to telling the stories behind them.

“My background is in photojournalism,” Iverson said. “That’s what I want to do even now — to get life as it happens, instead of creating moments. ... Our focus is on telling life stories, capturing those key moments in life.”

Iverson had mentioned that he wanted to capture a proposal moment to another Mankato couple whose wedding he’s shooting. “I said to them, ‘If you know of anyone who might be willing to let me do that, tell them to call me,” he says. “I had always wanted to be able to catch something like that, which is super intimate, but in a way that didn’t interfere with the moment.”

So when Hasz called, he knew he had found the perfect opportunity.

Iverson had already worked with Hasz and Molumby, shooting pregnancy, birth and baby photos for them. He knew that they trusted him and were comfortable with his presence. So he drove to Mankato in the middle of the night and waited for Molumby to finish her shift.

“Once I got over the shock of having to be there at 3 a.m., I started trying to figure out how to make the photo work,” Iverson says.

Hasz had told him the bare bones of his plan for the proposal: the candles, the ring, Logan’s T-shirt. The only time Iverson raised an eyebrow was when Hasz said he planned to lead Molumby to Logan’s bedroom.

“I told him that I wouldn’t be able to take a picture there — there’s no place to hide, and the lighting wouldn’t work,” Iverson said. “So he decided to do the dining room instead.”

Molumby says she thought the candles and flowers waiting when she got home were an early Mother’s Day gift. She had no idea that Hasz was proposing, nor any notion that Iverson was hiding behind the window.

“I had no clue,” she admitted with a laugh. “I didn’t know anything about the pictures until the next morning.”

Molumby tears up when she looks at the pictures Iverson took. All the emotions of the moment come back, she says. She knows she’s lucky to have those memories preserved on paper.

“How many people can say that they have a picture of that moment to look at?” she said. “It’s something you can share with family and friends, and your children. Not many people can do that.”

Iverson and his partner, John Magnoski, who run Northfield-based Anthologie together, hope they can do more such shoots in the future.

“It’s a hard thing to advertise,” Magnoski said. “It’s something so personal that it just has to be subtly out there that we do it.”

“We only need one under our belt,” Iverson adds. “Now people can see the concept and know that it can be done. That’s all it takes.”