A desert rose and blush autumn wedding at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fargo. Church ceremonies leave you working quietly and at a distance, so most of this day was photographed by watching rather than arranging.

A desert rose and blush wedding at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Fargo.

Rich & Rachel

Riely and Georgia drove over from Detroit Lakes for a sunny summer session along the river at Lions Conservancy Park. An engagement session comes with every wedding package, and it is mostly there so the camera stops feeling like a stranger before the wedding day.

A sunny summer engagement session in the trees at Lions Conservancy Park.

Riely & Georgia

A storybook late-summer wedding at Fair Hills Resort in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Lake venues give you a long, soft evening to work with, and this one used all of it.

A storybook wedding at Fair Hills Resort on the lake in Detroit Lakes.

Kat & Josh

A downtown Fargo wedding at the Radisson Blu, and one of the loudest, most genuinely fun receptions of the year. Downtown gives you brick, glass and street light within a block of the doors.

A fun downtown Fargo wedding at the Radisson Blu.

Zakk & Jess

Victoria and Jordan flew in from Chicago for a session at the family lakehouse. Flat cloud is quietly one of the best things that can happen to a portrait: no squinting, no hard shadows, nothing to fight.

A cloudy lakehouse engagement session in the Minnesota lakes country.

Victoria & Jordan

The sky did something dramatic over Lone Oak Farm and nobody flinched. Weather is the part of a wedding day you cannot plan, and it is very often the part that makes the pictures.

A stormy summer wedding that broke open over Lone Oak Farm.

Craig & Emilee

Colour everywhere, a retro palette and none of the usual wedding template. This is exactly the kind of day I mean when I say I am a fan of non-traditional weddings.

A colourful retro wedding at RiverHaven in Fargo-Moorhead.

Carly & Nate

Two locations in one evening: the parking ramps and brick of downtown Fargo first, then out to the trees at Lions Conservancy Park while the light dropped.

An engagement session split between downtown Fargo and Lions Conservancy Park.

Josh & Evan

A summer wedding in the white barn at The Pines. The venue sits far enough out of town that the evening light arrives clean, with nothing in the way of it.

A summer wedding at The Pines, in the white barn.

Derek & Mikayla

Snow, pines and single-digit temperatures. Winter sessions run short and everybody earns the coffee afterwards, but the light coming off fresh snow is worth being cold for.

A winter engagement session in single-digit temperatures at Forest River Park.

Jordan & Courtney

An early-season wedding at The Pines in Davenport, in the black barn. Spring in North Dakota can hand you any weather it likes, and this one turned out gently.

A springtime wedding at The Pines in Davenport.

Cody & Nicole

A wedding at the Jasper Hotel, right in the middle of downtown Fargo. Getting-ready rooms, ceremony and reception all sat within the same walls, which leaves far more of the day for the couple.

A downtown Fargo wedding at the Jasper Hotel.

Sam & Amber

A tree-covered gravel road and an abandoned bridge outside Kindred, at the short window in October when the canopy turns and holds.

A fall engagement session on a tree-covered road outside Kindred.

Jake & Kim

An autumn wedding at Oxbow Country Club, just south of Fargo along the river. Open ground, turning trees and a long golden hour to work into.

A fall wedding at Oxbow Country Club, south of Fargo.

Sarah & Justin

It rained, and it did not matter. The Sanctuary is a converted church in Fargo with enough character indoors that a wet forecast stops being a problem and starts being an excuse for umbrellas.

A rainy wedding day at The Sanctuary in Fargo.

Megan & Matt

Bare trees and snow at MB Johnson Park in north Moorhead, then back across the river into downtown Fargo once everyone needed to warm up.

A winter engagement session at MB Johnson Park and downtown Fargo.

Noah & Brittany

A Fourth of July wedding at El Zagal in Fargo. We stole ten minutes at sunset, then went back out after dark for a portrait lit against a full moon. Taylor and Eric had told me to go for it, so we did.

A summer wedding at El Zagal in Fargo, worked through to a portrait under a full moon.

Taylor & Douglas

A spring wedding out in Valley City. The first look with her dad happened before anything else that morning, and it set the tone for the rest of the day.

A spring wedding in Valley City, North Dakota.