Lens Review | Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8G

This year I was blessed enough to upgrade my 60mm Macro to the Nikon 105mm Macro for my ring shots on my wedding days!! 

After being so used to my 60mm, I have found getting used to the 105 a little challenging!
It's a bulky and heavy when I shoot details, which I was not expecting. My goal in upgrading was getting a lens that I could not only get crisper photos but with the 105 focal length I am also able to use it for portraiture or candids. The lens's versatility this season has been especially useful when shooting with my second shooter! With the focal length of 105 I have used it durning ceremony shooting. 
I have noticed how crisp my ring shots have become which has been a good update from my other lens!  Overall I have enjoyed this new addition to my Nikon army! 

Waseca Wedding Photography | Sam & Brandon | Second Shooter

I had a blast shooting with Justin Mark Photography the other weekend as we shot Sam and Brandons wedding!
Sam got ready at her parents house on at their beautiful farm house.  The church they got married reverberated with their vows and love. Once the ceremony was done the wedding party snuck away to their aunt's farm to enjoy, the warm sun, more photos and the best brisket I have ever tasted.  

It was a beautiful day with a beautiful couple!

St Olaf Wedding Photography | Kristina & Steve

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of second shooting for Jessica Smith Photography at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Being my second time shooting at this location, I was ecstatic! Such a stunning campus to be shoot. The bride and groom had been together for years and had met in in their mutual spanish class her freshman year at St. Olaf.  As we started taking picture of the whole wedding party we were going through them just fine until they were suddenly broken off by a trodecitial downpour from the heavens. In a panic we asked a innocent driver by to stash the bride and groom in their back seat in order to keep them out of the rain while the rest of us made a run for shelter. 

Besides the weather having a mind of its own, the rest of the day went off perfectly. The ceremony was filled with music composed by the Kristina's mother, being a professional composer. 

At the reception, the bride's father spoke about how God allowed them to adopt kristina when the european government had closed its adoption policy a day before and they were able to bring her home on a small technicality. As he laid eyes on his wife and new baby girl at the airport, he then accepted the best father's day present he has ever received. While kristina's father recalled this story for all their  guests, the silence of listening ears was profound.