show that to my kids.