Hey, it's Makayla. I'm a Duluth, MN and Saint Paul, MN based wedding photojournalist.
I can see the magic in everything.
In my decade of photographing weddings, I've always come back to this: the people and the relationships are the real story. And that story is best told by letting it tell itself.
This blog is full of the stories I've seen, the things I've learned along the way, and my best advice for creating a marriage celebration driven by being present and true to you.
Pour a coffee, a matcha, a tea. Stay awhile. Linger.
M
It's so great
to meet you.
Welcome to the stories.
WHO IS THE AUTUMN DOG STUDIO?
THOUGHT-PROVOKING CONVERSATION STARTERS
Wedding photography isn’t the same stiff, posed experience it used to be. In the 60’s and 70’s, wedding photography had this incredible feeling of nostalgia, intimacy, and reality. In the most recent years, social media and the internet age has shifted the expectations of wedding images from meaningful candids to perfectly composed images worthy of […]
November 2, 2025
The way we remember things. As 80’s and 90’s kids, the iconic disposable cameras became the way we remembered things. Images have nostalgia baked into them, simply because their presence was ubiquitous and over time, became a staple in how we visually remembered things. For so many of us now, cell phone photos are the […]
October 28, 2025
