Film and digital storytelling for the days you’ll someday call ‘back then’
the good stuff rarely let's you know it's coming
Minnesota family photographer for the art of everyday memory
Last night’s ice cream sundae bowls balanced precariously in the sink. The way your kid insists on wearing snow boots in July. The sound of your name (now, officially, 'Mom') down the hall. The light that hits just right across the breakfast table before anyone’s thought to run a comb through their bedhead.
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That’s the good stuff, the raw material… the art.
And that’s what I photograph. My work lives where fine art and family life meet—in the blur, the giggles, the defiance of kids who never once agreed to sit still.
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every chapter deserves its frame
MINNESOTA FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER FOR DOCUMENTARY-STYLE MEMORIES
From the first quiet mornings to the full-house chaos, from baby curls to teen car keys: this is the story you’re already living. Each season looks different, but they all belong in the same gallery: the art of your real life.
What it’s like to work together
It’s less of a session and more of a day that just gets noticed for a change. Someone will need a snack. Someone will cry about something small. Someone will laugh so hard they’ll forget about the tears in the first place.
You’ll do what you always do—pour the coffee, kiss the scraped knee, get lost in the laughter—and I’ll be there, noticing what you’re too busy living to see.
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How I work as a Minnesota family photographer
"MICHAELA IS A HUG IN HUMAN FORM."
"I cannot recommend Mich enough for family photos!!! Not only is she like a hug in human form - warm, matching my kids silliness, and positive but she has an eye for capturing the nostalgia of every moment.... I treasure these pictures and the way she gifted me a snapshot in time of our family, and my kids in each of their sweet and chaotic stages. To this day, when we talk about snow, my four year old asks if we can make a snowman because pics with Mich were such a sweet memory for him."
hannah, mama of three
The art of slowing down
minnesota family photographer
You don’t have to pause life to remember it. You just have to notice it while it’s happening—morning light on tired faces, jam on tiny fingers, laughter that fills the room. I’ll slow down where you can’t, so you can stay right where you are: in and of the moment.
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the art of almost
Maternity photography in Minneapolis and Saint Paul
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You’re not who you were yesterday, and not quite who you’ll be tomorrow. These sessions are about that in-between—the quiet anticipation, the shape of change, the way you start to make room for the little life that’s about to turn yours upside down, in the best way.
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the art of arrival
Newborn photography for the blur you’ll want to remember
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The house smells like coffee and baby lotion. The swaddle keeps coming undone. No one remembers the last time they ate a full meal. That’s the stuff you’ll miss later. I move quietly, following the light and the rhythm of your new world. Just hold your baby, be tired, laugh about it. I’ll handle the rest.
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the art of (still) becoming
Family photography for the years that fly
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Life gets loud, fast, funny. Someone’s crying, someone’s climbing, someone’s definitely lost a shoe. It’s never “all together,” and that’s what makes it worth remembering. These sessions move at your pace—across the backyard, through your kitchen, to the ice cream shop that always ends with sticky hands and new inside jokes. The result: photos that sound like life when you look at them.
starting at $350
"If I make art from my everyday, she too will fill her days with color... If I tell her I love her a million times a day, maybe, just maybe, she'll learn: even in my flaws, my lack, and my mistakes, I gave her my entire heart."
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