I’ve been so excited to share these photos of my friend Beka. She is from North Carolina, but spent a long weekend with me, working as my second shooter at two weddings, and getting a taste of the beauty and culture of Minnesota. Check out her photography site – Tirzah Photography – she is really talented and will start shooting her own weddings next year and is doing portrait sessions now. If you are in the Charlotte area and are looking for a creative, fun photographer, definitely keep her in mind! And make sure you read her post about her visit to MN – “I Went to Minnesota – You Betcha!”

As part of her visit, I took her out to my friend Sandra’s beautiful farm in St. Bonifacious. Beka loves the country and wide open spaces, and I thought this would be a great location to do her session. I kept it a surprise until we drove up the driveway. :) Thank you Sandra, for the use of your farm and for your hospitality!

Beka is working on a CD called “Colour” (listen to her current music here), so we bought some fabric to play around with for some of the photos. She may or may not use these photos for the CD, but they are seriously some of my favorite photos ever. :D

Beka is one of my best friends and I truly love photographing her.

Photographer’s Notes: In the fabric/sunset photos, I used a shutter speed of 1/50th of a second to capture motion, which still having parts of the scene in focus. The above image was one of those things you can’t predict when working with motion, her head was still when I clicked the shutter, so I got her face in focus!

I don’t usually use props – but Bekah seriously loves cherries. :)