Jen & Brent / A Saint Dinette Restaurant Wedding

Every year there are a handful of weddings that stand out. What makes certain weddings stand out to me, is how the couples interacted with each other and if their wedding was uniquely them. Did they have the wedding they wanted or what the industry told them to have? If I know I grabbed some great moments along the way, I get even more excited. Every wedding and couple is unique, though and its a big reason I love being a wedding photographer. Anticipating the unknown going into each day is a feeling that never gets old. Sometimes, after packing up and heading home, I'm beyond excited about what just happened. These two and their wedding were all of the above and more. Wow. I'm just humbled I had the privilege to hang with everyone all day and grab photos of what I saw. Thanks so much, Jen and Brent.      

Venue : Saint Dinette / Assistant : Douglas Bice

More behind the scenes from a recent shoot for local dress designer, Tara LaTour

I prefer to work one on one. I don't like that feeling of someone looking over my shoulder as I experiment and try to create. BUT, often it takes a crew of people to pull something off. This shoot resembles that on a small scale. We used an expansive, new local venue (Machine Shop Minneapolis), the perfect HMU team (Julie Swenson & Melanie Rivers), top dress designer and her gang (Tara LaTour--Bridal couture for the cool kids), and a very patient and trusting model (Katie Lee from Ignite Models). If you see me in a photo it was taken by my amazing assistant, Josiah. Hope you enjoy these. I'll be posting my favorite photos from the shoot in the next post. Hope you all get some time to slow down and enjoy friends and family this week.