It is always fun to shoot a local wedding, especially when it is right upstairs! Jerome and Julie got married at the Loft right above our studio and what an awesome event it was! They were a fun couple to shoot with and their laid back personalities made for a really relaxing reception and some fun images. It is such and intimate setting that everyone could really feel like they were a part of the day.
As the night went on the band Uncle Chunk began their set and had the house rocking long into the night. Julie even got up on stage with the band to sing for the crowd.
Thanks Jerome and Julie, I hope you like the images and can enjoy them for years to come!
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Well if there was ever a more high-octane bridal party I have never seen one. Simply unreal and super fun: we chased squirrels (see video below, ladies), climbed loading docks, crashed Summit Ave, ran out of beer (as usual), and gnerally just had a ton of fun.
Public service announcement for amount of beer on limo/trolley/vehicle of choice for everyone out there: with 20 people drinking, two cases of beer is gone in about 15 minutes so plan accordingly. There is a fine line between a good buzz and having too much and having to stop to go to the bathroom. Ben and Natalie hit it just about perfectly with 2-3 drinks per person: 2 cases of 16oz beers and 4 bottles of almond champagne. Luckily we only had about 45 minutes to shoot in between the ceremony and reception or we would have had to make a liquor store pit stop!
Josh and I just had a great time randomly stopping by a sweet house on Summit (Thanks secret scout!) and some of my favorite images are below: awesome jellyfish bouquet, black and white class, bridesmaid flower balls, squirrel on a bike, Vikings garter, Leprechaun story where Ben dressed like one when meeting Natalie’s family for the first time, shoe trivia at the reception, Michael show Ben and Natalie the St. Paul Hotel decorated so extravagantly for the first time, Natalie doing the “George Costanza” on the couch and breaking her dress, and the string quartet playing Journey for the processional.
Ben and Natalie you guys are so great; you have so much fun together and it radiates to your friends and family. You guys genuinely offered to carry our stuff like four times – unreal! It was so fun to hang with you guys today and enjoy the images! -Judd and Josh
Slideshow (refresh page if it does not play right away)!
Video just for the bridesmaids… (inside Chicago joke)
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I feel like I could write this blog post in either 1000 words or one sentence: “LIGHT UP DANCE FLOOR.” If you EVER have an option at your wedding (destination or not), you need to upgrade to the light up dance floor. I mean seriously if you are planning a wedding right now STOP and consider the light up dance floor. Maybe fireworks too – check out the video.
So many amazing things at this wedding: cool parents, fun people, all-inclusive bacon at breakfast, pina coladas till the cows come home, Chelsey’s favorite gin and tonics that “smell like men,” water volleyball against New Yorkers, morning after cave shoots, paying a taxi guy $150 to rule out some morning after shot locations and sleeping along the way, hermit crabs the size of our fists, Josh swimming in a cenote at dusk to figure out it stunk for pics, dodging strange meercat Mexican monkey while golfing, father/daughter dance to Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls,” re-creating the “snow umbrellas” image with Kim and Courtney, getting kicked out of the ocean at night, getting kicked out of the pool just after that, and just hanging with some super fun people for four days during our busiest time in August.
Dustin and Chelsey; if you could just get married over and over like very 3 weeks in Mexico and we could shoot it I think we would be good for life. We would totally retire happy like Jimmy Buffet. You in? -Judd and Josh
[…] fun to see our wedding clients Dustin and Chelsey (thanks for the awesome referral) and little Dane Douglas!! Glad we got the reenactment image of […]
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Horse-drawn carriage rides, custom cookies, Landmark Center, yellow camero convertible, candy bar, “My hero” garter, Michael’s diamond ring, cutest flower girls ever, and custom slippers were just a few of the amazing details from Michael and Jacki’s wedding today. The bridal party was a volatile mix of fun-loving Minneapolis’ finest police officers and attorneys. Sometimes when couples walk down the aisle at the ceremony, I will say something ridiculous to make them smile but ALL the groomsmen did this to each bridesmaid. It was uncanny and hilarious.
Jacki’s dress was gorgeous and Michael and his shades yielded some pretty sweet images below. The image of the dress hanging before the ceremony was thanks to Josh’s spiderman skills – it’s one of my favorite dress images ever. We got to ascend to the clock tower for one of my favorite images of the year with the pillar and the sun below. The place felt like an eerie set for Lord of the Rings: small hobbit door included.
We captured this wedding with five cameras, so the video will take awhile to edit down, and we’ll post here when it’s ready. Tanks Michael and Jacki for your wonderful hospitality and for letting us be a part of your special day! -Judd, Josh, James, Jaimie, and Alicia
There were so many cool things and details about this wedding but this is the coolest: Allie’s present to Ryan was her framed diary entry from 2001 when they were childhood sweethearts:
“Dear Diary, Well everything is pretty much the same. Ryan and me are still going out. It’s been 6 months. Half a Year! Ahh.. I love him so much. I don’t know what I would do without him. I feel like I want to marry him or something! I always think about my future and he’s always in it. I imagine us getting married and having kids. I’m so glad I found him! He feels the same way, and he said he always imagines us getting married too. Cool huh?!”
Well, 11 years after that entry it happened. It was so special for us because Allie is our studio album designer and has worked for the studio for about 5 years; so everyone felt like family. Ha I just remembered she was one of the first high school seniors I shot, so that is a first — senior pics & wedding pics! We stayed late, ran a photobooth and I even broke out The Worm dance move which slightly injured my back late in the night! Here’s a little Worm tutorial video for y’all. It was a day filled with infectious smiles, laughter, crazy dancing, hijinks, shenanigans, and just plain fun. One really cool idea they did was instead of a unity candle, the had a box in which their parents placed a letter. The box is to be opened at their 10 year anniversary, or opened earlier if they were having problems with their marriage. It is a very forward-thinking and unique idea!
Some of our favorite images are below: Ryan faking like he’s running away from the ceremony, Allie’s flying veil (yes she stuck her head out the car window on the way to the ceremony), waterfall superheros, singing during the first dance, etc, etc, etc! We will edit a complete highlight video for them in a few weeks – below is the slideshow we played at the reception plus a few extras and a couple video clips. Congrats Ryan and Allie it was such a pleasure! -Judd, Josh, Natalie, and Jaimie
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[…] we had two other brides in the bridal party which was AWESOME to have both Stephanie and Chase and Ryan and Allie to shoot with again! Sara found a belt buckle for Kyle that said “Remington” which […]
This is a fun group shot by our Studio J photographers Chris and Alicia – enjoy!
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Mark and Alli chose two amazing venues for their wedding: The Woods Chapel and Lafayette Club. The crazy heat actually created an awesomely spectacular sunset: it was like all the moisture in the air amplified the orange from the sunset and yielded one of the most amazing sunset images we have taken (see below).
The Woods Chapel is this rustic eye-candy of a place. The getting ready images of Alli are some of my favorite ever given the quaint second floor area. The guys we playing poker downstairs for pieces of gum and then the game was on: first glance, fountains, sweat droplets, slight nervousness, Bennett the crazy-haired ring bearer, Dave’s heart-felt speech, and just smiles everywhere I turned. We were honored to work with this family for a second time as we captured J.C. and Lindsay’s wedding in 2008 – it is so rewarding to see families grow!
Some of our favorite images from the same day slideshow are below (plus a few more). Some random hilarity was J.C. again scaling a trellis (it was a tree the first time), Lindsay’s parrot hunting story, Eddie’s senior picture pose, and Kevin’s marriage advice. It was so great to work with you Mark and Alli and we’ll see you soon! -Judd, Josh, Chris, and Alicia
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