Hey, it's Makayla. I'm a Duluth, MN and Saint Paul, MN based wedding photojournalist.

I can see the magic in everything.

In my decade of photographing weddings, I've always come back to this: the people and the relationships are the real story. And that story is best told by letting it tell itself.

This blog is full of the stories I've seen, the things I've learned along the way, and my best advice for creating a marriage celebration driven by being present and true to you.

Pour a coffee, a matcha, a tea. Stay awhile. Linger.

M

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LARSMONT COTTAGES WEDDING | INTIMATE WEDDING NORTH SHORE MN | CANDID WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER Elle + Dakota centered their event around their people. Inviting only 21 of their closest friends and family, everybody invited to the wedding took part in all aspects of the day. Everybody invited was there, getting ready, right alongside them. All the […]

Marriage Stories

December 4, 2021

Emotional Larsmont Cottages Wedding | Two Harbors, MN | Elle + Dakota

grooms cries when first seeing bride - larsmont cottages wedding

PALISADE HEAD ELOPEMENT | BLACK BEACH ELOPEMENT | NORTH SHORE ELOPEMENT Mary Beth and Eric truly eloped. They ran off to be married, unbeknownst to their friends and family. Mary Beth and Eric packed up their camper and their five rescue dogs and hit the Minnesota north shore. They took some time to say personal […]

Marriage Stories

October 30, 2021

Black Beach Elopement | North Shore, MN | Mary Beth + Eric

black beach elopement