When I’m not capturing wedding days or dreaming up a new business idea, you’ll find me cuddling up at home with my husband Chase and our cat Georgie watching Magnolia network. Together we love Jesus and seeing people come alive in their passions.
A Minnesota photographer who believes that if love is fun, photos should be too!
i'm whitley.
Hi, gal!
whitley sander
My business grew faster than I ever dreamed and as I grew up, so did my business! I quickly went from a newbie with little experience to photographing hundreds of seniors and dozens of weddings every season. Now, I’ve found a pace of life and business that feels like home - not too crazy, but still plenty to do for the can’t-sit-still busy body that I am. I love helping other creatives find the success I did while also finding balance.
It’s made the last 6 years some of the most jam-packed and incredible years of my life.
It has been one of the best decisions of my life to spend my days capturing real moments for real people.
Just a few months later, I took a leap of faith, unenrolled from college a week before moving in, went full time in my business, and never looked back!
My world completely changed when I picked up a camera at 18 during my senior year of high school.
I want to show you how extraordinaire your love story really is. You don’t need a mountain top magical moment for your love to be incredibly special and worth documenting. To be a fit and work well with me, all you need is to be joyful and genuine and willing to show up as yourself.
My hope is that you find photos you love, but also a friend who’s rooting for you here.
serve you!
It’s one of my greatest joys to
my hope
We love a good home project, the mountains, trying any and all restaurants we come across, watching Suits (and though he’d never admit it, The Bachelor too), Sunday mornings in church, and with the people we love most.
He’s a manager in the corporate world and kicks butt every day - although the rest of what he does remains a mystery to me.
The calm to my crazy, the logic to my deep emotions, and the practical doer to my wild dreaming.
this is chase!
since i get to meet your favorite person, you should probably meet mine!
our story
We actually moved up our wedding by 2 days because the first lockdown went into effect at midnight the day of our wedding. Talk about unforgettable! I totally understand plans changing and going with the flow. Our wedding day was proof that all you really need is each other… oh, and a great photographer!
We got married during the Covid-19 pandemic on March 27th, 2020.
our wedding
He read me a journal entry he had written in Haiti about me (CUTE, right?!) and got down on one knee. I said the best yes of my life.
Eventually, we started dating and in 2019 and 7 months later Chase surprised me by proposing on the top of a mountain in Keystone, Colorado, exactly 1 year to the day after our trip to Haiti.
the proposal
We became friends over an 8-hour hike we took with the team on the final day of the trip. There’s no way that we’ll ever forget that day, in part because of the pain in our legs after climbing all day, but also because I was in the best company the entire way up - I found my person and forever hiking buddy.
While we went to the same high school, that’s definitely not where we met! We met in Haiti in 2018 as we served alongside each other on a mission trip.
how we met
our story
the blog
favorite books
future baby posts
Engagement
pandemic wedding
Check out these personal blog posts!
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During Quarantine, we adopted a little farm cat named Georgie and I wish I was lying when I say she is the light of our lives. I never thought I’d say it, but I am a cat person. If you met Georgie, I’m convinced you would be too!
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Any playlist with Johnnyswim, Mat Kearney, NeedToBreathe, or Ben Rector
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A good cup of coffee
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Binge-watching Fixer Upper on a Saturday morning
My morning time with Jesus or a good book
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Trying any and every restaurant in Minneapolis - Italian Eatery is my FAVORITE date night spot
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Daily walks in our neighborhood with my husband, Chase
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A weekend DIY project
The little things that make life special to me:
sunset
or
sunrise
extrovert
or
introvert
beach
or
mountains
fall
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summer
tea
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coffee
tv shows
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Movies
