Real Couple: Romance and an Engagement Session

We are just in love with today's Wedding Wednesday feature from Melissa Oholendt Photography.  The couple has one of the cutest stories I have ever heard for how they met - it's definitely romantic! 

Alyssa and Matt first met at Nordstrom Rack in the Mall of America, where Alyssa worked.  She helped him with his purchases, but both were too shy to express the interest they felt toward one another.  {here comes the romantic part} Later, Matt put an ad out on Craigslist's Missed Connections, where one of Alyssa's friends came across the post and called her up letting her know she was fairly certain there was a post about her on the board.  The two met for coffee and the rest, as they say, is history.  {How awesome it is that romance isn't dead after all!} :)

Meet Alyssa and Matt... and check out their gorgeous engagement session...

Serious kudos to Melissa and Melissa Oholendt Photography for this awesome photos!  We absolutely love the contrast in locations - urban restaurant to soft outdoor shots.  Head over to her blog, Facebook and Twitter pages to check out more of her fantastic work!

Real Couple: Merry'd Session in the City

Today's Wedding Wednesday feature comes from Lauren B. Photoraphy and it's filled with sunlight and city backgrounds.

Laurie of Lauren B. Photography photographed this couples wedding two years ago, and followed it up with a Merry'd session in Northeast Minneapolis.  I think Laurie captured the couples love for the arts (in fact, they're a very creative couple being a musician and artist) by finding "grungy and contrasting bright" locations.  And seriously, who couldn't love that dress!



gorgeous photo!!





this should totally be the book cover for a romantic novel!



Dove and Kristin totallly rocked this Merry'd session.  I think every couple should have a post-wedding photography session - whether it be like this Merry'd session, a trash the dress session or just a chance for you and your new hubby to let your hair down (literally) and have fun with each other.  Be sure to head over to the Lauren B. Photography blog or Facebook page to check out more of her work.

Real Couple: Vintage Romance

I am so excited to be sharing this couple's engagement session with you for this weeks Wedding Wednesday feature.  Why is that you ask?  Well, the couple of these gorgeous photos happen to be the first clients for Cammi Lee Events!  Meet Molly and TJ!

I met Molly, the bride-to-be, soon after I graduated college when I started my first job for large festival-product event company.  Molly was the graphic designer {who does phenomenal work - she is designing all of my branding and web site... which should be released by the end of September!} and I worked as a Marketing Coordinator, so we worked quite closely with one another.  This girl is simply amazing - definitely one of the nicest girls I've ever met... and the drive and motivation she has to fulfill her dreams is certainly motivating!

Molly and TJ have such an adorable relationship - you can definitely tell they're so much in love with one another.  While TJ made it known in the beginning that he wasn't super excited to be out taking engagement photos {I really can't imagine there are many guys who are ecstatic about this part of the wedding planning} he loosened up and their photographer, Andrew Saxum of A.T.S. Photography, did an awesome job capturing their personalities in their engagement photos.

As their wedding coordinator, I went out with Molly, TJ and TJ's younger sister for their e-session.  The day was a little steamy and overcast, so we headed into downtown Minneapolis to get some city shots {I LOVE city photos!}.  After a couple of hours {and a bunch of photos later}, we headed to a gorgeous garden in the Uptown area.  Not 10 minutes into the photos at that location, it started down pouring... while it put a bit of a damper on our engagement photo parade, the rainy photos turned out so cute with the cute couple under their umbrella!

one of my absolute favorites!

another favorite!

priceless!

Molly's vision for her wedding is Vintage Romance - think light pinks, creams, peaches, etc.  These photos could not have matched her vision more perfectly, if I do say so myself!  Her choice for attire is perfect for a vintage wedding, and we've got a few ideas up our sleeves to incorporate these AMAZING engagement photos into their big day... you'll have to stay tuned for that! :)

If you're interested in checking out more of Andrew's great work, head over to his Flickr or Facebook pages!