Every wedding I photograph gets the same attention — whether it's at Grand View Lodge or grandpa's backyard on the lake. Reach out with your date and venue, and let's talk about your day.
Grand View Lodge · Summer
Isabella & Ryan — Two Donkeys, Five Hundred Balloons, the World's No. 1 Podcaster, and America's 250th
A nuptial Mass at St. Francis in Brainerd with Fr. Mike Schmitz, a wedding party made entirely of brothers and sisters, flower-crowned donkeys at cocktail hour, five hundred balloons overhead — and a red, white, and blue dance floor the night before the country's 250th birthday.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Andrea & Jason — A Birch Arch on Gull Lake and the Lantern-Lit Path
Ten summers ago at Grand View Lodge — vows under a birch arch with Gull Lake at the end of the aisle, tears she didn’t fight, and a dusk kiss on the lantern-lined path beneath the grand staircase.
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Grand View Lodge · Autumn
Kayla & David — Early-Autumn Light and a Pontoon on Gull Lake at Grand View Lodge
An early-September day at Grand View Lodge — a lakeside-lawn ceremony under the pines, pink begonias along the paths, a golf-cart-and-pontoon afternoon on Gull Lake, and golden hour on the lantern-lined walk up to the lodge.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Lauren & Jeremy — A Morning Wedding at The Chapel at Grand View Lodge
An 8 a.m. start at Lost Lake Lodge, a first look in the woods, an eleven o'clock ceremony at The Chapel at Grand View Lodge, and brunch at Cru — then back to the lake for yard games. Married before noon, laughing the entire way.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Lauren & Noah — A Golden-Hour Engagement at Grand View Lodge
Grand View Lodge runs across two lakes. We started on the quiet Roy Lake side — a hidden boardwalk through the tall grass — then headed to the historic main lodge for the famous staircase and a Gull Lake beach at sunset. Mostly, though, it was Lauren's laugh.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Sehar & Mark — A Ceremony in the Pines and Lantern Light at Dusk
A late-August day at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa — a ceremony aisle beneath the tall pines, a unity candle in the woods, cigars on the lawn, and a kiss on the lantern-lined garden path as the historic lodge glowed gold at dusk.
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Grand View Lodge · Winter
A January at Grand View Lodge — Camille & John
Chapel vows under vaulted timber, a stone-hearth kiss, fur stoles on a paver path, and glowing igloos at dusk. A winter wedding that leans all the way into the season.
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Grand View Lodge · Fall
Maddy & Tyler — The Staircase, the Dock, and Everything Between
A Grand Staircase ceremony lined with flowers and lanterns, golden hour on the dock, and a night on the resort paths that closed the gallery exactly right.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Monika & Mats — Color, Pines, and a Dance Floor That Wouldn't Quit
A rainbow bridal party, a Grand Staircase ceremony lined with begonias, and a reception with a live band that kept the floor packed until the last song.
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Grand View Lodge · Winter
Lauren & Matthew — The Chapel, the Frozen Lake, and a Winter Day Worth Every Snowflake
A winter chapel ceremony with stained glass and candlelight, portraits on the frozen lake in a fur stole, and a reception that packed the dance floor until the last song.
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Grand View Lodge · Summer
Shannon & Jon — Begonias, the Dock, and an Hourglass Full of Promises
A Grand Staircase ceremony lined with begonias and lanterns, an hourglass unity ceremony, dock portraits on Gull Lake, and a reception that never slowed down.
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