BLOG - Melissa Vandermause

FEB

19

2026

Paige Ross sends me the sweetest message: "Missy…. i am crying both from laughter and happiness at these. These turned out SO beautiful - ...

JAN

28

2026

Snow Day

Experience the beauty of Minnesota captured in this stunning winter photoshoot! I had the privilege of working with this wonderful family for their ...

DEC

23

2025

Lainey the sweetest!

This is lady is the sweetest, she was all smiles and loved every second of being in front of the camera. I was so happy to be a part of this epic ...

NOV

22

2025

Moe Family Fall Magic

Sweet babes in the most magical fall colors of the season...melt...Thank you for allowing me to capture your lovely little family with all their ...

NOV

14

2025

Puppies, preschoolers & Teenagers Oh my

Puppies, preschoolers & Teenagers Oh my….! What a blast, I love all of the fun elements that pets and kids add to a photoshoot! This ...

NOV

05

2025

Wiechmann Fall Boulevard Glory

I'm so blessed to photograph these awesomely sweet Weichmann boys and obviously the darling mamma Tristan that holds it all together! What fun it is ...

OCT

30

2025

The Real MN Twins Levi & Lilly

What a blast it was photographing the dynamic hobbies of these two! From their family property—complete with an incredible flag mural—to ...

OCT

16

2025

September Beach

What a delightful day with this crew at the beach! Capturing moments of families enjoying the sun and sand is truly a joy! The unseasonably warm ...

OCT

14

2025

Marilyn's 80th

What a milestone! We gathered to honor the incredible Marilyn on her 80th birthday with a delightful surprise party orchestrated by her loving ...

SEP

23

2025

Eric's 12th year

This kid is a stud, but more importantly wears God's love on his sleeve literally! This might be one of my all time favorite tattoos, what a witness ...

AUG

19

2025

Laura Harstad - One Million Cups

Laura Harstad has been an inspiration to me through her hard work and positive glow. She was asked to speak at the 1 Million Cups presentation at ...

JUN

10

2025

Hubbard House Tea Party

This adorable troupe raided the Hubbard House with Tea and biscuits and cuteness overload. ENJOY THIS PLAYFUL SESSION!!!

JUN

03

2025

Isaiah & Abby Wedding Day

Just the sweetest couple with such joy in every photograph! So happy for you both, what a beautiful and blessed day!!! Cheers to a lifetime of ...

MAY

14

2025

Sonya James

This little lady gave me a run for my money, but she certainly is a honey. Sonya James you are a beauty! What joy to be a part of her first ...

MAY

12

2025

Abby & Isaiah Teaser

This Happy couple Isaiah & Abby were so giddy to be married!!! It was sweet, right and beautiful! God bless you both and your new beautiful life ...

MAY

06

2025

Ava's 12th year

As a family we have been given the gift to celebrate Easter in Puerto Rico with our family for four years. It is a dream vacation with so much family ...

FEB

25

2025

Baby Judah and Crew

Seriously melt....I just love this little guy, he is the cutest!!!! What fun photoshoot of this lively family and their photogenic cat, Bob. I can't ...

JAN

29

2025

Tyler & Rachel Winter Bliss 2#

I was so honored to photograph the winter wedding of this sweet couple Tyler and Rachel. They were certainly smitten and surrounded by so much love ...

JAN

29

2025

Tyler & Rachel Winter Wedding Bliss

I was so honored to photograph the winter wedding of this sweet couple Tyler and Rachel. They were certainly smitten and surrounded by so much love ...

DEC

26

2024

Santa Baby....

Merry Christmas to this sweet family! I couldn't wait a day longer to share some sweet photos from your session! Enjoy this little ...

DEC

16

2024

Sweet Mae Mae

This sweet girl is so much fun! I usually don't photograph the 3 month stage as often, but it's such a blast, they are so alert and sweet! What a ...

OCT

31

2024

Julien Play day

So what can I say about this sweet little family! They are just an absolute blast, I was so blest to have photographed Joelle and Alex’s ...

OCT

15

2024

Ephraim's 12th year

Little bit o' country, lil' bit o' Pacific West...This kid is fun, laid back and a total joy to have met this fall! He is from the west but we were ...

OCT

08

2024

Jaeger Ranch Play day

I love photographing at the Jaeger Ranch, we always find new ways to capture the season and life at their home! What a blessing it has been to ...

SEP

26

2024

Wiechmann Drive

What can I say, some of my favorite people, if you don't know them, you should! We photograph their home and boulevard often and it's just the best! ...

SEP

24

2024

Flowers and Giggles

Ok, so if you can't tell I'm totally obsessed with the Hubbard House, what amazing backgrounds we had for this sweet family. Beautiful precious girls ...

SEP

05

2024

Hallie's 12th year

Hallie girl, you are a ray of sunshine and like the flowers, all day joyful! I was so honored to have captured your senior photographs showing off ...

SEP

03

2024

Carl's 12th year

This is a cool kid, with grace and dignity he posed for his senior year photographs. Carl is cool as a cucumber and kind as can be. It was a pleasure ...

JUL

19

2024

Nathan & Jenny #2

Where do I begin...a beautiful Christian ceremony in a flower garden, a sketch artist, painter, glamorous bride who entertained us the whole evening ...

JUL

16

2024

New Ulm Wedding bliss with Nathan & ...

So I meant this post as a teaser with 3 images but I JUST COULDN"T STOP!!! WOW....WHAT A FUN COUPLE!!!! Couldn't be happier for you both, God's ...

JUL

13

2024

Sweet Louis, king of our hearts

This wee one is such a honey! He was so well-behaved, I don't think he fussed once...I didn't think you could be well behaved as a newborn but he ...

MAR

26

2024

Olivia & Parker

This sweet duo was so fun to photograph, the last time I saw Olivia she was the size of Parker. What a sweet and fun girl she has grown into! What a ...

MAR

19

2024

Nathan & Jenny Spring Love

What fun! I haven't been photographing very much this year and this was just the session that I needed coming back into it! Sweet and fun - these ...

OCT

02

2023

Amber & Pat Hubbard House Wedding

On a rainy day Saturday, Pat and Amber were wed. What a gorgeous setting to start off their new life. A small ceremony of sixteen joined on the porch ...

AUG

19

2023

Sam+Megan JULY BLISS POST 3

Sam & Megan Round 3

AUG

19

2023

Sam+Megan JULY BLISS POST 2

ROUND 2 of Sam + Megan

AUG

19

2023

Sam + Megan JULY BLISS POST 1

These two are just the sweetest. This day was most importantly Godly, absolutely glitzy and most definitely giddy...so blessed to be a part of all ...

MAR

21

2023

BABY SANTIAGO

This little man is a cutie, he was such a great model for his two month shoot! He is SO adored by this whole crew, it was so fun to get his ...

NOV

23

2022

Wiechmann Family Play day

It was such a pleasure to get to know our new Pastor and his family a little better. These kids are such cuties!!!! We are so blessed to have you all ...

NOV

03

2022

For the Love of our Germantown

God was shining on you John & Amanda! What a lovely fall day to soak up, celebrate and honor you and all the monuments of the beloved New Ulm, ...

OCT

13

2022

Ashley with child

2002, the fall of perfect color and warm days in Minnesota, what a great season to capture this new season of life for Ashley & Mike! God's ...

OCT

11

2022

Baby Dolls Sunroom shoot

These cuties were just all smiles, what sweet sisters! Such a blast to capture these sweet moments and memories with Miss Julia & Natalie! Ciao ...

OCT

11

2022

Ringen in the Hubbard House

One of my favorite families in one of my favorite locations the Hubbard House!!! Cheers for a warm and stunning October in Kato! Love and blessings ...

OCT

06

2022

Jack's 12th year

This young gentleman has big plans for his future! God's blessings on your upcoming graduation and collegiate future! “For God ...

SEP

27

2022

Broad street Love

What a crew! I love photographing these sweet boys every year, so fun and loving! Hometown happy vibes on Broad street Mankato! My favs are of Baby L ...

SEP

06

2022

Ellie's 12th Year

Ellie led us on a great adventure through Minneopa and a Madison Lake sunflower field, it was the most beautiful late summer evening. I feel the ...

AUG

26

2022

Madson Family

It's been chasing away rain this summer with my family photo shoots. However, it turned out just lovely to have some soft overcast lighting for this ...

JUL

13

2022

Costello Family Hubbard House

We waited out a rain storm for this shoot at the Hubbard House in Mankato. It was definitely worth the wait as this gorgeous family took center ...

JUN

28

2022

Betsy's Baby Belly #3

So excited to capture this crew in Arizona last month! I love you all so much Sissy, you are so kind, lovable, thoughtful and I'm so grateful to have ...

AUG

27

2021

Sunflower Play Date

I'm so happy that I finally got to photograph in the sunflowers with this good looking crew!! These boys know how to smile and pose, they were so fun ...

AUG

23

2021

Ringen Family Play date

These are some of our dearest friends! We went through covid quarantine together as a "pod" and couldn't have asked for it any other way! We also ...

JUL

23

2021

Ride on

Thank you Joni for reaching out about this session, it was so fun to capture your rad crew and beautiful grandbabies! I just loved adding in a shoot ...

JUL

21

2021

Just a Friday night at the Lake

I was so thrilled to photograph the Graham side of this blended and blessed family on Lake Washington! It was a perfect June night and everyone was ...

JUL

09

2021

Beloved Thomas

What a sweet and beautiful family I was honored to photograph this week! Such well behaved little ones! Thomas is such a sweet blessing to your ...

JUN

30

2021

Little Piper at One Month

You'd think this little lady said a thousand words during her photoshoot based on all of her fun expressions! What a HONEY!!!!! Thank you for ...

JUN

28

2021

Summer Sun Twiny Session

I was so so excited to be able to photograph Stephanie last week, she is due this summer with Twins! One little pink and one little blue are coming ...

JUN

28

2021

Baby Charlotte

What a joy to photograph baby Charlotte, she is SOOOOO cute!!!!! I was blessed to have photographed Hannah and Colin's wedding last summer at the ...

JUN

28

2021

Mankato Farewell

Rocky Mountain High Colorado....we are going to miss this crew!!! I was so excited to be able to capture this charming home for you all!!!! God's ...

JUN

28

2021

Olivia the Adorable

This is little Olivia, she is a perfect little model! It was so fun to meet mommy Gretchen, one of the owners of Tandem Bagel, one of Mankato's ...

JUN

28

2021

All in the Family

So this is really old news, but I just love this session from last fall!!!! Fall in Minnesota is always the busiest time so I can rarely get to all ...

JUN

28

2021

Baby Signe

Just getting caught up on some beautiful baby photographs!!! To many that know this wonderful family, this is old news, but it's always fun to have ...

MAR

31

2021

Warrior Mamma

This is Brittany, she is a dear friend and I'm SO LUCKY to have been able to photograph this maternity shoot for her third sweet baby. I can't wait ...

MAR

10

2021

Winter Wonderland 2021, 2nd post

So many fun photos!!!! SECOND ROUND:)

MAR

10

2021

Winter Wonderland 2021

Mike & Ashley's wedding was on January 23rd, 2021, during the most beautiful snowfall of the year. Surrounded by close family and friends in St. ...

FEB

02

2021

Sweet Sylvia & the the brothers 4

This is sweet little Sylvia, I was so excited to be able to photograph her within a couple weeks of birth. We photographed in Hallie & Jason's ...

JAN

29

2021

Fall 2020 blog

From family farms to Boulevards's one grew up on, this is a post full of great images!!!! I'm so excited to share some fall/winter sessions of the ...

OCT

14

2020

Baby Zoey

Finally catching up on some blogging and wanted to share baby Zoey's newborn photos! She is probably SO big by now!!! She was quite the model for us ...

OCT

08

2020

Reggie Baby, Deary Deer

Reggie is such a cutie, we had so much fun capturing him last week. I love doing in home sessions, they are so personal and intimate and I get to see ...

OCT

08

2020

Lucy Lu

This is Lucy, she is a hockey-playing princess! So excited to capture her one year photographs!!! What a honey!

OCT

06

2020

12th year Ellie

Miss Ellie and her beautiful smile met me downtown Kato for a wonderful Senior shoot last week! We had a wonderful easy breezy day and a blast ...

OCT

05

2020

Marie at the Carriage House Garden

I was so excited to photograph Marie in her all her glory at the Hubbard House, this intelligent mamma does it all and I'm always impressed by her ...

JUL

29

2020

Lake Day, End of Day

JUL

29

2020

Lake Day, Beautiful Blues with Colin & ...

Colin & Hannah, WHAT A DAY!!! Wow, I can’t put into words the love and embrace that flowed during this intimate wedding with family ...

JUL

28

2020

Front Porch Sess

So excited to share photographs from another front porch session! This time with Pica, the pooch! Thanks for having me Brittany, what a fun way to ...

JUL

21

2020

Jenny, My Favorite Sarcastic Songbird

This is Jenny, she is just about the funnest person you could meet, and quite talented to boot! I appreciate her so much! I was so lucky to be able ...

JUL

01

2020

Sombke Bundle

So excited to have a little time to blog...it's been way too long!!!! This is sweet and stunning Bailey with child! I was so excited when she ...

JAN

29

2020

NEW WEBSITE!!!

I'mmmmmm baaaackkkkkk!!!! Ok, just a little note to say I'm so so excited about this year and look forward to shooting like crazy! I feel re-inspired ...