Rachel + Brice - Gorgeous Minneapolis Wedding at Solar Arts
What an incredible couple Brice and Rachel are! So genuine and a joy to be around. It's no wonder that they had a giant group of friends and family eager to celebrate with them on their big day. It was hard to choose the best frames for this wedding because every frame was perfect! Put all these wonderful people into great backdrops like the Hewing Hotel and Chowgirls at Solar Arts and you have a beautiful film. Huge congrats to you both and thank you for choosing Olsen Media
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Talia + Jake - Classy City Wedding at Machine Shop in Minneapolis
What an incredible wedding to be a part of! Also, this is probably the first one for me that I would lose an arm wrestling match to every member of the bridal party. These cross-fit champions sure knew how to have a great time and celebrate their big day in style! Machine Shop was a great backdrop for this fun and hilarious couple as well as their whole crew and family. Thank you guys for choosing Olsen Media and a huge congratulations! Music licensed through art-list.io and musicbed.com
FRAMES
For official photos - Uppercase L Photography
Venue - Machine Shop
Caitlin + Jamieson - Stylish City Wedding at Minneapolis Event Center
Such a great couple to film with! Obviously they wear their emotions on their sleeves and I always love that! Jamieson and Caitlin were so gracious and fun-loving. Their wedding day went perfectly and was such a celebration of love and friendship. Huge congratulations to the both of you! Thanks for choosing Olsen Media! Music licensed through musicbed.com
For photos of the day visit the incredible Ali Leigh
Venue: Minneapolis Events Centers - Riverside Room
Church: Our Lady of Grace
Sacad + Mariam - Beautiful City Wedding in Minneapolis
Wow! This wedding was a whole new experience for me and it was awesome to see! From the incredible portrait session we had in downtown Minneapolis we went straight to the Ames Center in Burnsville where the party really got kicked off. Immediately, everyone wanted to embrace, dance, celebrate, and take selfies with Sacad and Mariam. Such a joyous celebration! It was an honor for me to capture. Congratulations! Music by special request of the couple.
BreAnna + Kevin - Romantic Wedding at Trellis in Stillwater, MN
Venue - Trellis Outdoor Ceremonies
Madison + Hudson - Wonderful And Stylish Wedding at Luminary Fern in Brainerd, MN
Wow! Wow! Wow! What an incredible wedding to film. These 8th grade lovebirds celebrated in pure style and joy. It was an incredible day of beautiful venues, crazy fun people, and the birth of a strong marriage. So great to work with Madison and Hudson, congrats to you both! Thanks for choosing Olsen Media Music licensed through musicbed.com
Photographer - Hayley Huotari
Venue - Luminary Fern at Northern Pacific Event Space
Liz + Casey - Amazing Iowa Wedding
What an incredible wedding to film! Duncan, IA is so small you can drive through it if you blink but then you'd miss the charm it has and the fun people. Despite being such a small town, these guys were so well loved that it was one of the largest weddings I've ever filmed! Casey and Liz were such a great couple and they had such an incredible day, thank for having me be a part of it! Music licensed through art-list.io and musicbed.com
Sally + Ryan - Stunning Downtown St. Paul Wedding at Lowertown Events Center
Karen + Justin - Beautiful Spring Wedding in Lakeville, MN
Karen and Justin were so much fun to film! They were full of smiles and laughter and everyone was in a celebratory mood. All of it adds up to make an incredible film! Not to mention that awesome tree that was in full bloom. Thanks for having me film your big day! Music licensed through Art-list.io and musicbed.com
Venue - Brackett's Crossing Country Club
Alissa + April - Awesome Dinkytown Wedding at Varsity Theater
Photo by Megan Engeseth Photography
Alissa and April were so much fun to work with and their day was really, really, cool and thoughtful! Sorry, I don't want you to get too excited about it because they decided to keep the video private so it won't be posted here but they did write me a great review and sent a photo from the photographer to include with it!
Thank you guys and Congrats!
Eric
From the brides:
"When you're a woman who loves another woman, some challenges are presented. When planning a wedding, you're bound to meet one. My fiancee and I were lucky. We didn't come up against discrimination or sideways glances. But we did find one challenge. The first videographer we messaged to ask if they were comfortable with a same sex wedding? Didn't even grace us with a reply. Not even a "thanks, but no thanks." Another said, "Well...I did my sister's wedding...but I don't advertise that I do those...." Turns out third time is a charm. This was the one thing we had the tiniest difficulty with. Everyone else treated us as just another couple, which we are. One day, while sitting frustrated at the computer, elbow deep in google searches, I came across an older article in Lavender magazine about weddings, and the vendors that helped make them happen. There, staring out at me from the pages, was the answer. "As soon as we met Eric we knew he was the one to film our wedding." I stopped, excited. I found his webpage. It was one I had previously passed over because it was full of very religious church weddings, and I didn't see another same sex couple in sight. Now don't get me wrong, I was raised Catholic and I respect that church and every other one out there. I have nothing against any of that. I was just looking for someone who would respect me and my soon to be wife, no matter what their beliefs. We watched his videos. We went back, further and further into his blog, and found the couple from the article. It was online. He POSTED it online! He wasn't ashamed of it. He wasn't ashamed of filming two women getting married. We kept getting more excited the more videos we watched. We liked his eye, and the way he edited things together. I texted him, and he replied almost instantly. We set up a time to meet, and my fiancee and I decided to not tell him we were a same sex couple so we could gauge his true reaction to us (sorry, Eric!). We sat nervously in a Caribou Coffee, waiting for him to show. He walked in. We tensed up. He came over, smiled, and said "Hi!" We were just two humans. Two humans planning their wedding. And he wanted to help. We told him how it had been a little bit of a challenge to find a videographer who was comfortable with us. He asked if we'd seen his other video and told us how he was surprised he hadn't gotten more same sex couple clients. He listened to us. He heard us. And our wedding video is AMAZING. We chose not to have Eric put our video on his wedding blog because it's so personal and special to us, and the world doesn't need to see it. However, we DO want the world to know how wonderful Eric is, and how incredible his work is. From day one he was super responsive, and we absolutely loved working with him. He fit right in with us, and was able to capture all the tiny little moments my wife and I had completely forgotten about the day. Hiring Eric was the best decision we could have possibly made. We love looking back at the video he created that perfectly encapsulates us, and our amazing wedding day. I cannot tell you enough how wonderful he was to work with. Most of the time we didn't even know he was there, and when we did know, he was having fun right along with us. Our video is priceless, and we wanted to tell every couple out there, straight, gay, whatever, Eric is your guy. His work is beautiful. And we couldn't be happier."
Thanks again,
Alissa & April Blaeser
Lizzie + Jesse - Gorgeous Minneapolis Winter Wedding at Aria
What an amazing day! I knew this was going to be a special wedding but once Lizzie clued me in on the special surprise for their first dance I realized just how special it was going to be. What an incredible thing to do and it just speaks to how great these guys are and well matched for each other. Huge congratulations to you both and thanks for choosing Olsen Media! Music licensed through art-list.io, musicbed.com, and musicdealers.com
Emily + Cameron - Downtown St. Paul Winter Wedding
These guys were so much fun to work with! As you can see they never stopped smiling and laughing. Every location was perfect and the whole celebration was incredible. Happy for you guys and thank you for choosing Olsen Media! Music licensed through art-list.io and musicbed.com
Cara + Lewis - Wonderful Fall Wedding
The weather was a bit rainy and stormy but there was no way it could dampen the spirits of Cara and Lewis and their celebration. These two are the nicest couple you could meet and are deeply in love. They both were so thoughtful in everything that they did and especially towards each other. What a fun day and wedding to be a part of! Thanks for choosing Olsen Media! Music licensed through art-list.io and musicbed.com
Jacquelyn + Derek - Gorgeous Vineyard Wedding
