I will admit it. Almost three years ago, I wasn’t sold on the whole Minneapolis “thing”. The transition from Utah to Minnesota was harder than I let on and while I was ecstatic for the reason to BE in Minneapolis – it was the whole being-away-from-lifelong-friends thing that my psyche didn’t take kindly to. (Am I allowed to talk about my psyche on a photography blog?)

Along came Amy. I finally had a native-Minneapolis friend and she was brilliant, beautiful and absolutely what my loneliness had ordered. We bonded over our love for coffee shops and boys in law school and knew we were destined to be friends.

It’s so appropriate that Amy and her family were my first photography subjects. She was the first person to push me to pursue photography; the one that made me believe that I had more than just a passing talent. I have so many reasons to thank her.

I pretty much love the below series of photos. So Amy and Jared.

Below are Amy’s fabulous parents who spent hours singing songs and clapping hands trying to get the twins to look at the camera. They are superstars.