A magnificent Minneapolis wedding at Semple Mansion with this stunning couple. Portraits at Lake of the Isles, and then back to this Minneapolis mansion for their ceremony and reception. Bre and Javan’s wedding featured choreographed dances, quiet moments, a fog machine, dancing the night away, jumping the broom, and a lot of joyful celebration. Frequently Asked Questions about Minneapolis Mansion Weddings Do you have favorite Mansions for weddings in Minneapolis? Absolutely! The Semple mansion and Gale mansions have been mainstays for many years and feature mixes of spaces with a lot of old features. For a mix of old and…
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An amazing vendor team made this Machine Shop Indian Wedding one of a kind. Blending tropical florals and elegant warehouse space.
The Aster Cafe river room is an incredible space for a Minneapolis wedding. Over the years I’ve photographed many weddings in their spaces, from winter elopements to huge summer celebrations. Basit and Serena’s wedding is a perfect showcase of what make the Aster Cafe such a lovely Minneapolis wedding venue.
Aisha and Irfaan’s wedding celebrations in Minneapolis included a reception at the Wiesman Art Center for the groom’s family, complete with drumming and dancing. Later, they had a Walima reception at McNamara Center with dinner and dancing.
Olivia and Gaurav’s blend of Hindu and Jewish wedding traditions created a spectacular celebration on this Minnesota evening.
People all the time ask me if I’m comfortable taking photos in dark spaces. And I generally say that some of my best portraits are taken at the dark, with no time to spare. And that is exactly what happened for Bria and Alex’s wedding at the Old Post Office in St Louis, with gorgeous effects. Bria and Alex met in Minneapolis (where I also photographed their engagement photos), but now live in Colorado and planned their wedding in St Louis from afar. It was important to them to not see each other before the ceremony, and so during cocktail…
Minneapolis Engagement Photo Ideas when your wedding is elsewhere I usually photograph engagement portraits when I work with a couple on their wedding photography. The engagement photos can be a great way to get to know your photographer, and for me to get to know you. But they should be much more than a job interview – they should but a pin into a specific time in your life and document it, capture a tiny slice of it to share. So Pui and Wei will have their wedding ceremony across the world, but their shared life started here, in Minneapolis,…
Sometimes, when people find out I’m a wedding photographer, they want to hear my most salacious worst stories. They want to hear about debauchery, or fist fights, or tantrums about table linens. And the truth is, I don’t have any stories like that. (I did lose my shoes one time, but that was a legitimate misadventure.) But weddings, at least all the weddings I’ve photographed, are never like the movie versions. They are celebratory and intimate and sometimes a little goofy. They are a culmination of years of relationship building and planning and sharing of lives. And all of my…