Alina Wacek & Megan Kontz
Wandering Visionaries
Alina Wacek and I had a really fun idea. Let's make amazing content retreats that photographers and models love to be apart of. Both of us were searching for a creative outlet and always have a travel bug. This was the perfect mix of both of those avenues! We hosted our first (watch for more so soon) styled shoot as "Wandering Visionaries" May 7th of 2023 at Brewhalla!
The Vendors
Beauty by Hannah Fargo
Hannah is a talented hair & makeup artist from Fargo! She did Belle's hair & makeup, Kate's hair & Makeup, and Kayla G's Hair
Clay & Fern Co.
Clay & Fern Co. Is a talented designer from North Dakota! She makes beautiful works of art for not only your wedding but every day wear!
Shannon- The Black Frame
Shannon is another one of our amazing stylists. She did Amy's hair & makeup, Kalya K's makeup, & Kayla G's makeup.
The Vendors
Floret & Foliage
Allison was a rockstar! She did a mix of pinks and white and then a mix of oranges and blues it was beautiful!
Ellie B's
I asked Ellie to do cakes pretty much the week before! She prepared so many beautiful deserts and an entire delicious cake!
Halberstadts
Halberstadts was kind enough to provide three suits and two amazing engagement outfits to our shoot! They are custom fit and look so good!
The vendors
Breathe & Relax Events
Amy from Breathe & Relax was not only a model but provided a gorgeous wall and the floral stands!
Brewhalla
Brewhalla was newly opened at the time of this shoot and welcomed us with open arms! It was gorgeous and so much fun!
Klaudia & Co
Klaudia & Co. offered a group of gorgeous gowns that we were obsessed with! Some are even from her custom line!
THE VISION
THE VISION
MAY 7TH 2023
We wanted this shoot to feel chic with elements of both spring and summer. The pinks and whites were our main focus. We wanted to show how your wedding colors and setups don't have to follow trends to be gorgeous. Whatever the style you can make it yours!
Models
Haley & Lucky
Original Moodboards
Our Inso for the day was so much fun to create! One of my favorite parts of weddings is seeing everyones personal touches! Thats what Alina & I wanted to do for this shoot is make every couple and session unique!
Hayley & Lucky
The details in this shoot are some of my favorites! The gorgeous pink wall was painted and created by Amy Lee along with the floral stands! Allison from Floret & Foliage was a rockstar at the florals! They made the photos!! The purple couch was donated to the shoot by Klaudia & Co. Who actually designed this gorgeous dress! Haley & Lucky are a real life couple who's chemistry shows in all the photos of them! We are so grateful to our talented vendors for making this vision come to life!!
Getting Ready-Belle (bride), Kayla, & Kate
This shoot was SO MUCH FUN!! I have always loved getting ready photos but wanted to find a fun way to showcase them! If you want more "staged" getting ready photos I recommend a few things:
-clearing a space in your getting ready room! If you want a fun staged look having Mountain Dew bottles and bags all over won't give that look! Have one small area cleared before your photographer arrives!
-Have some fun props! Some of these could be champagne, custom newspapers or magazines, sunglasses, & desserts!
-Fun outfits! The great thing about coordinating your outfits is it doesn't have to be expensive! The ones these girls are wearing were $10 a piece at forever 21! If you don't want to worry about the hassle have everyone wear a black shirt or flannels to show the cohesiveness! Another thing you can do to save a little money is instead of doing matching slippers get a pack of black socks! This can give another sense of unity through your photos!
Shooting this was also a blast because Kate was one of my past brides, Belle is one of my future brides, & Kayla is one of my great friends who has modeled for me a bunch before! One of my favorite parts of my job is making amazing friends!
Also a huge shoutout to Clay and Fern Co. (@clayandfernco) For the AMAZING earrings! They looked gorgeous on all our girls who wore them!
BAR COUPLE-KAYLA & PRESTON
I sadly didn't get too much time with these two as I was running around getting behind the scenes but wow did they look AMAZING! Watching the other content that the photographers attending got was so much fun! The fun tux paired perfectly with her dress! The flowers showed that even if you go bold with the tux you can still add a fun pop of color to your florals!
MARKET ENGAGEMENT AT BREWHALLA-TANNER & ALEX
Tanner and Alex are husbands and made for the perfect "engagement" couple! Their comfortability with one another shows on camera and it made for the sweetest photos! They also made a perfect couple for Amy's branding shoot and the three of them jived so well! Maybe a do-over wedding so we can plan? ;)
BRANDING SHOOT-AMY LEE-BREATHE & RELAX
With Amy's shoot we just wanted to have a fun time!! She has one of my favorite personalities so we both wanted to showcase that! Her outfits were amazing per usual so it was extremely easy to shoot! Having all the brides and grooms around her was one of my favorite shots!!
Kayla & Ethan
Kayla & Ethan were our "cake" couple! Kayla's Boho outfit and Ethan's classic black suit made for a super fun pair! We had them do a cake cutting and then all dug into the amazing cake that Ellie B's made!
Behind The Scenes
Our amazing vendors created some serious magic! It was also so much fun seeing our amazing photographers who attended having a blast! Here are some behind the scenes of the shoot that I took! I spent most of my time the day of taking behind the scenes and making sure all of the shoots ran smoothly! I was really grateful to get the fun content that I did!
