Before I was a photographer, I was a mom with a fancy camera and a blog. A blog that has laid dormant for many months, while I’ve spent the majority of my time here — building this website, filling it with content, and posting weddings and portraits and collectives (oh my!). In that space of days and weeks and months, I’ve found myself many times missing The Family Pelton. It was a place where I could share anything – everything- with whomever cared to listen. Er. Um. I mean read. After a day spent with a dear friend – and a conversation about this blog – I realized that the two don’t need to be separate any longer. I don’t need one place for my business and one place for my personal life. That’s not who I am – divided. Secretive. Oh no, I’m a sharer (read: OverSharer), and a...
Namaste: Lindsay + Ben’s Minnetonka Orchards Wedding
I’ve stared at a blinking cursor before – This feeling of having no words, of not being able to put into coherent sentences the strength and breadth of my emotions isn’t new. But still, something about this is different. There’s this flutter in my heart, and catch in my throat, as I prepare to tell you about this day. The day Lindsay and Ben got married at Minnetonka Orchards. The day one of my best friends on the entire planet married the love of her life. The day they invited their closest friends and family to share in their love. A love that is so real, so electric, you can feel it. You can hear it buzzing about the room, whispering sweet nothings as it brushes past you, lingering ever so slightly before it hurries away to bestow its gift on someone else. It is so palpable, so encompassing, that it...
The Stars Are Hearts
This is the last image I shot at my friend Lindsay’s wedding on Saturday. Sans tripod, I laid my camera down on top of my car and fired. I can’t decide if the hum of the engine is responsible for this image, or rather, if the whirr of love emanating from the tent just over the hill from where I was parked was strong enough that the whole of the universe shifted, one fraction of the smallest measurement, in celebration of Lindsay and Ben. I like to think it was the latter. That even if my car had been turned off, this image would have turned out exactly the same. Because sometimes a love exists, so perfect, that even the universe takes notice. xo...
Bianca + Ziad – Minneapolis Wedding Photography
Bianca and Ziad were married a few months ago in a quiet little ceremony at a Mosque in the Twin Cities, and they celebrated their union in a not so quiet reception in Lake Elmo, MN last Friday. They toasted the end of August, and the beginning of their forever. They laughed and loved and smiled and breathed deep, joyous breaths. They gazed into each others eyes, often times transfixed by what they were experiencing, and so overcome with love that laughter couldn’t help but escape their lips, echoing soflty in the warm summer wind. They watched as doves flew into the sunset – their white bodies disappearing into the blanketed sunlit sky – and then another glance was stolen. Another “I love you” offered between them, unheard by all who wandered past, as no words were needed. Simply, a glance. And then they grasped each others hands and walked...
