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Fine art wedding photographer, bridal gown hoarder, lover of warm hugs and meaningful moments. You can find me in the US or in Spain. I'm so glad you're here!

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Wedding trends in the Midwest

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2019 has been a very great year for weddings. It started slow but somehow ended up being one of my busiest years so far. With that, thanks to my couples I have been able to see the trends that are still alive in the Midwest in 2019. So read below and see what has been […]

2019 wedding trends in the Midwest

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Natalie and Dustin Profile photo4

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I met Natalie in a coffee shop. She was in the company of Katie from Jane Rae Events. That already told me, this bride will be a very special one, and I wasn’t wrong. Everything about this couple was out of the norm wonderful. From the moment they picked me up in a helicopter to […]

Natalie+Dustin

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Wedding Details - Solis Photography - South Dakota

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Man… family drama. There is one in every wedding. Believe me, no matter if your wedding is a back yard or a super expensive venue; family is always family and when you put together your family members and a situation as stressful as your wedding day, things can get out of control FAST. But I […]

Your photographer can help with family drama

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LIsa and Blake Profile photo Sioux Falls

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Do you know that thing when people talk about their ideal client? At the beginning I always thought it was a myth… yeah whatever, my ideal client is the one that is willing to hire me, right? Well no. Defining your ideal client is a very important thing when you are a business owner and […]

Lisa+Blake

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I don’t know how many times I have heard in my life “I am not very photogenic”, or “my boyfriend hates photos”, or “we just don’t look good in pictures”. Normally when I hear this, I just smile to them and tell them the 4 words that make everything better “you will be fine”. So, […]

5 tips to better posing

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Bride drinking from pink straw that spells the word "bride"

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Let’s see: you get engaged. You spend a good year planning. Your weddings day gets here, you get married. And then what? One of the things that upset me the most when I got married is having to deal with the aftermath of my wedding day. For some reason I NEVER thought about it. Never […]

The Day After The Wedding: Where Did My Stuff Go?

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When fall calls to your door to take engagement photos, you answer. When Sydney and Evan called me saying that they wanted to have a fall engagement session I didn’t hesitate for a second. A couple as cute as this one, plus the incredible weather that we were having in Sioux Falls at the end […]

Sidney+Evan

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Patty Solis - solis photography Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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My process with prospective brides is pretty easy: bride checks my website, likes what she sees and fills up form. I answer within 24 hours and the conversation starts. Once she knows the price of my services and she is ok with that, we normally meet for a formal interview. Until here everything normal, right? […]

7 Things brides need to know before inquiring with me

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Running away bride in South Dakota

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I get it. We all want a perfect wedding. We all want the best but not all of us have the budget, right? Story of my life, just the opposite of the Ariana Grande song; in my case it would be more like “I see it, I like it, I check the price, I put […]

5 Things You Don’t Need in Your Wedding

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Beach engagement - Coast of spain

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As many of you know I am from Spain. I was born by the Mediterranean sea and my childhood revolved around salty air and sunny skies. (Nothing like the flat landscapes of South Dakota that is for sure!).  I try to visit home at least once a year, and every time I go, I am […]

Rocio+Dany

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Wedding shoes - bella belle shoes - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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I have to say that I always had a love-hate relationship with wedding details. I never really had the time to take them during the wedding day and I felt like no matter what I did my photos never looked the same as the ones you can see online. Then I decided to take a […]

Why Wedding Details Matter

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Bridal Table set for intimate Wedding

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At the beginning of every year, Pantone releases the color of the year and people go bananas over it. It always creates all sorts of opinions and it always sets the mood for that year’s wedding color trends.  This year the color is: 16-1546 or, what Pantone calls Living Coral.   As Pantone defines it: It […]

Intimate Wedding

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