The morning after Liz and Josh’s wedding we headed to Pike Island for their Trash the Dress Session before they headed out of town. Of course darling Addie was a huge part of it, and Liz and Josh were not afraid to get wet! We spent the morning walking through tree lined paths and ended up taking a dip. Enjoy…

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Liz and Josh live out of state so we met for the first time on their wedding day, and all I can say was they were such a pleasure to work with! They had a beautiful outdoor wedding on an absolutely gorgeous day at Thompson Park. Their ceremony took place under a tree where their darling dog Addie was the ring bearer, which I absolutely LOVED Small hearts hung in the tree as the couple exchanged vows during their intimate ceremony. We scheduled their awesome trash the dress session for the following morning and I can’t wait to share those photos with you in the next blog post! Enjoy…

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I had the opportunity on Saturday to be the matron of honor at my sister’s wedding at Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel. My husband and assistant photographer Pete, photographed the majority of the day and Jason from Joy Orcutt Photography also helped out for a couple hours. The photos below are a combination of  Pete’s and mine. A very special thank you to Luna Vinca for gorgeous flowers and to Amy Stuzriem for beautiful hair and makeup!

They started off their winter wedding at the studio getting ready where they had their first look outside on the cobblestone streets.  Then we headed to Fort Snelling for some gorgeous photos. The lighting was incredible and we even managed to find a couple patches of snow Matt, a former Marine suited up in his dress blues shortly before the ceremony in the gorgeous intimate stone chapel. Candles lit up the aisle and live music from the very talented Jeff James filled the chapel throughout the ceremony. We headed to Mears Park in downtown St. Paul to capture some of the twinkling lights, then headed off to Ideal Hall for a reception filled with mason jars, candles and birch trees. The evening was complete with great music played by DJ Travis Stanich of Sound Factory Systems. Enjoy….

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