Always there. Never in the way.

Eternal Frames Productions is one photographer and one filmmaker, based in Saint Paul, working side by side.

We came to weddings with one idea: the couple should live the day, not pose through it.

Check your date See the weddings

Black and white: wedding E, the kiss in the courtroom

Wedding A: the groom buttons his vest in the window light — Wedding A, the last button.

You won't feel like you're at a photoshoot. You'll be at your wedding.

We keep to the corners and the back of the room and keep the portraits short, so the day stays yours.

Black and white: wedding A, the first look, foreheads together

Wedding B: the couple dancing in the corner of a neighborhood bar — Wedding B, later that night.

How we work on the day

Wedding B: the bride with her dress hanging at the window

Before the ceremony

We arrive while you are getting ready and keep to the corners: the dress at the window, the last button, the people in the room. We watch far more than we direct.

Wedding A: the whole ceremony small under old trees by the lake

The ceremony

We work from the sides and the back, where the guests stand, and keep out of their view. The vows belong to you, not to the camera.

Wedding A: a close embrace in the late light

The portraits

Short and lightly directed. A few places with good light, a little of your time, then back to your guests and your evening.

Wedding A: the first dance under the barn lights

The evening

The toasts, the first dance and the dance floor late in the night, photographed from among your guests.

Black and white: wedding A, her father sees her for the first time

Black and white: wedding F, the whole wooden arbor with the couple inside it

Black and white, and color too

Real light, simple frames, and people caught between one moment and the next. Every wedding comes to you in color and in black and white.

We show a lot of it in black and white because it keeps the eye on the people. And we let the day happen in front of us.

Is your date still open?

The date and the place first. We'll answer with what's open and what each package includes.

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Or write to contact@eternalframesproductions.com