At the end of July, I drove south to Hokah, MN for the wedding ceremony of Kristin & Jonah. Jonah & his sister were actually members of a previous bridal party for my past clients Shannon & Jon. One thing about rural weddings, is that the strong bond of family & friends is very apparent. It seems that everybody knows one another and has something or someone they can relate to. While there was a few faces I’ve seen before at a previous wedding or two, the feeling is similar during the wedding day – a celebration of love between two people.

As I arrived, we had originally planned to have Kristin & Jonah see each other beforehand for a “first sight”, however, plans had changed due to some discussion between Kristin and her friends. While it makes no difference to me, I think it’s great to wait until the ceremony, there’s only one time that this moment will happen. So I started with Kristin and her bridesmaids for some portraits and the interior of St. Peter’s Church created a very nice backdrop…

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