Ashley & James | Beautiful Outdoor Engagement Session at Turtle River State Park | Grand Forks Wedding Photographer

Earlier in the Summer, I held a contest on my social media for a giveaway of one of my Engagement Session Experiences for FREE to 2 lucky couples. The dozens of entries I had come in were narrowed down to a handful of Finalists by the required conditions and rules of the giveaway. From that small number of finalists, Ashly & Jame’s story stood out to me and after an initial zoom chat…they were chosen as 1 of the winners.

We planned for a fun outdoor session in the nature of Turtle River State Park. We couldn’t have been any luckier with the evening we got either. It was sunny, calm, and in the low 80’s. The only thing that kept it from being perfect was the constant swarm of ladybugs that followed us for the first half of our shoot!

All three of us were in the water at some point and I seriously thought I’d be the one that fell all the way in…but all went well and we were able to get some awesome shots! We also were blessed with a wonderful sunset as we hiked up a hill to get a few last shots.

I love working with adventurous couples like Ashly and James and I had so much fun on our shoot with them!

I’m honored and excited to be shooting their upcoming 2024 wedding and I know it’s gonna be a blast!