We have fun on each and every session we take part in, whether it's having everyone act crazy in the midst of formality of wedding poses or dangling over a staircase to get just the right shot of an adorable child. We'll let our clients say it...

"You guys really captured the emotion of the day! We couldn't ask for more" - The Bride

"Well, I'm sitting here an emotional wreck simply loving the slideshow you made for us of our family session. I can't believe that is us!" - The Mom

"I am an emotional mess after watching the slideshow of my wedding day. Midwest LifeShots are the best photographers ever!" - The Bride

"Looking at the pictures, you guys make me feel good about myself :)" - The Senior

"We had a great time with you! You guys do great work. I'm telling all my engaged friends to have you for their big day!" - The Bride

"On the craziest days with the kids, I just look at your photographs to lift my spirits. Incredible work!" - The Mom

"Love is a remarkable and very personal feeling and to find a photographer who can truly capture that is an amazing thing. You went above and beyond for us and we are VERY happy." - The Bride

"My satisfaction is off the board and I will definitely be coming back!" - The Mom Thanks for visiting our Testimonials page. This is perhaps the most important page on our site, because it is where our most treasured people, our clients, can tell everyone how we did! We strive to make every transaction a satisfying one for everyone who chooses us, whether it is a Families, Seniors, Wedding or E-Session, we want everyone to walk away thinking they received affordable and quality service. Just a few of our clients:

Aaron Jones, Pete Dokken, Lazan family, Pepsi, National Eagle Center, Southeast Minnesota Technology, Creative Curb Appeal, Crossroads College members and MANY, MANY more. We have a blast with everyone and attempt to make each beg for more :). Seriously, photography can be a stressful thing if you go with the wrong photographer or worse yet, choose a studio (Sears, ProEx, WalMart, etc...). Go with the big guns! You'll never regret it.

Viisit each of our pages for more information on all our sessions and how to book your own!

There are many pages within this site. The site has been optimized for all browsers, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari and FireFox. This site contains Adobe Flash. Flash players are free of charge and can be downloaded at www.adobe.com. A generic sitemap is listed below:

Home, Contact Us, Thank You Page, The Latest, Blog, About Us, Directions, Testimonials, About Us Contact, About Us Thank You, Wedding Home, Wedding Pricing, Photo Booth,Wedding Contact, Wedding Thank You, Families Home, Families Pricing,Families Contact, Families Thank You, E-Sessions Home, E-Sessions Pricing,E-Sessions Contact, E-Sessions Thank You, Seniors Home, Seniors Pricing, Seniors Thank You, Seniors Contact, Gallery Seniors, Gallery Families, Gallery Weddings, Gallery E-Sessions.

If you have any further questions about how to navigate the site, feel free to contact us at info@midwestlifeshots.com or at our phone number, 507-424-1044. You can ask for Scott Elder, Jen Elder or Ken McCasland. You may also visit our chief photographer's Facebook site at www.facebook.com/scottelder1 for contact information or to browse photographs. Our galleries may be accessed on our SmugMug site at http://midwestlifeshots.smugmug.com. Many of our site pages as well as our contact information may be accessed by searching for us on Google, Yahoo or Bing. Other search engines indexing our site are Ask, AltaVista, Dogpile, Lycos, Cuil, Excite, Go, Hotbot, AOL, Live Search and Alexa. Nationwide wedding planning sites that assist us in marketing and therefore list us as a vendor include Go2Wed, WedPlan.net, Wedj.com, Facebook, BlogSpot, Rochester Post Bulletin, Linked In, Twitter, PhotoLinks.com, Pelaez Creative, SmugMug, Yahoo Yellow Pages, Rochester MN.com, YouTube, Gathering Guide.com, BNI, 101 Photographers,Wedding And Party Network, HotFrog, My Punch Bowl, Party Pop, More-Videos, Rochester Carefest, SuperPages. There are hundreds more, but those are some quick links for ya!

Contacting us right away when considering professional photography is very important. We offer discounts to Mayo Clinic employees, IBM employees as well as military discounts to all branches, inlcuding the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard. Our vast involvement with the community and number of discounts offered makes our appointments fill up very quickly and failure to book us soon may result in weeks, sometimes months out for open appointments. We sincerely hope to hear from you soon!

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