These are a few of our favorite things: couples who get ready in beautiful spaces with lots of natural light, being warmly greeted by a giggly bride and super-excited-for-her friends, outdoor everything, extremely small wedding parties, a bride who designs her own wedding dress (!), dreamy light during portraits, genuine hugs from family and friends, international guests who travel from afar (only a handful of guests were from the area) to a tiny little valley in western Wisconsin… called Norskedalen.

All of this, and more, took place at Diego + Rebecca’s wedding. This was also the first time we worked with Weddings by Nancy — if you’re a bride looking into having a planner, check them out! They were wonderful to work with.

And just for fun, we added a few stop motion clips in throughout this post because real life is always moving. :)

We’ve been lucky enough to go back to Norskedalen again and again since, including for Emma and Nicholas’s three-day wedding weekend, talent show included.

More on weddings we photograph around La Crosse and the Driftless here.

Planning your own day at Norskedalen? Our Norskedalen venue guide covers the grounds, the light, and how a wedding day there usually runs.