Dreamy studio maternity session// Cambridge MN Photographer

I’ve loved photographing this wonderful family over the past two years! Their sessions are always so beautiful, they’re happy, dress adorable and love photos as much as I do!

Kelsey’s dress is Nothingfitsbut and I love that brands flow dresses!

Minnesota spring family photos on the pond, Cambridge MN

This sweet family reached out wanting their family documented playing around my backyard pond. The dad (James) rescued these large ducks and brought them to our home a month ago, the babies are my nieces that she hatched recently. Showing up for your session with a free, fun and relaxed mindset helps me to create such magical images for you!

Motherhood, organic, whimsical Minnesota family and newborn photography

Best friends and their babies for a studio photoshoot at my country studio in Cambrige, Minnesota. Find the studio on IG @studioundertheoaks

One year old in home birthday photo session, Cambridge MN photographer

Little Luka’s birthday session last year was giving all of the best summer vibes! I will always love in home sessions!

Newborn session, Cambridge Minnesota Photographer

Sweet little Diego arrived and I loved how his newborn session feels so warm. Nothingfitsbut dresses add a special softness to your images! I always think a flow dress creates the most beautiful vibe on a woman for family sessions!

Minnesota studio maternity session, Cambridge MN

Waiting on baby, each moment feels like a delicate promise of what’s to come. Dancing light streams through the floor to ceiling windows in my Cambridge country studio making the photos feel so magical.

The simple NothingFitsBut dresses this mama chose worked perfect. Other great brands are Faune, DaughtersofIndia, H&M, Zara, Boheme, Doen and BeachwoodBaby for dresses!

Kylie (Cambridge Minnesota senior photographer)

The best advice for senior photos is to be yourself, wear outfits that make you feel like YOU! It always feels nerve-racking to show up alone and be photographed but I promise with in minutes we are laughing and having a great time!

I loved Kylie’s photos in the rye field!

I always have availability for senior photos all summer and fall! Reach out!

Session facts: The cost is $375 local to Cambridge, $475 if I travel, sessions last about 45 minutes, you can do up to three outfit changes, images are edited and emailed a few days after your session!


Maternity. Cambridge Minnesota maternity newborn photographer

Creating true heirlooms of a mother carrying her child is so meaningful and precious.

Here is a peak into Tabitha’s maternity session, her little boy is due next month.

Lincoln - MN newborn photographer, Cambridge Minnesota Photographer

The sweetest newborn session to wrap up 2022. I never take for granted how much I adore my job and love my clients!

Cove point, Beaver Bay North shore Lake Superior Minnesota. Duluth MN photographer

I often imagine creating images that feel like a dream, a scene from a book, or an old fashion world we can all imagine. When I was staying on the north shore with friends I intentionally brought a few things to see if I could throw together a shoot. I love how magical these feel, crashing waves, bare feet, the wonder and wait that the images make you feel. Lake Superior is such a magical place.

Millie and Mama, Minnesota family and newborn photographer, nature inspired newborn session

Nature and motherhood are a perfect pair. My goal is to do more photography like this. It makes me feel so much more for the images than a posed photo. It’s hard for us as people to let go of the image we think we need when we take pictures. Smile, everyone look at the camera, say cheese…. It’s hard for me sometimes to not want to capture that old fashioned staged photo. However photos like these cause thought, conversation, feelings and a whimsical, romantic movie vibe that make us stop and look. If you want this look, please let me know and we will plan it together, you need minimal and non distracting clothing, few accessories and an open mind to feel one with Mother Earth!

Minnesota Elopement Photographer, Cambridge Minnesota, Crystalsphotographymn

As of 1/1/2020 I no longer photograph traditional weddings. I am making myself available for elopement/ couples sessions! They are pure magic, it is so beautiful to me to romanticize and document your relationship into photographs to share for generations!

Brotherhood // Cambridge Minnesota family photographer

The sweet bond of brotherhood, I have spent so many years witnessing it first hand and forever will be. Boys may be crazier and rowdier, there may be bruises and blood, but raising them is so dang rewarding! I have been photographing this family for over 6 years, at least 4 times a year, I always look forward to seeing them.

Howie ~ Minnesota newborn photographer, studio newborn session, Cambridge MN

Howie was the sweetest little baby to photograph. ( I always say that because even if your baby cries the whole time, they’re still the sweetest thing on this earth to me) I genuinely love newborn photography with my whole heart, I don’t pose babies or specialize in the swaddle photo, but I do capture your beautiful new life with you adoring your little angel.

Kendra // Summer maternity session // Cambridge MN family photographer

Summertime sessions feel so sweet and special in Minnesota, you can feel so much warmth in the photos, so much happiness and anticipation as this sweet couple awaits the arrival of their first child.

My sessions are very stress free, we wander around capturing natural moments, there is no pressure to “know what you’re doing” or feeling awkward in front of my camera, if anyone is awkward it is me, laughing and just having the best time during our shoot!

Details

Tiny details like drooly fingers holding onto little toes will go down as some of our most precious memories! Babies need to be captured, as a mother myself I know that our hearts ache to remember everything about our children. When we grow old we will cling to photographs and the fondest of memories of their laughter. It is all I want for my clients, to never wish they could remember but instead grab their photographs and feel taken back in time.

The little joys

 

Often times I find myself longing for an incredible vacation, or searching for new furniture to redecorate a room in my home. We can get overwhelmed with wants, and to do’s that we may forget to find those little joys that our life is filled with. I love vacations, decorating my home and I sweater shop like it’s my job, but I refuse to let myself stop seeing the wonders of life that we need to feel joy, the real kind of joy, the kind you can’t buy. Sunsets, moonrises, a warm drink in the morning, a deer peering through the woods, a long hug from a child or pet… those are some of my favorites. Often times at photoshoots I will run off mid-session chasing after a butterfly to photograph leaving my clients wondering if they’re paying for the butterfly or for their own photos, I smile because maybe it can give them something to laugh at, maybe it will make them realize we aren’t supposed to always be going point A to point B and photo sessions aren’t supposed to feel like work, but more like an hour of connection with your loved ones, an hour of freedom. Free spirit is what creatives, artists and photographers are usually called but we are all free spirits! Last night I was laying in bed scrolling through Facebook when I saw a post saying, the moon is incredible, go fast! Well I have dozens of moon photographs so ignoring that would’ve been fine but it certainly isn’t about the photograph, it’s the experience. Immediately I ran full speed through the house in my nightgown, barefoot down the rocky driveway, it was buried in trees so I hopped on the golf cart and drove further to the perfect view. For that minute I stared at the bright globe in the sky I thought of nothing else. It’s a feeling that we can have anytime we decide to enjoy the “normal” things. Each morning on the way to school last year I would say, boys look!!! The sunrise is so beautiful, often times they wouldn’t even look, but I knew I was teaching them something regardless. The other day one said mom look, I smiled not because of the painted colors in the sky but because it worked! My husband has seen me run to see the moon so many times, yet he has rarely if ever joined me, it doesn’t mean anything bad, it just means he has lost his wonder a bit and I will make him find it again, something that has overcome so many of us, one day soon, I imagine he will say, Crystal LOOK! I just know it! I refuse to lose my wonder. I hope you all enjoy your long weekend, big adventures that have obvious beauty or staying home having to search for it a little more. Both equally beautiful.

xo

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