Images Of Hope Photography

12/21/2025

Christmas Spirit Raffle 🎅🏼❤️🎄

Pick a number 1-30, pay $15 and get entered into a drawing for a 15 minute mini session in 2026 (x1 winner) and a 30 minute session in 2026 (x2 winners). That’s 3 sessions for this drawing!! You can do more than one entry if you’d like! 🎁

Don’t miss it! I love being able to do this for families every year! Winner will be announced Friday December 26th by 2pm! 🫶🏼

Please send to one of the following;
Venmo
Cash app $HopeLaakkonen

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It’s always worth it to enter in a giveaway! 🎄🥹✨

Hope Laakkonen

12/07/2025

I N C O M I N G 💝 Be on the lookout at 8:30pm! 🎁 you won’t want to miss out!

Hi friends and family 🤎

I was sick the whole week / weekend eof Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday so I didn’t get a chance to post any sales… SO I thought I’d do a little end of the year sale post tonight.

Deals ranging from 2026 minis and 2026 rep packages to some of my most favored products! 🥳

Hope Laakkonen

11/07/2025

Pay What You Wish Christmas Minis 🎁❤️

In the spirit of giving and all the hard times everyone is having, I have made these a pay what you wish mini instead of a base pay. Please read below for instructions and details!

Date: Sunday November 30th
Location: Studio, Maple Lake MN
Included: 10 minute session, 5 fully edited digital images included with the option to purchase more. Due to the extremely short timing of these please limit to immediate family only! 🫶🏼 if you’d like additional timing or family members please book 2+ slots! There is a little buffer in between sessions so you can get your stuff together and such but please don't be late for your time slot 😊

Price: $40 non refundable retainer due upon booking to hold your time slot with the remainder paid the day of. The remaining balance is what you wish to pay. How this works is, if you are able to pay $30, $40, $50 the day of, that’s great and wonderful. If you are able to pay three digits the day of, that’s also great and wonderful. Some families are able to spend more than others, and that’s 1000% okay. That’s the beauty of these sessions. This allows some families to get the photos they’ve maybe always wanted but couldn’t get. Please don’t feel ashamed, no judgements here. It’s a safe space. I’m a safe place. On the day of there will be a box available for the remaining balances, that nobody can see inside so nobody can see what others have paid (including me). If you’d rather pay via Venmo or Cashapp that’s okay too.

Times available:

10:45am - Schlueter Family 🎁
11:00am -
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11:30am -
11:45am - Quigley Family 🎁
12:00pm - Krueger Family 🎁
LUNCH
1:00pm - Mallet Family 🎁
1:15pm - Tombers Family 🎁
1:30pm - Norgren Family 🎁
1:45pm - Scherber Family 🎁
2:00pm - King Family 🎁
2:15pm - Klatke Family 🎁

Retainer paid - 🎁
Paid in full - 🤎

Please send the retainer fee or full payment to Venmo @ imagesofhopellc or cashapp $HopeLaakkonen 💛

I will also **hopefully** have a surprise extra setup that is not pictured, if it works out I will post sneak peeks as we are putting it up! 😜

Hope Laakkonen

11/03/2025

Hiiii ☺️❤️ I know it’s during the week! I don’t have a choice, but hoping to find a model call for it! Whether that’s a small family or a small group of siblings or a small kiddo! ☺️🎀🎁 lets do it!!

Fill it out 💝

Hope Laakkonen

Hello friends and followers of Images of Hope Photography! I am looking for a family or group of siblings to be models for me to share and post as my Christmas advertisements for this year!!! This discounted model session will be held THIS THURSDAY, November 6th at 9:30am! YES Thursday, I know it's....

10/10/2025

Sturman Wedding 🧡 | 9-6-2025

I've been a little behind on wedding sneak peeks lately, hello busy season.. BUUTTT not so bad to start off with this one. Probably one of the most fun groups I've ever had at a wedding! Truly one of the most amazing and genuine couples I've had the pleasure to get to know and work with. Thank you guys for being so patient with me the last few weeks. I hope you guys like these! 🫶

Hope Laakkonen

10/04/2025

Extending the raffle to try and fill these numbers for my friend and her family! 🩵 share and spread the word! Pick a number and enter for a chance at the session! ☺️

Hope Laakkonen

09/11/2025

Hiiii friends, family and followers! Here is the special raffle post!! ✨🫶🏼☺️

I am doing a raffle for a couple sessions to help a dear
friend in need. She has been battling some health issues for the past few months. The pain gets unbearable and there are times she is unable to work or even care for her little kids. She is not the kind of person to ask for help so there’s a few of us gathering to try and help her and her family out with bills and everyday expenses. We love her and her family so incredibly much and would love to see everyone help them. Everything sent for this raffle will be donated to her and her family. I will leave this raffle open for 1 week, let’s fill it up for them! 🫶🏼✨

You are of course welcome to donate more then your number if you wish or choose to 🫶🏼

Sessions are not to be used in 2025***ONLY 2026‼️

All number spots can be paid via Venmo or Cashapp $HopeLaakkonen

Drawing 1 - 20 minute family session with all edited images ($200 value)
$10 per number - 2 winners
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3. Katey Groff
4. Kelly Twiest
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18. Alice Gruska
19. Hayley Berthiaume
20. Katey Groff

Drawing 2 - 40 minute extended family session with all edited images ($350 value)
$20 per number - 1 winners
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3. Jade Graham
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Drawing 3 - 30 minute bo***ir session with 10 edited images ($850 value)
$30 per number - 2 winners
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4. Julisa Swader
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Hope Laakkonen

09/01/2025

The Lyrek’s 🩵 | 8-29-2025

✨ S • N • E • A • K • P • E • E • K ✨

My assistant and I had the most amazing time at this couples wedding this last Friday! I cannot even believe how beautiful it was. And please enjoy this complete and total overshare because WOW, THEY ARE STUNNING. This day was magical! I mean, checkout the location, the sunset, everything was magical🌞

Thank you both for trusting us to capture your special day, we are so grateful. We are wishing you guys the absolute best future ever! 🩵

A sincere shoutout to my assistant Jayden Lark, I really couldn’t do this job without you!

Hope Laakkonen
Adler Ranch

08/26/2025

Pay What You Wish Minis | GRAND MARAIS 🌞

ROUND FIVE

Date: September 19th
Location: Passion Pit
Price: $40 non-refundable and non-transferable retainer to hold your spot, due immediately!

The day of the session your remaining balance will be the amount you wish to pay. Please bring cash for these!

I usually put a limit on my minis but lately I have not, I will guarantee 10 images… but if 30+ end up in your gallery, yay! 😅 I overshoot everything, always!

These are only 10 minute sessions so no extended family please, only immediate family! 🫶🏼 if you’d like additional family, please book 2+ time slots!

Times available:
4:40pm - Anderson Robinson Family ✨
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5:00pm - Lindquist Family ✨
5:10pm - Hackett Family ✨
5:20pm - Wilson Family ✨
5:30pm - Wilson Family ✨

✨ - paid
🌿 - rep

Once the retainer is paid I will update the list! Retainers can be sent via Venmo or cashapp $HopeLaakkonen 🎉

Hope Laakkonen