Sunday, July 15, 2012

Mallory & Luke

This will be a photo-heavy blog post. It's hard not to post a lot of photos when there were so many stories, so much fun, and an overabundance of creativity!

When Mallory, Luke and I got together for their engagement session last fall, I knew their wedding would be a blast, and I had a pretty good feeling that it would be well-organized. I also learned about their yellow and black color scheme, and learned that Luke could be full of surprises.

Last week we met to discuss the schedule for the photography, and I knew we would be under an exceptionally tight pre-ceremony schedule. There was virtually NO wiggle room. We had to make a lot happen in a very compressed time frame.

Fast forward to yesterday (is that possible?). WE DID IT!

I need to extend a very special thank you to Tammie Mohr for "shadowing" me yesterday. Tammie and Brian were married two years ago, and I photographed their wedding. An exceptionally gifted web designer, photographer, and card maker, Tammie asked if she could shadow me while she considers delving into the exciting world of wedding photography. We couldn't have stuck to our schedule without her, and I can't wait to share some of her images. From arranging shots to fanning Mallory with her reflector to making hundreds of images, her assistance was much appreciated!!

Mallory and Luke chose their vendors well -

Hair and Makeup - Indulge Salon and Tanning
Videographer - Saved by Grace (Chad and Denise)
Flowers - Village Flower Shoppe/Perry Dauer
Cake - HyVee Hilltop of Mankato
Decorations (such a small word for the impact this had) - Silk Expressions
DJ - Music in Motion
Live Entertainment - Fish Frye
Reception Venue - Verizon Wireless Civic Center
Limo - Living Life, Madison Lake


A beautiful bride prepares for the first glimpse.


Emma might be dreaming of when she becomes a bride.


The flowers - simply beautiful!


Their first glimpse - Luke twirled Mallory for a better view.

The wedding party

It was important to the couple to recreate an image from Mallory's grandparent's wedding. We did it!

If I had a complaint about any wedding day, it would be that the couple has little opportunity to spend any time together - just the two of them. By asking them to take a short walk in the garden at Sibley, they gain a tiny bit of time.



Temps in the low 90's; guys in tuxedos, little to no breeze. You talk about good sports!

The party - gathered 

Special request from Mallory's dad - he asked me to make a sepia tone image for the owner of this 1956 Ford who graciously allowed it to be used for wedding pictures.


Mallory's mom made close to three hundred of these bells strung through wine corks. She made many of the decorations for both the wedding and reception as well. Talk about creative talent! 

Mallory, stealing a moment alone to practice her vows.

They do!


Luke made the bean bag games. Someone suggested they compete for control of the remote. On Luke's first toss, he won!


Fish Frye performs while the reception gets underway.

Luke and Mallory are headed to Hawaii for their honeymoon, so the wedding party dressed up accordingly for the grand march.

The dads and Luke - unbelievable!! Instead of the usual slide show shown at receptions, they created a video of what would happen if guys planned the wedding. It was hilarious, and then heartwarmingly emotional (getting teary-eyed just thinking about it...really!). Read on...

Luke's and Mallory's dads, and Luke...ended the video with footage of each of them jumping from a plane, saying "See you at the reception..." 

Mallory was especially surprised...

...when Luke jumped.


If there could be some type of grammy for creative guys with not-so-good-wedding-day-plans, I know who'd win. :)


Mallory and Emma mug for the camera.
From their engagement session -  


- and again at the reception, Mallory's mom made the umbrella.