Since becoming Minnesota wedding photographers, we have learned a thing or two.
Dear 2022,
Wow! Where do we even start? 2022, you were so good to us! Since becoming Minnesota wedding photographers, we have learned a thing or two. This year has been unlike any other in both our personal lives and business! A year full of obstacles and a few bumps in the road, we wouldn’t change it for anything. We’ve emerged from 2022 stronger than ever. We have nothing but gratitude for all that you had in store for us as Minnesota wedding photographers!
Gratitude has become a huge part of our lives in recent years. Through gratitude, you can free yourself from the negative emotions regarding a situation. Learning to make the conscious choice to be thankful for being granted the experience in the first place. Trust us, it’s not always an easy thing. We truly believe practicing gratitude is why we were able to have such a prosperous year of growth and joy.
So to express our thanks to 2022, we want to go over some of the highlights of our year. Finding gratitude in each of these special moments.
1.) Destination Wedding Photographers land in St. Thomas
Now this was some way to kick off our 2022 wedding season! When the time came to fly out, we were itching to get out there and shoot. (A combination of cabin fever and a desire to get those creative juices flowing again).
The kickoff to our amazing year, Cassie and Tyler’s wedding blew it out of the park. The couple had their elopement at Sapphire Beach and Resort. It was our first beach elopement/destination wedding of the year. We had been so eager to shoot their wedding from the minute they booked. To see those dreams come to fruition all around us was one of the most amazing things! It was one of those “Hey! Look, Ma! I made it!” moments. Being small town Minnesota wedding photographers who get to travel for work feels like hitting the jackpot.
This wedding and trip really set it into perspective how grateful we are to have the careers we do. The fact that we were able to visit literally one of the most beautiful places on Earth all for work. We never could have imagined that this would be our lives! We spent many moments talking with each other about how fortunate we are to have a career. One that allows us to do these things. We have built a business from the ground up that made it to this point. It was a celebratory moment, not only for Cassie and Tyler, but a milestone in our business!
If you want more details about this St. Thomas wedding, you can read all about it in our blog. Intimate Island Beach Elopement: Minnesota Elopement Photographers Take On the United States Virgin Islands – St. Thoma
2.) MN Wedding Photographers host a Workshop/Styled Shoot
One of the hallmarks of this year came from hosting our first workshop/styled shoot in July! Hosting a workshop like this had been a dream of ours for the longest time. It is something we have seen many Minnesota wedding photographers do and we wanted give it a try.
But not every idea can be executed exactly as we had planned… This wedding workshop threw us many curveballs. It was one of those things that started out as this big idea and failed to meet our expectations. And we learned that it’s okay for that to happen!
Besides learning about what it means to host, budget, and plan for an event like this, we learned how to be resilient. That even if our ideas didn’t turn out exactly how we wanted them, we could still have a great time! We were so grateful for this experience, even all the headaches it caused! This way, we know what NOT to do the next time we want to host an event like this!
If you want to hear more about our experience with hosting our first photography workshop, you can read more here. Living and Learning: MN Wedding Photographers Host Their First Workshop
3.) Madeline Island Sailboat Proposal with MN Wedding Photogs
This summer we had the opportunity to shoot a sailboat proposal in Madeline Island for my childhood best friend. No way was I going to miss this. When her fiance met us and learned we are Minnesota wedding photographers, he knew we need to be there with them. We were able to use our art to capture a moment for someone who means so much to me.
To share this moment with my childhood best friend and her now fiancee was a great moment for us all. This trip was so needed for as it came to us in the thick of wedding season. Even though we did “work” for some of it, that moment with them is something we are so thankful for.
Additionally, it’s not everyday that you shoot a awesome proposal like this! We have shot a few proposals before but nothing like this! It was fun to switch up things up and share that intense energy of getting engaged! We cannot wait to shoot more proposals in the future!
If you want to hear more about this sailboat proposal, you can read all about it in the blog. Madeline Island Sailboat Proposal in Bayfield, WI
3.) Cornucopia Beach with Minnesota Photographers
While we were out in the Bayfield/Madeline Island area for the sailboat proposal, we booked an engagement session. Cornucopia Beach had been on our bucket list for quite some time. We were so excited when Sami and Natalie wanted their engagement photos done there.
Sami and Natalie traveled all the way from Chicago to have their engagement photos shot at Cornucopia Beach. We know, that not every couple would be down to do this but knew that Sami and Natalie were our kind of people. It also amazed us with the reach of our business! Minnesota wedding photographers who are reaching couples all the way out in Chicago is an absolutely incredible feeling!
And Cornucopia Beach with Sami and Natalie did not disappoint! This was such a breath of fresh air for us to shoot somewhere completely unfamiliar. This session perfectly captured that summer feeling!
4.) Impromptu Pumpkin Head Photoshoot Wedding Photographers
It wasn’t deliberate but pumpkin heads sort of became our thing this Halloween! Last year, we had seen a few shoots where these photographers had their couples put carved pumpkins on their heads. We thought this was a totally awesome idea! We carved up some pumpkins and asked one of our engagement couples if they would be up for the idea. Thankfully, they were avid Halloween lovers and were completely down for it.
For the Halloween season this year, we had shared some of the photos in a reel on Instagram. It was so cool to see our work be shared and featured by so many people. Considering it was more of a creative shoot. From this reel, Jen from Champagne and Lace reached out wanting to do a pumpkin head shoot with her partner. Finding others in the Minnesota wedding industry helps create connections.
We knew with this session we wanted to up our game, so we ended up carving FOUR pumpkins! Two pumpkins were just regular jack-o-lantern style pumpkins while the other two were something special! One was painted all black and the other was covered in disco ball pieces!
We were so grateful to connect with Jen for this shoot! It was fun being able to connect with another wedding professional that we vibed so well with! She even designed some stunning spooky fall bouquets to go along with the shoot!
5.) Photographers Gratitude for Destination Elopements and Minnesota Weddings
Truly, we are so thankful for 2022. Bringing all of the amazing wedding couples we had the chance to work with! We had the honor of being a part of so many beautiful wedding days. There are no words to fully describe the feeling of being able to share those special moments with all of these amazing people.
Your wedding photos mean just as much to you as they do to us. We look back through galleries so fondly as we can transport back to your day and share in all the laughs and special moments! We made so many memories with each and every one of our couples and we are just so blessed to attract such amazing, bad-ass people! CHECK OUT AN AWESOME COLLAGE OF ALL THE WEDDINGS WE SHOT IN 2022 DOWN BELOW!
We had the opportunity to shoot at so many amazing venues too! To shoot a full wedding at Pinewood had been on our bucket list forever and we were able to make that dream a reality (Check out more from that wedding HERE!). From the amazing rustic barn weddings to the dreamy backyard weddings to the sleek, modern weddings at awesome venues, we are so grateful to have had the chance to shoot at so many beautiful places.
All of the wedding days we had the honor of being a part of would not have been able to happen without the help of so many of our amazing fellow vendors! It was a pleasure to get to work with so many amazing professionals including wedding planners, coordinators, caterers, florists, DJs, officiants, and so many more! We appreciate you more than you know!
So Long 2022! May 2023 Be Just As Fulfilling!
To all those that we have been able to reach with our work, we want to thank you from the bottom of hearts! Thank you for allowing us into your lives and giving us the opportunity to capture such amazing points in each of your lives! Your love and support means the world to us.
If you want to be a part of our 2023, check out the rest of our website HERE and submit all inquiries HERE! We’d love to hear from you and make some memories together in 2023!
Peace out, 2022! Thanks for the memories and we cannot wait to see what the universe has in store for us in 2023! xoxo
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