Minneapolis Guthrie Theater | Engagement Session

Engagement and wedding season is upon us!  As we prepare for our first wedding fair of the season,  Unveiled - The Ultimate Wedding Planning Event on Sun. Nov. 11th, from 11-4pm at the Minneapolis Convention Center, we wanted to share a recent, unique Engagement Session.  Photographing these two at the Guthrie Theater was a real treat for me...they are uber sweet and were just as relaxed as they are in love.  Add to that the spectacular architecture and superb details that the Guthrie Theater offers and the images alone will show that it was a giant success. 

We want to say a special 'Congratulations' and 'Good Luck' to this wedding couple.  Their wedding is just one week from today and we can't wait to capture their story and the story of their guests!  We are so thankful that we met these two at last year's Unveiled Wedding Event and hope to meet many more 'in love' couples on Sun. Nov. 11th. 

Success = The Feb. 5, 2012 Unveiled Wedding Event

Where do I even begin? 

The Unveiled Wedding Event that was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Sunday Feb. 5th, 2012 was amazing!  Thanks to both Tonya and Dave and our ever so talented "worker bees", our booth was ready to impress when the engaged couples and their family and friends made their entrance at the beginning of the show.    

We had lots of fun showing off many samples of our work including wedding and engagement images, framed prints (nested inside both The Organic Bloom frames and our very own, custom-crafted frames), a beautiful wedding canvas collection (hanging on the right hand wall) and of course our albums!!! Just before the show we had received our most recently designed studio sample album (pictured lower left) and those who took the time to view it gave it rave reviews! Our 8 x 10 horizontal album (pictured on the table, bottom right) also got equal attention.  Couples couldn't get over the unique layout of the album (it is "flipbook" style and opens up to 10 images that are each 16 x 20 in size) and the amazing cover drew many in. 

Now to the real excitement...the happily engaged couples!  We feel very fortunate to have met so many joyful brides and grooms (and their families and friends).  It is always a pleasure of ours to not only hear about the unique and special details of each couple's wedding plans, but to spread the word about what makes our wedding photography stand out among the MANY talented Twin Cities Wedding Photographers. 

It's even more fun when our past wedding clients stop by to visit with their newly engaged family members or friends!  (Pictured in the lower left is past wedding client and current family photography client Brooke (in the middle) with her mom and newly engaged sister).  If you are "uber" observant, you might have also spotted Brooke in the wedding canvas collection hanging in the booth.  We feel lucky to have been a part of Brooke and Andrew's wedding not so long ago. 

Lastly, we wanted to show once again a wedding idea that was quite a hit with MANY attendees at the show.  Pictured below are two-sided cards with selected images collected at both wedding and engagement sessions from the past year on one side, and our show special on the back.  Visitors loved the simplicity of this idea and many took pictures to remember it.  I overheard chatter about creating similar pots to display a bride and groom's engagement or other selectd photos at the reception or even as a way to show reception guests their table assignments.  The possibilities are endless, and if you have any additional ideas, I'd love to share them in an additional blog post!