Marlo & Matt | Minneapolis Engagement Session

Their legs propped on a mid-century credenza in the Riverview Theater lobby, Minneapolis

I always ask my clients about the things they enjoy doing together, and about the places of special significance to them, or to their story, so we can incorporate those ideas into their engagement sessions.  It always makes the imagery that much more powerful…especially years on down the road.  Marlo & Matt rattled off a bunch of fun ideas right away and we got the ball rolling quickly.  I love knowing what we are going to do, and also walking into it without a single planned shot.  I love shooting on the fly, and creating it all in the moment.  Playing in the unique light & space of any given moment is one of my favorite things to do.  Sometimes when you do too much planning, it presents the possibility of missing those fleeting moments that just create themselves.  This session is one of my all-time favorites in that regard.  We put ourselves in cool situations and created in the moment, and all the while laughing and joking together along the way.

Marlo & Matt live and play in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. They love going to movies at Riverview Theater, playing tennis together, and hanging out at Parkway Pizza…so we of course did all three.  We had a blast running around together, and I enjoyed watching Marlo beat Matt in both Tennis and Foosball.  Matt was a very good loser I have to say.  ;-D

These two are my kind of clients, such a great couple, and cool individuals. Can’t wait for their big day!

Marlo and Matt holding hands behind their backs at the Riverview rail, her blue wedges beside his Converse

Marlo and Matt by the glass doors of the Riverview Theater, the coloured panels running down the rail

Marlo and Matt on a mid-century sofa in the Riverview Theater lobby

Marlo and Matt holding each other in the Riverview lobby under the ring chandelier

Marlo and Matt on the lobby sofa seen through the glass, the street reflected across them

Marlo and Matt against the Welcome to Longfellow mural in Minneapolis

Marlo and Matt hand in hand in front of a painted theatre marquee mural on brick

Marlo and Matt forehead to forehead, in black and white

Matt serving in evening light with Marlo waiting across the net, ivy along the fence

Marlo up on her toes serving from the baseline, Matt waiting across the net

Two wooden rackets standing on the court, Marlo and Matt kissing out of focus behind them

Marlo and Matt sitting on the court in golden light, their wooden rackets across their legs

Matt squaring up to Marlo on the court, both of them holding wooden rackets

Marlo and Matt kissing on the court with their rackets at their sides

Tennis balls along the baseline, Marlo and Matt out of focus against the ivy behind

Marlo and Matt beside the tracks at the grain elevators, the sun flaring between them

Marlo and Matt kissing beside a line of hopper cars, reflected in a puddle on the gravel

Marlo and Matt against a rail car reading We will deliver, the silos rising behind

Marlo and Matt small on the track between a warehouse and the grain silos

Matt holding Marlo in the railyard, the tracks converging under the grain elevator

Marlo and Matt holding hands overhead, shot from below against a bright sky

Marlo grinning at Matt across the foosball table at Parkway Pizza, in black and white

Matt at the foosball rods with Marlo laughing across the table, in black and white

Marlo throwing her arms up over the foosball table as Matt hangs his head, Parkway Pizza in Minneapolis

Marlo and Matt hidden behind Parkway Pizza menus, only their hands showing

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Minneapolis wedding photographer Jackson Tyler Eddy

Jackson Tyler Eddy is a Minneapolis wedding photographer with 17+ years behind the camera, hundreds of weddings photographed, and a place in The Knot Hall of Fame. His landscape work has been featured by National Geographic in its Daily Dozen, and that same artist's eye carries into every wedding he photographs. Available for weddings throughout Minnesota and destinations worldwide.

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