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Planning guides for Minnesota couples and families from Minneapolis photographer Emma Ziegler: marriage licences and officiants, wedding venues city by city with their published rates, what wedding photography costs, and when to book engagement, maternity and family sessions.

Printing Wedding Photos: Labs, Paper, Longevity

Printing Wedding Photos: Labs, Paper, Longevity

Professional labs, one chosen paper surface and an interior wall out of the sun. Here is how to print wedding photos that outlive the files.

By EmmaOct 15, 20269 min readRead Article

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Should You Photograph the Rehearsal Dinner?

By Emma·7 min read

Should You Photograph the Rehearsal Dinner?

Worth it when families are meeting or the real toasts happen at the dinner. Here is what the extra hours buy and when to spend them elsewhere.

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November Weddings in Minnesota: Light, Weather, Timing

By Emma·7 min read

November Weddings in Minnesota: Light, Weather, Timing

Plan for Twin Cities highs falling from 49.5°F to 34.7°F, Saturday sunsets of 4:53 to 4:34 PM after clocks fall back, and snow in some years.

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Wedding Photo Editing Styles, Explained Plainly

By Emma·9 min read

Wedding Photo Editing Styles, Explained Plainly

Light and airy, dark and moody, true to color: what each does to skin and whites, how each ages, and three ways to test a portfolio before booking.

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Wedding Guest Phone Etiquette

By Emma·7 min read

Wedding Guest Phone Etiquette

Guest phones cost couples a handful of specific photographs every year. Here is which ones, and how to ask people to put them down without lecturing.

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Jewish Wedding Photography in the Twin Cities

By Emma·8 min read

Jewish Wedding Photography in the Twin Cities

Plan Jewish wedding photos around the ketubah signing, bedeken, chuppah, yichud and hora, and around Shabbat if you marry on a Saturday night.

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