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Weddings in South Dakota have a unique charm, encapsulated in the rolling prairies, the striking Black Hills, and the rich midwestern spirit. At Complete Weddings + Events, we specialize in capturing these moments through professional wedding photography near Rapid City and beyond. Our professional wedding photo and video editing styles – Natural, Dark and Moody, […]

Hey there, lovely bride-to-be! As you inch closer to your magical day, planning and preparation are ramping up. In between the dress fitting, cake tasting, and flower picking, there’s another task to tick off your list: creating a family wedding photo shot list. Yes, it’s a thing! Having a shot list can streamline the photography […]

  Weddings are becoming more and more complicated just as the wedding timelines expand to consume your whole day. Many newly engaged couples start living together long before the proposal. So the concept of  groom seeing the bride for the first time walking down the aisle is becoming archaic. Instead, many couples choose to have […]

The best wedding experiences of the 2022 season – highlighted by our brides. At the end of October, we wrapped up our biggest event season to date! Between the beginning of May to the end of October Complete Weddings + Events of the Black Hills performed 381 services for 160 brides! Our professional team performed […]

Congratulations! You’ve just said yes to a bright future together. Now, take that shiny ring and start planning the wedding of your dreams! Because this is such an exciting and once-in-a-lifetime experience, make it unforgettable with a professional Rapid City wedding photographer capturing the adventure giving you amazing engagement & wedding photos.

There’s nothing we want more than a successful, upbeat wedding reception, so we put together a wedding planning checklist in . This reception starter checklist will help you get things rolling with planning the party of the year! Start here to create a list of goals so you can pace yourself and have a perfectly […]

Congratulations—you are getting married! Your partner—excuse us, fiancé(e)—has proposed and you said yes! Now the planning starts. One of the very first things you need to be thinking about is your wedding photographer. Before you just pick the first wedding photographer in Rapid City, SD you see online, let us tell you why this choice […]

While 2020 gave us quite a few unexpected curveballs, many lucky couples were still blessed to be able to host the day of their dreams. 2020 weddings have come in all shapes and sizes, with varying regulations and adjustments to make these magical days quite a successful miracle. From micro weddings to massive ones (prior to […]