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The Journal
Real Brainerd Lakes Weddings
Full wedding stories. Real venues. Real couples. Planning guides for your day.
Chase on the Lake · Summer
A Lakeside Vow, Twice Over: Jenna & Joe on Leech Lake
A year and a day after their first vows in a hospital healing garden, Jenna and Joe married again on the lawn above Walker Bay — wildflowers, a birch arch, and a dusk kiss on the dock.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Katie & Joe — Married on the Grand Staircase, Celebrated on Gull Lake
An August Saturday at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa: a first look outside the Chapel, a ceremony at the foot of the Grand Staircase with Gull Lake waiting at the end of the aisle, and an hour on a pontoon that turned out to be the best decision of the day.
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Private Cabin on Bay Lake · Summer
Monica & Erik — A Family Cabin Wedding on Bay Lake
A wedding at her family's cabin on Bay Lake — a circle of white roses at the water's edge, a sailcloth tent in the pines, a bar her dad built, bare feet off the dock at dusk, and a sparkler tunnel to finish.
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Summer
How Much Does a Wedding Photographer Cost in Minnesota? (2026)
The straight answer with real numbers: Minnesota rates by tier, Brainerd Lakes vs. Twin Cities pricing, what moves the price — and my actual published collections.
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The Forty Club · Spring
A Catholic Mass, Then the Forty Club: Annika & Michael
A Catholic nuptial Mass at St. Joseph's in Crosby, portraits at the family home, and a string-lit Forty Club reception in Aitkin — a blindfolded altar first look, soft spring light, and a dance floor that never sat down.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Olivia & Adam — The Flower Walk, the Dock, and the Last Light on Gull Lake
An August evening at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa: the chapel path, golden hour at the Italian Gardens, a dip kiss on the flower walk below the main lodge, and dusk silhouettes on the Gull Lake dock. Next summer they get married a few miles down the shore at Madden's.
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Whitefish Lodge · Summer
Josse & Alex — Married in Sweden, Married Again in Crosslake
They were already married. Midsummer, in Josse's Swedish hometown. So this August Saturday in Crosslake was the one where the rest of the family got to be there, and where a fika table built by half the guest list turned a north woods lodge into something a little bit Swedish.
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Aitkin County Fairgrounds · Summer
Isabelle & Gabe — Tears at St. Joseph's, Cinnamon Rolls at the Fairgrounds
No first look: the doors opened at St. Joseph's in Crosby, and the first sight of Isabelle undid Gabe in front of everyone he knows. Then a fairgrounds reception in Aitkin with a cinnamon-roll wedding cake, a cereal bar, cowboy hats for the grand entrance, and the last of the August light throwing their kiss onto a fair-building wall.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Chelsea & Eric — A Sunflower Grand View Lodge Wedding
Chelsea and Eric's Grand View Lodge wedding — sunflower-draped arch, emerald groomsmen, a time-capsule ceremony, and a quiet silhouette dance on the dock at dusk.
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Deerwood Auditorium · Winter
Madeline & Sam — A New Year's Eve Mass and a Transformed Gymnasium
A New Year's Eve nuptial Mass at St. Joseph's in Crosby, snowy pine-forest portraits, and a historic Deerwood Auditorium gymnasium transformed by the bride's mother into a fairy-lit reception.
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Whitefish Lodge · Summer
Amy & Carter — Every Shade of Blue on the Back Lawn
They didn't narrow a wedding party down so much as bring everyone up front — eleven women in every shade of blue, a friend holding the microphone, and a July afternoon hot enough to make the oak shade feel like a gift.
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Chase on the Lake · Summer
Amber & Monty — Vows Aboard the Knota Lotta on Leech Lake
They rode a walleye boat to a sailboat, tied a sailor's knot with her two kids, and found their harbor back at Chase on the Lake in Walker.
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