Almquist Farm Wedding Photography

Mikaela and Matt were married on a beautiful June day. We’ve been looking forward to this wedding for a while now and can’t believe it’s already happened. We had previously shot Almquist Farm wedding photography in November. We love the venue because we love barn weddings. The difference about this wedding was that we got to shoot an outdoor ceremony this time due to warmer weather.

They booked with us last July after a really fun meeting. Their engagement session was SO fun. It was crazy because we had a whole week of engagement sessions that week. Their particular session was a sunrise one. We had also had a sunrise session the day prior and had originally imagined them a certain way. You know, golden hour. Beautiful light. Well, Mother Nature had other plans and it rained basically every morning that week. Since we have awesome clients who are willing to shoot in anything, we worked with them in the sprinkling rain. If you look at that session, you can see how much fun the two of them had together. The energy during that shoot was amazing. I remember being really tired when I got there and was wide awake and having so much fun halfway through it because of them.

Needless to say, we were really looking forward to the wedding.

Highlights of the Day

Mikaela and Matt are really into birds. They actually decided on Almquist Farm as a venue because of all the birds they have there. It was so fun because they kept pointing out all the birds all day. Even when Matt was waiting for the first look, he went, “Oh look, a Baltimore Oriole!”
The weather was so awesome on this day. In the morning, it was cloudy and started to rain a bit while we were doing couple photos. The sun came out for the ceremony and it was a simply beautiful evening.
Back to the birds. There was a chicken at the farm that was full blown obsessed with us all day. See them in the photos below.
Back to the birds again. Mikaela’s family pulls pranks at all the family weddings. This time, during the reception, the guests all dressed up like birds and ran into the dance floor. The DJ played “Surfin’ Bird” while they danced. It was SO funny. We were laughing so hard during that song. That explains some of the crazy looking photos below, lol.
The speeches were awesome. Mikaela’s dad kind of MC’d them, introducing the speech givers in between each speech. They were all really heartfelt.
They had a bunch of vegan options, including the deserts. I always love this because I can’t have dairy and know that there are others like that. It’s always cool when weddings have lots of options.

Thank you to the following vendors for making this a beautiful day!

Venue: Almquist Farm
Planner: Elegant 31 by Nikki
Photographer: RKH Images
Videography: Olivia Renee Wedding Videography
Caterer: Cannon River Catering
Accommodations: Confluence Hotel, Nichols Inn, Hastings Country Inn
Hair and Makeup: The Beauty Painters
Dress: The Wedding Shoppe
Shoes: DSW
Suits: Milbern Clothing
Rings: Staghead Designs and Moissanite Co
DJ: Adagio DJ
Deserts: Queen of Cakes and Sift Bakery

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Bride and groom laugh during speeches at wedding reception at Almquist Farm in Hastings, Minnesota.

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