I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.
– Andrew Wyeth
Before I gush about Laura and Eric’s Aster Cafe Wedding in Winter I think I should make it clear – the temperature outside was around zero.
I think that should be said before anything else.
In winter, we agree to share our burden: we remove our jackets, and scarves, and hats. And we agree, for this time, to be warm together.
To find a corner of this bleak cold, sometimes beautiful and sometimes dangerous world, and celebrate together.
So, in that way, Laura and Eric’s wedding was extremely warm, despite the temperature outside.
(Which, again, was very, very cold)
Laura and Eric were up for braving the cold – for getting in a carriage and wending their way from the Nicollet Island Inn to the Aster Cafe. They were up for sharing the skyline with their guests (in an epic all-wedding-guest photo in the cold night air), and after their intimate wedding ceremony in the round, they danced and laughed the night away.
Laura and Eric on snowy Nicollet Island before their Aster Cafe Wedding in Winter. Camera nerds: Nikon d850, 24-70 lens at 24 f/2.8, iso 3200 at 1/125
Wear your gloves (Aster Cafe Wedding in Winter)
Laura’s mom putting on the finishing touches as Eric looks on
Mom and best friend magic is what makes sashes happen.
Oh, I go all gooey for a mom and daughter photo on a wedding day
I just love the idea of getting ready with your partner – particularly if you can both relax and enjoy the chaos
The groom was the only person with hands steady enough for the bride’s shoes
That look says everything. Waiting for an elevator, and more in love than ever
Nicollet Island Inn in wintertime magic, Minneapolis
Braving the cold without jackets for just a few minutes – winter nights make for gorgeous clear skies.
Fancy winter jackets make an appearance
Do you need a dramatic portrait with an epic skyline and clear blue skies for your wedding? Of course not. But you do deserve it.
Cold days mean clear skies, and that skyline is working it!
A quick jaunt over to Aster Cafe by horse drawn carriage
A pretty dramatic way for your guests to first see you!
Escorted from the carriage by dad
Wedding ceremony at Aster Cafe
So sweet to have your guests be so close – it makes them a part of your wedding ceremony in a totally visceral way (Aster Cafe Wedding in Winter)
I can’t quite imagine what it is to watch your child get married. But I do hope, if I am lucky enough to watch my children get married, that I am as happy as these two
Wedding Ceremony in the round
So much joy!
Every one was pretty psyched
That just married feeling!
And immediately into a first dance.
Just married and laughing together
The exterior of the Aster Cafe and River room at night show the warmth of the interior party and the snowy exterior
