Wendy Woods Photography

Kareem and Erin

Kareem Chin and Erin Strother were married September 20 at the exquisite Graves 601 Hotel downtown in Minneapolis. This spectacular setting, one of the city's trendiest hotels, brought together Kareem and Erin's large circle of friends, college buddies, and relatives. The couple flew in from Brooklyn where Kareem works in finance and Erin is a sales rep. Fortunately we had time to take photographic advantage of the hotel's cool spaces and the fun of the downtown area across from the First Avenue music venue and the Target Center. We witnessed a first in our many years as wedding photographers! During the ceremony, the couple "jumped the broom" - a tradition that dates back to before the Civil War when marriage between African-Americans was outlawed. The last event of the evening we photographed was an amazing display of love and unity: Kareem's fraternity brothers, who joined them from all over the  country, staged a traditional Alpha Phi Alpha salute to the couple. They encircle the bride and groom and serenade them with the fraternity's theme. It was an emotional, awesome moment.

Kareem and Erin tell me, "The wedding was fantastic in every way. Even more fun than we expected. We felt extremely blessed to have our family and friends celebrating the occasion with us and everyone seemed to have a genuinely good time."

The beautiful cake is from Buttercream. Music was fantastic by DJ JCue (Jon Buckner). Amazing night, great people, so much fun to photograph. Click on any image to open larger and please leave a message for Erin, Kareem, or us!

Jamie and Eric

Last month on a cool rainy day, Eric Bornetun and Jami Kruger were married in a ceremony at the Faith Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids and reception at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake. But despite the raindrops we got a chance to do some beautiful photography - in fact misty weather is always my favorite time to do portraits. (Maybe it's because we came here from San Francisco?) Jamie was gorgeous as you can see. The groomsmen got their money's worth out of the cigars! And the emotional hit of the evening was a slideshow of their childhoods during which it was hard to find a dry eye.  Stunning flowers were by Colleen at Colleen's Flower Cellar and the chocolate fountain (a huge hit) was from Creative Confectionaire As always it was a pleasure to work with the Tuckers from Yellowtree Video. Here are some photos from the day. Click on any image to open larger. Please leave a message for Jamie, Eric, or us!

Tiffany and Max - The Movie!

We just put together a movie about Tiffany and Max's wedding. You'll love it!! 

View it here.

To see our original post on their wedding, click here.

Roxy and Brian

One of the most stylish and visually unique weddings we have ever photographed took place September 7. Roxanne Cuevas and Brian Schmid wed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Roxy and Brian live in Manitoba where she is operations manager for a movie theater and Brian is an IT manager. First on the agenda was a visit to place they met, the French Meadow Cafe in Minneapolis for a bit of nostalgia. Then it was off to the Walker. The ceremony was outside on the terrace with spectacular views of downtown Minneapolis and the Basilica.The reception was inside Gallery 8 and the dinner upstairs in the Skyline Room. The food by Wolfgang Puck was beyond words, and the cake by Celebration Generation was a delicious work of art! Wow, did we have fun photographing this one. Amazing wedding, amazing photos. We loved every minute of it. Click on any image to open larger, and please leave a message for Roxy, Brian, or us!