Susanna + Lukas Susanna reached out to me via Instagram back in January explaining they were looking for a short session immediately after their elopement in Custer State Park. We settled on Sylvan Lake just before golden hour to start photos. Susanna made her own bouquet (and did her own makeup!) but accidentally forgot to…
Nikki + Michael While the rain held off in the earlier part of the day, the skies were threatening guaranteed rain as we were finishing up wedding party photos. Fortunately, I was able to snap a few pictures of the bride and groom in front of their arch outside before it had to be moved…
Brianna + Alvaro When we first moved to South Dakota, we still had a few weddings back in Washington state on the books that we had to travel back for. Thankfully we have some wonderful friends who let us crash at their house in the South Puget Sound. Brianna and Alvaro’s wedding was one of…
Kaylie + Bailey Kaylie and Bailey had been engaged for a while before they finally got to plan their dream wedding. Everything came together on a gorgeous November day (yep, another gamble here in South Dakota!). It wasn’t windy, or rainy, or snowing, or -10 degrees. We kept watching the forecast as the date got…
Kayla + Brandon Planning weddings in October in South Dakota is like playing the lottery–when you win, you win big, but there’s always the risk of a full-blown blizzard, too. Fortunately, for Kayla and Brandon’s Rapid City area micro wedding, the sun was shining (I got a sunburn), the weather was warm (and windy, of…
Amanda + Kyle Scheduling a winter wedding in South Dakota (or the Midwest for that matter) is no simple feat. The ideal setting is a soft blanket of snow on the ground, little to no wind (<10mph), 30 degrees F, and maybe a gentle snow flurry just in time for outdoor couple’s portraits. Amanda was…
Paige + Chance Check out this beautifully dreamy October wedding at Black Hills Receptions! Paige got ready in the bridal gazebo, and then we did the first look and some bride and groom portraits on the brick path in the shade of the pine trees. We then drove down the road to Falling Rock park…
Chantel + Seth Winter weddings are not crazy common in South Dakota due to the unpredictability of the weather (60 F one day and then a blizzard the next…not even joking), but when they work out they are so beautiful, even if snow isn’t on the ground. There’s something about our wintry cotton candy skies…
Hailey + David Hailey and David traveled from their home in North Dakota to get married on a windy September day at the Chapel in the Hills in Rapid City. While the wind was fairly bothersome during the ceremony, we used it to our favor to capture some epic couple’s photos with Hailey’s cathedral length…