Tea Party Mini Sessions!

You are cordially invited to an event hosted by Olivia Wagner Photography and Kayla Paler Photography:

Please email me to book your time slot- slots are scheduled on the half hour. Since we are both booking, space is limited and spots will fill up quickly. A clothing guide will be provided.

This was such a fun collaboration between businesses and friends. We look forward to more themed sessions in the future. Keep checking back because we have lots of ideas up our sleeve!

If you have a theme request we'd love to hear it! If your theme is chosen you could win a free session!

Tara's Family | Wisconsin family photographer

What a wonderful visit to a dear friend. Tara, I became so blessed when God brought you into my life! I truly adore knowing you and you have changed my life in so many ways. You remind me to slow down and remember that a child with a skinned knee means "a good day." It was wonderful to spend time with you and I look forward to our next visit!

Class of 2012 senior contest! | Win a FREE session!

Contest rules:

Photo must be submitted by 12 midnight (Central time) on Sunday, June 19th. By submitting your photo, I have permission to use your photo on my facebook fan page.

Facebook fans will have a chance to vote beginning Tuesday, June 21st. Fans must first "like" my page, then "like" your photo. The photo with the most "likes" by midnight Saturday, June 25th wins a free senior portrait session! Photo comments or wall posts will NOT be counted- only likes!

Session details:
The free session is a full session which includes 2-3 hours of photography with unlimited outfit changes. Locations include anywhere within 45 miles of 56071, including downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. A $300 minimum order requirement is still required but you will receive 15% off your entire order. 15% discount is not applied to any additional orders placed in the Spring including grad party invitations.

The contest is open to ANY high school class of 2012 senior from any school or city, but the session must be photographed within 45 miles of 56071.

Contest is void if there is only one applicant.

Good luck!

Two one-year-old's are pretty cute.

If you are a blog follower you know that my friend Megan and I had babies just one day apart. Oliver was born on Megan's due date of February 14th and Olive was born on my due date of February 15th. Megan contacted me as a photographer wanting some more wedding experience so I had her assist me. It came time to lift some lighting equipment and both of us revealed our little secret that we just found out we were expecting. Needless to say, we bonded and have been friends ever since! Then we found out that I wanted to name a boy "Oliver" and she wanted to name a girl "Olive." This was all just written in the stars!

Our play dates are few and far between but we always have so much fun when we finally get together! I enjoy my friend, our babies, and a chance to talk shop!

andy + olivia | by amelia + dan

When we planned our trip to Charleston, I knew that I wanted to schedule a photo session for our 10 year anniversary. I was not happy with our wedding photos and my husband and I don't get to vacation often so this was a big deal! The task was daunting... using Google to find the perfect photographer. After weeks of searching through a lot of bad websites I came across amelia + dan. If you are the "picture taker" of the family, I highly recommend booking a local photographer on your next vacation! For one, you don't want to always be the one taking the photos, you actually want to be in some. And two, you can't always trust a stranger to take your photo, you'll end up not in focus or with a photo of your feet chopped off. Finally, you don't want all cheesy, posed vacation photos.

Here are some photos I wanted to share from our session. There are things I would have done differently as far as outfits but I was so busy leading up to the trip that I just didn't have the time to put into it. I definitely know the stress my clients feel and I am actually working on a clothing guide for my clients to help plan their session.

These were shot by Amelia Hale and edited by yours truly:

After Charleston, we headed out to Folly Beach, about 25 minutes from downtown. Let me just state that the beach is my favorite place in the whole. wide. world. My goal is to get my boys out to the ocean for the first time next year!






I absolutely loved our time together on vacation and now I have these photos to cherish forever.

Thanks so much amelia + dan!

Abby and Mike | Bearpath Wedding Photographer

Just a quick sneak peek of a few of my favorites from Abby and Mike's recent wedding. This is my favorite dress shot of all time!
Books. These two are no stranger to books, she is a law professor and he is an astrophysicist.

The gorgeous Abby. If you know her, she is not a typical girly girl, but MAN... she made a gorgeous bride!

I love sneaking the bride and groom out during dinner!
More to come! Congratulations Abby and Mike!

My baby is 9!

It's official. I am the mother of a 9 year old! I keep thinking, if the next 9 years goes by as fast as the first, it will feel like he's graduating from high school tomorrow! Owen celebrated with his friends at the park and we had a kickball party! The weather held up nicely and all the kids had a blast.
Owen's great grandmother turns 90 and she and Owen share a birthday week, just 5 days apart. I surprised her with her own cake. Nine and ninety!
Just a week after he decided to have a kickball party, I found this t-shirt at crewcuts!
Oliver loved running the bases.

It was so great spending the weekend with my family. I am already dreaming of our next family vacation. If only there was a job to get paid taking family vacations... :)

Chandra and Patrick | Engaged!

Chandra and Patrick chose Minnehaha Falls for the location of their engagement photos. It's only fitting since they live near there and Patrick proposed at Gooseberry Falls. We had a perfect MN spring night. Chandra and Patrick will be tying the knot in just a few short months!

New Websites! | Sneak Peek

I've been busy with lots of new updates and I just wanted to share a sneak peek of what I've been cooking up. There is still some work to be done but the fundamentals are in place! Next up is a new online ordering site and a new wedding site.

New senior site! I have been SO excited to launch this and the timing is perfect because senior season is just starting up. I worked really hard to portray "my style" and I can hardly wait to start shooting some of these sessions!

New family/kids site! I am still working on loading galleries into this site. It is tough narrowing down years worth of images down to just a few dozen!

Cutey Booty! | Product

I picked up these cute britches for Oliver at a boutique in downtown Charleston. This isn't my "official" shoot in them, but I had to take them out for a test drive when we got back! I have something else in mind but I need the weather to cooperate!
These originated in Charleston but you don't have to go there to buy them! Click here. I loved the white boxers, the material is so luxurious, but ultimately I fell in love with the britches.
It has become increasingly difficult to capture these busy Wagner boys!