Friday, October 22, 2010

Ashley and Luke

This past weekend I had a wedding and three engagement sessions. Ashley and Luke were engagement session three, and we were blessed with light cloud cover. We did a few images in my studio, then headed to Bray Park and found some fall color there.

Ashley and Luke are FUN and FUNNY. Laughter ruled the session and smiles came easily.










Sunday, October 17, 2010

Taia and Brad's Wedding

Friday, October 15

Theirs was definitely a family event, and when all is said and done, theirs is a family of ten! In the days leading up to their wedding, six of their eight had stomach flu, but Taia and Brad knew better than to panic. What will be will be, and the entire family was there and healthy for the wedding. The ceremony was at German Lake Lutheran Church, and we had bridal party photos at Geldners' Saw Mill. The weather was bright and sunny - not necessarily perfect for picture-taking, but the mild temps made picture taking comfortable.

In every wedding, there is one moment that leaves a wonderful impression; and in this ceremony, it was the lighting of the unity candle. It wasn't just Taia and Brad who lit the candle, but seven of their eight children helped to light it too. (Cameron was excused - he's just three months old :) )











Saturday, October 16, 2010

Erica and Aaron

October 9, 2010... Erica and Aaron were married in Owatonna at the beautiful Trinity Lutheran Church. You'd think that on October 9, one might need to worry about cool, damp weather (as was the case a year ago when I photographed another wedding). On this day, though, we dealt with 94 degree heat.  Following the ceremony, the couple had planned to have pictures taken in Mineral Springs Park, but due to recent flooding, and the very good possibility and Erica's dress would get way too dirty, we followed a suggestion from Aaron's dad, and went to the Village of Yesteryear. What an amazing location!! Even with another wedding party taking pictures, we had plenty of room to take photos in an historic setting.

I'm grateful once again for the assistance of the talented Bobbi Urban. Some of the following images are hers.

Erica and Aaron's first dance was beautiful, and exceptionally unique. Aaron composed the music, and it was beautiful.