Maybe your dad will end up behind the bar or
maybe you'll be cheered on and fawned over by a crowd of strangers at a Cubs game or
maybe you'll quietly have a picnic or
maybe you'll take a break and let the dogs out or
maybe you'll crash the dancefloor and end up crowdsurfing or
maybe your great aunt will end up talking to your college roommate or
maybe you'll end up serenaded by a family quartet or

a million other things that you can't plan or schedule or predict.

this is photography for the unexpected. 
These are photographs and films of what truly happened. 

Some people call it 
"documentary photography"
"wedding photojournalism"
"completely candid coverage"


but we just call it

real life.

Interruption free. 

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Hey, it's Makayla. I'm a Minneapolis MN based wedding photojournalist.

I can see the magic in everything.

In my decade+ of photographing weddings, I've always come back to this: the people and the relationships are the real story. And that story is best told by letting it tell itself.

We have a lot to talk about. I'll go first.

It's so great
to meet you.

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