october wedding

This weekend my mom and I photographed our first wedding together under the business name, Milestone Memories. It went really well considering what can unfold on a wedding day. Everyone showed up, no one was late, flowers arrived on time, and all was great, including the weather.

Our day started pretty early. We met the bride and her maids at a hair salon in Inver Grove Heights at 8:00 AM. We took some photographs of the girls getting their hair done and we wrapped up around 9:30 AM. We had a little bit of time in between so we stopped at the closest Starbucks and planned our game plan for the day.

We arrived at the church around Noon and we had until 3:00 PM to get the wedding party photographed, the families photographed, and of course the bride and groom! I thought we would have too much time but we ended up taking all that time. The great thing about the site was that it was all in one location, the church and reception hall were across from each other and the historic buildings were just a short walk away. By the time we went to a few locations, within the site, and took some photographs it was 3:00 PM, an hour to spare before the ceremony. The time flew by so quickly and I felt that I still wanted more photos.

The ceremony was short and sweet. After the ceremony my mom and I were busy taking photos of the bride and groom interacting with their guests. There was a lot of socializing so we got many candid pictures. The bride and groom did the cake cutting right away and the first dance followed about 2 hours later. We were finally wrapping up the night around 8:00 PM.

My mom and I went home, attempted to watch a movie and then crashed right away! It was a good day but it was a lot of work and a lot of pressure.

Visit http://www.milestonememoriesmn.com/ for more pictures. :)