Monthly Archives: July 2011

Question: What happens when you combine the North Shore (in MN), rain, fog, 14ish hours of driving, 15ish hours of photographing, and a beautiful bride and groom?
Answer: An amazing wedding, too many fun people to count,  and these pictures to show for it.

I travelled up to Eagle Ridge Resort in Lutsen, MN to photograph Christie and Bob’s wedding. Even though I grew up in MN, I’d never been to the North Shore. For those of you not familiar with the area, it is less then an hour from the Canadian border and SO beautiful!

Friday was gorgeous and sunny for the rehearsal, which was held at a chalet on top of the mountain where we had to take 4-person gondolas to get to the top. The ceremony was going to look out over Lake Superior.
(Note: this mountain is a much smaller scale than The Rockies!)

 Saturday morning, however, brought storms, 50 degree weather, and this not-as-blue-and-green-view instead.

 I think everyone was nervous whether or not the ceremony would actually be held outdoors at the chalet as planned because of the weather. I was nervous about all the photos! People choose places like this to get married because of the scenery…and we were looking at taking photos in the resort’s bar and grill. You never would have known it was raining on Christie and Bob’s wedding day though – they had a “What can you do?” attitude and everyone was in such a great mood.

 Luckily the rain quit by one and, although the temperatures never rose much above 55, everyone remained in great spirits for the rest of the day. The bridal party (mainly the girls) braved the freezing cold beach for photos. Some of the girls ruined their shoes walking a mile across rocks and sand. And Christie and Bob looked so amazing!
Christie put so much thought in the details of her and Bob’s day. The floral mimicked the outdoorsy-ness of the North Shore (the centerpieces were actually picked from the mountain that morning!) She had signs and a personalized hanger from Etsy. Bob’s parents handed out homemade cranberry wine at the Groom’s dinner.
I. Loved. Everything. About. This. Day.

 Two of Christie’s cousins (who were bridesmaids) even put together a flash mob during dinner! It was so much fun! They taught most of the bridal party the night before and then all the guests while I photographed the bride and groom right after the ceremony. When Katy Perry’s “Firework” came on during dinner, one by one guests got up to sing and dance for Christie and Bob! It was great!

 It’s so fun to look through all of these images and remember the day. Everyone was so much fun! I can’t wait to share more of the portraits I took in a later post…I love the effect the fog and mist have in the images. I heard multiple people say it was very “Twilight,” which may give some of you an idea:)

Until next time…
xxT