Basilica of St Mary and Minnesota History Center wedding {Caroline + Joe}

History Center Wedding Reception and Basilica Ceremony

Even now, years later, looking at Caroline and Joe’s wedding as I work on their album, I can feel the total joy and pleasure it was to be there. The hot Minneapolis summer day, the quiet dark Basilica, the laughing bridesmaids, the laughing parents, the laughing couple. It is a wedding that could have happened in 1920 without many changes (perhaps less laser engraving and fewer phones), but the sentiment, the locations, the joy would have been the same. It is timeless.

Ceremony: Basilica of St Mary
Reception: Minnesota History Center
Hair and Makeup: Brett Dorrian Artistry Studios
Flowers: A Day in Provence

blush flowers for basillica wedding
brett dorrian artistry studios in home wedding makeup
bride toasts with bridesmaids before getting ready for wedding
bride and mother share a moment during toast
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bride and groom see each other for first time at basillica wedding minneapolis
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Wettest June in Minnesota you say? As long as they keep coming with the best clouds on record, things will be just fine. This was a moment when we were finishing up with photos at Gold Medal Park with Caroline and Joe, and then, as I turned around, I realized that this was the photo we had been missing. Quick lighting set up with my assistant Wendy, and we were ready to make those clouds work for us.
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bride and groom share first dance at minnsota history center