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Ahh, so excited.  Our images from our winter wonderland wedding were published today on Wedding Wire's blog.

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Thanks to Angel Petit and second shooter Tess Haun, to our fabulous bride and groom, Sara and Brian, and yes, the sunflowers AND snow!

Wedding Wednesday Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Wedding and Walker Art Center Reception | Maris Ehlers Photography

Mike and Mindy were married in September at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their reception was in the prestigious Sky Room at the Walker Art Center, which is right next door to the gardens.

It was a perfect day.  It threatened to be chilly and rainy, but ended up being a beautiful and sunny fall day that Minnesota CAN be known for.  

I had the pleasure of having the images from this wedding published on Wedding Window's blog.

This gorgeous picture was taken just inside the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  What a great venue (and great location for wedding pictures)!

I love this picture.  I have it printed in a 16 x 24 metallic float wrap and it is stunning! 

The newspaper from their hotel suite.

The flower girl following the big girls. 

The actual ceremony was in the arbor of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It was the middle of September here.  Hard to believe that it was still so green and lush.  I could have photographed them here ALL day! 

Again at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This is the first wedding where I showcased a slideshow of the day's formal pictures via an ipad.  You can see a recent article about ipad and wedding photography here. The picture in that post of the parents and siblings of the groom watching the slideshow is from this wedding.  It was a fantastic way to show off some of the great images of the day to guests and family RIGHT there at the reception.  

Details: 

Ceremony:  Mineapolis Sculpture Garden 

Reception:  The Sky Room at The Walker Art Center 

Catering:  Wolfgang Puck

Florist:  Studio B on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN 

Hair: Unknown

Make-up:  MJ Evans, Glamorazzi

Photography:  Maris Ehlers, Alyssa Lund and Angel Petit of Maris Ehlers Photography 

Published on Glamour and Grace Wedding Blog! | Maris Ehlers Photography

Yay!  You can now finally see the highlights from the fun downtown vintage session we did at the end of July on the fantastic Glamour and Grace Blog which is all about inspirations for the vintage, chic, and style conscious bride!

A special thank you to Circa Vintage of Wayzata, Minnesota for the fantastic wardrobe, MJ Evans of Glamorazzi for her dynamite hair and makeup, Julia O'Brien for her great taste and styling, and Angel Petit for being such a great assistant to have on location - she coordinated everything!  :)

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Cheers,

Maris

Sunflower Wedding Photos | Maris Ehlers Photography

This summertime ENCORE with Julia and Darryl was a ton of fun.  Married for just about a year and a half, these two definitely still have that newlywed vibe going.  

Darryl kept saying that Julia promised him a trip to DQ afterwards...  I hope he got the biggest Cookie Dough Blizzard, EVER!  

We had more "Julie's" than we knew what to do with, but a huge thank you goes out to Julie Davis of Hanover for the use of her fabulous Ford pickup.  Thank you, Julie!  

As usual, we had a great team to pull it all together:  

Hair and Makeup:  MJ Evans, Glamourazzi (Eden Prairie) 

Styling:  Julia O'Brien (Mpls)

Flowers:  Shellie Jensen of Scarlet Lilly (Minnetonka) 

Assistant / 2nd Shooter:  Courtney Johnson 

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JULIA AND DARRYL

Oh, I adore this picture.

How cute is this? 

Here we realized the red lipstick had to go.  There was way too much kissing going on and Darryl looked like the Joker after their first big smooch!

Evening light is the best. 

Julie (the stylist) had the idea to ask the farmers whose farm we stopped at if they had a pitchfork, and we just couldn't resist a few with it.  I won't post the one of Julia chasing Darryl with it (j/k - I wish I would have thought of that, actually). 

This girl has cool shoes.  We only used a few of what she brought - just not enough time! Oh. Darryl's one pair were nice, too.  

I am so lucky that yet another Julie who lives nearby is always willing to bring her '54 Ford truck to just about anywhere I ask when I am interested in using it.  It is AWESOME, and if she ever paints it like she says she is going to, I will cry. 

These next few images were taken by Courtney Johnson, who has been tagging along on some shoots this summer. 

 I did a more unusual edit to this one, and I love it. 

This image of Courtney's is downright steamy!  I was shooting in front of them and she found just a great opportunity from the side... add a funky edit and we have romance novel cover here, I think! 

I know this is one of Courtney's favorite images from the shoot, so I gave it a nice soft, airy feel and like how it turned out.  You know, Darryl really didn't seem to mind all the kissing stuff.  

Shellie Jensen of Scarlett Lily Floral in Minnetonka ROCKS!  If you are getting married, you MUST chat with her.  She does great work, is super sweet and did I mention does great work? 

I've wanted to photograph ANYONE in front of a large hay bale for quite some time, so I'm glad I finally got to try it last night.  I know who is next for this sort of look as well! 

These last two in the truck are two of my very favorites of the day.  Thank you so much Julia and Darryl.  It was a lot of fun and you both were great sports!  

~Enjoy! 

Maris