Doris A. Kemp Park, Champlin | Minneapolis Portrait, Lifestyle and Event Photographer

After almost a full week of gloomy skies and humid weather with a little rain mixed in here and there, we finally had a beautiful, clear, and warm summer day on Friday.  'Bout time!

I took advantage of the bright and sunny morning and drove up to Champlin, MN to take some photos of the lovely Doris A. Kemp Park, located near Hwy 169 and Hayden Lake Road.  I have a photo session already planned here towards the end of July, but wanted to take some photos for the "Location Ideas" page for this site (which is coming in quite handy, I might add).

This is also the park that my own photographer stopped at on our wedding day between the church ceremony and the rehearsal dinner, so I have nothing but fond memories of this place.  Somehow my memory failed on me as to how beautiful this place really is.  I honestly don't know if they added more to it since my wedding day over 3 years ago, or if I was in such a wedding-day-haze that I didn't stop to take it all in (another reminder to slow down in life to stop and smell the roses...literally). 

I guess this is another reason why I love documenting, and love having someone else document for me, such special occasions.  Memories are fleeting, but photos last forever.