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About

Ellen Gustafson Photography is a wedding photography company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a background in hospitality, photographer Ellen can provide you with the best experience possible. She has a passion for capturing life’s most special moments and explores the emotional intensity involved by experimenting with lighting and textures. Ellen finds getting to know clients on a personal level and remain in touch throuought the planning proccess and even after weddings are finished very important. Weddings are a huge part of peoples' lives and forming comfortable relationships between clients and vendors that will interect on the most important of days helps solidify trust and ease. Let her tell your individual and unique story through her lens.

Services Offered
Ellen Gustafson Photography has a variety of photography services available. Additional hours, shooting at multiple locations and digital files are featured in their most popular wedding package. With traveling as a second passion, they can photograph your wedding regardless of the destination. Additional services Ellen Gustafson Photography offers include:

  • Engagement sessions
  • High-resolution images
  • Liability insurance
  • Second shooter
  • Wedding portraits
  • Prints
  • Sam sex weddings
  • Boudoir shoots
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

Add'l Hours
Multi. Locations
Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Add'l Hours
Engagement Shoot
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Digital Files
Prints

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Matted Prints
Prints

Reviews of Ellen Gustafson Photography

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Laura Sent on 01/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Ellen is amazing!

Ellen is amazing to work with and provides spectacular results. We chose the package that included engagement photos and Ellen was so easy to work with. We live in TX and only had a small window of dates to meet and she was able to work within our schedule and accommodate family photos with our daughter and dog as well! On wedding day she was punctual, prepared and efficient. She was everywhere during the wedding but never in the way! Thanks Ellen for providing memories to last a lifetime!
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Patrick Sent on 01/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Photographer

We are very pleased with our experience with Ellen from start to finish. You will not be disappointed
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Ellen Sent on 12/29/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful outdoor photos, chill photographer!

I highly recommend Ellen Gustafson as a wedding photographer! Although she is based in the Twin Cities, she does weddings in Duluth as well, and I specifically reached out to her because she had experience shooting weddings at Glensheen Mansion. This venue is on the shore of Lake Superior, and Ellen really helped us make the most of the beautiful surroundings, using the backdrop of the lake, the woods, the grounds, and the mansion. Ellen was the perfect blend of chill and helpfully directive. She took our lead when we wanted to do something (like we wanted to actually hang out with our guests at cocktail hour, so she didn't force us to take a million pics then), and she had great suggestions about settings and poses when we weren't sure what to do. She did a good job wrangling friends and family members for group photos, and got all the shots we asked for on the shot list. I really appreciated her style!
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Sarah Sent on 12/29/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Thank you Ellen

We hired Ellen Gustafson for our October 2019 wedding, and are thrilled with that decision. She did an incredible job capturing all of the big moments of our wedding day that we expected - couple portraits, ceremony, toasts, family shots, and the first look. But she also captured all of the small moments - things we wouldn’t have thought to request photos of - like people’s faces walking into the ceremony space, people grabbing drinks, friends hugging and catching up, and the spectrum of emotions experienced that day. We have an amazing collection of photos of our friends and family enjoying our wedding day with us. We knew from seeing her work on friends’ weddings that we could expect a lot from her, but our final gallery really blew us away. We have LOVED reliving each moment of our wedding day each time we look through the gallery (which has been ... a lot of times). Ellen has incredible artistic talent, but she is also a competent organizer of people, manager of logistics, and a wonderfully calm and competent presence. The final photo gallery is something that we will cherish as one of our most prized possessions for the rest of our lives. Thank you Ellen!
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Nathan Sent on 12/19/2019
5 out of 5 rating

My wedding

Ellen was amazing! Very friendly, easy to work with, and her photography is top notch! Would love to work with get again in the future.
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Freddie Sent on 12/19/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Lovely and professional!

Ellen was wonderful to work with. She allowed us to customize our wedding package, was happy to chat with us about shots we wanted, incorporate our animals, anything we asked for really. Her photos are beautiful and I recommend her to everyone I can.
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Luciano Sent on 12/18/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Class and Professional

Ellen, was absolutely fantastic. So worth every cent. Great process from start to finish. I couldn’t be more happy with how things went. A truly wonderful experience working with her.
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John Sent on 12/18/2019
5 out of 5 rating

A m a z i n g

I absolutely love this woman. It was so easy working with her, it’s not even funny.
Everything from meeting her to talk about how we wanted the wedding captured to the two day wedding, all the way till we got our photographs in hand was just so effortless and perfect! The images are so beautiful! I can relive the moment over and over like it was yesterday. She captured all the right moments at the right time, and then some!!
I love the grain of film, Ellen even took film photographs and mailed it to us! (Who does things like that anymore!)
Maryn
Maryn Sent on 12/04/2019
5 out of 5 rating

1 of 3 married siblings, my mom LOVED Ellen's photos most!

Ellen is such a pro and has a natural talent and eye that captures the authentic moments to tell the true story! My family and guest raved about her energy and style. She was organized, professional, efficient in taking seemingly painless family photos, and buzzed around capturing the joy and happiness throughout the day! She helped walk us through all of the pictures we'd want to take and when they would best fit in the timeline. I couldn't have imagined a better photographer for our wedding!
Brittany
Brittany Sent on 12/01/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Camera Shy and Grateful

Choosing Ellen as our photographer was, hands down, one of the best choices that we made. Both my partner and I are a bit camera shy and the wedding day nerves made both of us pretty anxious about the photography portions of the day. The minute that we saw Ellen, all of that changed. She was calming, flexible, and took incredible pictures! We are so, so, so grateful.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

1 Endorsement
Events by Melody Events by Melody Wedding Planners

We worked with Ellen last fall and she was nothing but amazing! The weeks leading up to the wedding she was quick to respond regarding the day-of timeline and other details. The day of the wedding, she was organized, professional and an awesome photographer all around! Her photos from that particular wedding were also amazing. We'd be thrilled to work with her again in the future.

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Ellen Gustafson Photography frequently asked questions

Ellen Gustafson Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • Add'l Hours
  • Multi. Locations
  • Digital Files
Ellen Gustafson Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • Add'l Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
Ellen Gustafson Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
Ellen Gustafson Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Ellen Gustafson Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
Ellen Gustafson Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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