May 16

May 16 was a beautiful day for a wedding! I'm so glad to have kicked off the wedding season at the Loring Pasta bar with Heidi and Dave on their wedding day.

When I first arrived at the location I headed up to the red room. Shortly after I arrived the center piece designer brought up an arrangement. He must not have noticed me because after putting the center piece down and arranging it and then backing up to admire it from a distance, he turned and was startled by me. He said he'd sensed something in the room but knew it wasn't Bob Dyllan because "He isn't dead yet." That got a good chuckle.



This place (and not to mention the couple) is a knock out! So much fun to shoot here. There's color everywhere and lots and lots to look at. The ceremony was held down in the main dining area.





After the ceremony we went upstairs for an intimate reception in the Red Room (which supposedly used to be Bob Dyllan's pad).

Her boquets and the wedding party's flowers were all done by Sadies Fine Floral Design and I have to say these were the most lush beautiful flowers I have seen in a bride's boquet yet. They were fresh and plump and looked beautiful the entire day long.




We did have a little time for some fun shots, I would have loved to have spent way too much time shooting just fun shots, there's so much that the Loring Pasta Bar and surrounding area have to offer.

A Sneak Peek Play

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This is sort of a sneak peek for one of my Extreme Bridal couples (you might recognize them as my October '07 wedding couple), and also a play with texture. I love how you can see the city behind them through the glass.

I was really happy when this couple called me to do another session. Their wedding had been in October and it had been cold and rainy all week before their wedding and so the ground was wet and her dress was a little light for the weather, which made it a little hard to get some good stuff, so it was nice to get it out into the world when it was warm again and we didn't have to keep it totally clean!

This was taken in downtown St. Paul by the Capitol on one of the bridges that go over 35E.

| Amy & Ed |

This cute couple found me through one of my brides last year (Thanks Mara!), and I'm so glad they did! They just celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary last month and wanted some fresh relationship pictures. I had a lot of fun planning for and carrying out their session.

Their session was done mostly down on Grand Ave. in St. Paul. Weather seemed to be threatening this session at the beginning of the day, we had some good downpours and the storm spouted off some tornado activity east of us, but thankfully the weather cleared up just in time for their session, and we made some good use of a puddle!

We ended the evening down by the train tracks and a brightly colored wall.

Thanks you two for a great evening! Hope you enjoy your sneak peek, I couldn't resist playing with them while they uploaded! I can't wait to finish working on your session and share it with you.

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