Rocking the Dress with Laurel - ND Wedding Photographer

I met up with this beautiful bride after her wedding in September for a fun rock the dress session. This is a fun, relaxed time to do bridal shots after the wedding and not be afraid to get that dress a little dirty ;) We didn't get TOO crazy, but had a lot of fun. Laurel is absolutely gorgeous, and so was her beautiful gown! I was so happy for this opportunity to photograph her again- thank you so much Laurel- enjoy your sneak peek!

Little Miss H - MN Baby Photographer

I can't believe this little one is 7 months old already! I SWEAR I just posted her 4 month photos! But here we were again- with more great "Sets" her mama came up with! It was another one of those SUPER warm days so we went for it with all outdoors photos! If you follow the blog, you may remember this little gal riding horse with her grandma in her last shoot, this time we put her with the saddle and horse gear for her own little horse photos :) Her daddy and family are also big hunters and Vikings fans so they also had super cute set ups for hunting and The Vikings! LOVE these creative ideas! Beautiful little girl- I suppose before I know it it will already be her 1 year photos- time flies!

New Christmas Cards Designs! - MN Lifestyle Photographer

On this our first snow of the season my mind wanders to my favorite holiday...Christmas :) Want to be set apart from the rest this year with your Christmas cards? How about custom designed Christmas card ornaments from Holly D Photography and Designs! These serve dual purpose, ornaments PLUS a Christmas card- one stop shopping! ;) These are custom designed front and back and include a decorative ribbon for hanging on the tree. They come in sets of 25. If YOU would like a wonderful set of custom designed holiday ornaments, or want to see what other more traditional holiday card designs I have to offer, just get in touch with me to use photos from a previous session, or hurry in to schedule a holiday card session! hollydiestler@hotmail.com or call 218-205-6383

Mr. B - MN Child Photographer

Another tiny peek for a patiently waiting mom :) I met up with Mr. B on his farm to get some photos of him. He had other things in mind, but we managed to work in a photo shoot amongst his playing. Big sister M was super helpful- what a sweet little family! It was so cute to see little B's face light up with Uncle Nate came in from the field- had to grab a shot of them walking together- just darling! Hope this little taste tides you over until the rest are ready for viewing- so many cute ones :) Enjoy and thank you!!

One Big Happy Family - MN Family Photographer

What a fun and cute little group these two families are! They wanted to get together for some family photos while the one family was visiting from Colorado. Little Miss A gave me a run for my money at the beginning of the session, but by the end she was a seasoned pro- ready to pose with the best of them! And all the other kiddos were SO good! You guys are awesome! Other than being eaten alive by mosquitoes- it was a very successful, fun family shoot night! Thanks everybody- hope this little peek can tide you over for a bit until the rest are ready ;)

The R Family- MN Family Photographer

Another GORGEOUS fall day for this wonderful family's photo shoot! We even managed to find a little "color" left to incorporate into the fall photos. What a great family and great photos! Enjoy! Thanks again R family!

{Mr. & Mrs. B} - MN Wedding Photographer

Another rainy day wedding, but that didn't stop us from braving the elements for these romantic bride and groom portraits for Heidi and Ben. We had so much fun taking engagement photos I had been looking forward to their beautiful wedding day and beautiful it was! Everyone looked fantastic! The day just flew by and the reception and dance was a BLAST! Packed dance floor the whole night through- can't wait to share some of THOSE photos ;) ("Single Ladies" or the REAL chicken dance anyone? hehe) but for now, a taste of the beautiful couple will have to do- congratulations Heidi and Ben- best wishes on your new journey together :)

*a special thank you to the Russell family for letting us shoot on location- I ADORE this house!

3-month-old X -- MN Baby Photographer

I can't believe this little beauty is 3 months old already! It seems like I was just taking her newborn photographs! She is just GORGEOUS! I can't get over those EYES! Love her and her little expressions :) This was the most beautiful full day, we did all of the shots outside, love it!! They even had the super fun idea of the wagon full of leaves! I love adventurous shoots for these little ones :)

Mr. N Turns 3! - MN Child Photographer

I met up with this little smarty to take some pictures for his 3rd birthday. What an intelligent and darling little boy! He was telling me all about what kinds of cars his family drives and all sorts of useful information :) He has the most gorgeous big brown eyes doesn't he? They brought along his grandpa's guitar for some really special photos and he played us a little tune. We even snuck in a few family photos-- thanks W family- here is a little sneak preview for you!

A Turns 1 ! - MN Child Photographer

This little beauty is none other than my sweet niece A. She did SO WELL with photos! We were all surprised what a happy girl she was and what a little chatterbox she was being haha. We had one minor meltdown, but it was quickly fixed with some treats and a change of scenery :) I can't believe she is 1 year old already, seems it wasn't that long ago we were watching her on the video feed her daddy set up in the hospital room (no visitation last year with all the flu stuff going around). Happy Birthday my little "Abergail" :)

The B Family- MN Family Photographer

Another gorgeous fall day graced us for this fun family photo shoot. What an adorable little family! I am a little biased of course, because the mom is my cousin ;) Everybody did so well and it was a lot of fun- I think everyone was very pleasantly surprised that a family photo shoot could go so well and be fun at the same time ;) It was hard to pick just five to showcase in this blog post- more to be posted to Facebook soon! Enjoy your sneak peek B Family- thanks again!!