What they asked for was movement.
What we got was pretty moving.

Can I tell you something? My jokes suck. I don't pretend to be a comedienne. I’ve only got one Laffy Taffy gem in the back pocket about dentists, and find funny-on-command to be an elusive chimera. 

But it’s important that you know that going into Damian and Ellen’s wedding day blog…

You know, it's not quite right to assume that I only like to photograph the big belly laughs that appear throughout a wedding day. (And they always do appear, which is one of the things I like best about weddings—the joy.)

How many times did I hear guests gushing over the decor, those earrings, Kori's booty in that dress? Dunno, I lost count.

Here it is, friends!
The first wedding blog of the 2018 season.
And what better way to kick things off than with Amber + Tim: a couple so sweet, sincere, and head-over-heels in love.

But it wasn't always that way, dear reader. ;)

Since it's Minnesota and it's winter, it seems the thing to do in this scenario is brag that this whole day went down in -30F weather. But my rule is to never fashion a blog post around the elements, because they really don't matter.

Dunno how I get so lucky, you guys.
These two: they're my dream couple.

Fifty-seven days, ladies and gentleman.
With a ring they designed together, he popped the question...

I bet, I bet, I know, that you've never seen a wedding like this one before. 
(I'll ease you into it though and give you a chance to prove me wrong.)

WAIT, I'M NOT DONE YET!
You know how yesterday I said I had written 259 version of James and Courtney's wedding blog?
Yeah, this is part of that.

First: tunes.
Please go locate and queue Better Man by James Morrison.
It's a song I've discovered this last week (srsly, go find it) and it's the one that's been making me tear up every time while I've been digging into James and Courtney's wedding edits.

Recently, I was asked if I ever get tired of shooting at Mayowood Stone Barn.
The short answer: NO!
The long answer: A little reading and a lot of scrolling.