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Max and Carissa: Minneapolis wedding

Max and Carissa’s day could not have been any better!  The April weather was perfect and so was the day!  Many thanks to all the vendors that helped make this day beautiful.

Dress: The Wedding Shoppe

Carissa’s hair: Katie at Studio 4 Salon in Eagan

Jewelry (necklace, earrings & bracelet) were gifts

Rings:  Jarrod and Kay Jewelers

Tuxes: Men’s Warehouse

Bridesmaid dresses: David’s Bridal

Florist: Dakota Floral

Ceiling draping, lights and table linens: Illuminations by Lori Cole

Cake: Taste of Scandinavia

Desserts: Sue Bernlohr

Chocolate fountain: Chocolate Cascade Heaven

 

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    Second shooters and assistants

    For the first 2 years of my business I shot with an assistant.  My husband.  As much as I knew he loved weddings (insert sarcasm here) he loved me more.  So he agreed to be my assistant for the day.  He carried around my gear, helped me man my list of shots, told people where to go, and was a huge help.  After we had our first child, and my business continued to grow, we knew it was time to move on to the next phase.  He needed to be home with our daughter and I went on the hunt for another assistant/ second shooter!

    My dreams came true when my sister volunteered to step into the role.  With a love for photography, she was a perfect fit.  Plus I got to hang out with my little sister who now worked full time.  For the next 3 years, we toured throughout Minneapolis and Wisconsin on our weekends.  But over time, after working a 40 hour week, my sister needed her weekends and I was on the hunt again.

    I have to say the process was not an easy one.  I had some assistants that were wonderful people, but just did not fit my style.  Then Elena and I were introduced at a very random party for a mutual friend.  We got to chatting and a few weeks later she was in my living room with her 6 month old son and portfolio.  With a background in photography and a being at a similar stage in life, we clicked.  We tested out the waters with a few weddings, and now 5 years later we are still working together.

    There are so many benefits to me and to the client in having a long term second shooter.  Not only is Elena my second shooter, she also shoots her own weddings.  She is also a good friend and she knows me.  All I have to do is look in one direction and she is there shooting at another angle and seeing with another pair of eyes.  There is little direction that I need to give her because she knows the drill.    When I am standing on one side of the ceremony, she is in the other.  Also, Elena knows tabletop photography.  She is amazing at it!  She will do many of the details at the reception, while I am off photographing the Bride, Groom, and wedding party.  She is my other pair of eyes on the day of a wedding.  

    A few photo angles that Elena and I took together (mine on Left, Elena’s on right).

    It really is wonderful.  I am so thankful for Elena, her friendship as well as her gift.

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    • Caeli

      Great post, Karen! I love the photos from our wedding that your assistants took too. They added such a unique perspective to the day!

    • Yay! It’s fun to see the side-by-sides! Rocking the gear too ya’ll!

    Monday sneak

    LOVE!  this session!  Ethan and Amy were wonderful to hang out with!  (although I probably scared them a few times with my overjoyed shreeks!!) I can’t wait to celebrate their marraige with them in September!

     

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      Monday Sneaks!

      Welcome back to Monday’s!  If you have stuck around and are keeping up with the blog, thank you!  After about a month off and out of the cyber world, I am back and ready to get blogging again.  I have just upgraded to the next Pro Photo (blog template!) version, and in the next few months, you should be noticing some changes!  I have also been working on updating my logo and web-site, so more changes should come as time allows!

      This past weekend, I was able to shoot my first wedding of the season!  And with 70 degree weather, cherry blossoms in early bloom, it was a PERFECT day for a wedding.  More to come of this wonderful couple, but here is one from their beautiful day!

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      • Carissa Cowgill

        Awesome!

      • Carissa Cowgill

        Thanks, Karen! You do fantastic work!

      • Peggy Hudak

        This is very nice. I can’t wait to see the rest of them!

      Lindsay’s Vintage Bridal Tea Party

      I am not one for planning parties, it’s not that I don’t like it ( it is actually quite the opposite!) but with 3 kids, a husband who’s a pastor, and working, there really has not been the time for it…. until now!

      My little sister is getting married this spring, and if you have been following the blog, you know that I am extremely excited for her and  to have Michael for my new brother in law!  Lindsay’s meadow wedding will be very vintagie, so we (all her bridesmaids) wanted to follow the theme and give her a shower to match.  We literally put the shower together in 3 weeks because of all our busy schedules, and I have to say it was a huge success!  

      I have to say that Pinterest played a huuuge role in getting all our thoughts togehter and sharing them with each other easily (see my board here!).

      I was also blessed by a friend who makes and sells her items (many of them were her’s)  at the Drawers of Davlee, an occasional shop in Monticello.

      Since I am a huge coffee drinker and rarely drink tea, I needed some advice on how to go about makeing the tea.  Another friend brought me with her to Tea Source in Minneapolis where we purchased the tea and then she taught me how to make a tea concentrate!

      I also found these great and Free print-ables on the Wedding Chicks web-site in the Free Printables section.

      We really wanted to incorporate our family’s history into the tea somehow.  My mom went through all our family’s china and crystal and brought it for us to eat on.  While going through it, she found a piece of china that was about 80 years old that was our great grandmother’s.

      We had all the women coming to the party bring a tea cup or mug that represented them in some way and had Lindsay guess which one came with each woman.

      Vintage aprons adorned each of us to make the party more festive.

      It was such a great time, I can’t wait for more of the festivities to continue!!  Click here to see the entire gallery, no password needed.

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      • So fun Karen! Beautiful shower. Love all the details.

      • GREAT JOB KAREN!!!! It looked SOOO good! So glad it turned out for you! You get the “best sister award”- so much work put into every detail of the shower!

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