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Alex & Chris’s Wedding in Minnesota – 8/28/10

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

This weekend I had the pleasure of traveling to beautiful Minnesota to photograph Alex and Chris’s wedding at the Bug Bee Hive Resort, a few hours’ drive from Minneapolis.  We started the weekend with a BBQ on Friday evening.  The couple built a wood structure on which guests could attach signs decorated with details of where they had traveled from and how far, with the arrows pointing in that general direction… a really neat idea!




The wedding took place Saturday afternoon, on the shore of Lake Koronis.  It was very windy, but everything went perfectly.




The flower girl (and her human attendant)!




Another great idea that Alex and Chris had was how they presented dinner.  Each food station represented a geographical area of the world that was particularly important to them, with food associated from that region, and a card describing their relation to the area.  In addition to the food being great, it was also fun to read these stories.

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Ashley & Peyton’s Wedding at St. Dominic & Pavilion of Two Sisters – 8/14/10

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ashley & Peyton’s ceremony took place at the beautiful St. Dominic church in Lakeview.




And then we headed over to City Park for the reception at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters.




Bobby J & Stuff Like That put on an energetic and entertaining show!




It’s a muffaletta cake!




A couple of guest vocalists joined Bobby J on stage for Stand Up and Get Crunk!

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Harold & Brandy’s Wedding at St. Jude & the Marriott – 8/7/10

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

When I first met with Harold and Brady, I was impressed by how he was able to name every church in my sample albums and portfolio images!  Both of them were just the nicest people imaginable.




Their ceremony took place at St. Jude, and was a Latin mass, a bit different than the regular Catholic ceremonies I often photograph.




Their reception was held at the Marriott Hotel’s ballroom.  Both cakes were beautiful, but Harold’s groom’s cake consisted of a collection of meaningful quotes.




NOTHING was going to stop this bridesmaid from catching the bouquet!  (the lady in the red dress almost got flagged for pass interference)




At the end of the night, the guests were treated to a wonderful Mardi Gras Indians performance, with elaborate costumes and a couple of stilt walkers, and accompanied by the Sons of Jazz brass band.  What I really loved was when these performers, the couple, and the big crowd all headed downstairs, passing through a somewhat startled convention of lawyers, ending up in the lobby, where mingling hotel guests joined in the fun!

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