Minnesota has four full, distinct seasons — and that’s not a neutral fact, it’s a feature. Unlike destinations where the weather barely changes, eloping in Minnesota in May looks completely different from October, which looks nothing like January. Each season offers something genuinely beautiful and genuinely different. The question isn’t which season is objectively best. […]
A backyard wedding is, in my experience, one of the most personal and meaningful wedding formats that exists. Not because it’s simple — a well-executed backyard wedding actually requires real planning and effort — but because it happens in a place that already means something. Your parents’ backyard where you grew up. Your grandparents’ property […]
There’s a specific kind of Minnesota elopement that is quickly becoming one of my absolute favorites to photograph — and it starts at a beautiful cabin. You wake up in a cozy A-frame or a lakeside tiny home. The morning light comes through large windows onto pine walls. You get ready together in the kitchen […]
If there’s a more beautiful indoor wedding location in Minnesota than the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park, I haven’t found it. A Victorian glass greenhouse built in 1913, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and filled year-round with blooms, tropical plants, and a quality of light that is genuinely unlike anything else […]
Minnesota has 10,000 lakes. That’s not a slogan — it’s a geological fact, a cultural identity, and for elopement couples, an almost overwhelming number of options. But “lake elopement in Minnesota” can mean very different things depending on which lake you choose: the inland sea of Lake Superior, the classic resort beauty of Lake Minnetonka, […]
