{"id":3601,"date":"2013-03-04T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/index.php\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2013-03-04T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:22:51","slug":"sam-cortneys-grand-hotel-ballroom-wedding-la-crosse-wi-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/?p=3601","title":{"rendered":"Sam &#038; Cortney&#8217;s Grand Hotel Ballroom wedding | La Crosse, WI wedding photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"Cortney and Sam win the award for the shortest amount of time someone has booked me for their wedding - less than a week! They have had a whirlwind few months - the birth of their beautiful daughter, moving from Portland, Oregon to Baltimore, and then deciding to have their wedding and daughter's baptism all in the same weekend in Wisconsin! I'm so glad it all worked out and that I could be a part of it.\r\n\r\nThanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kluzbphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Lotzer<\/a> for second shooting with me!\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Salon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropolitanspa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Ceremony: Sheppard of the Hills, Onalaska, WI<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reception: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearlstreetwest.com\/The_Grand_Hotel_Ballroom.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Hotel Ballroom<\/a>, above the Pearl in La Crosse, WI<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Flowers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cottagegardenfloral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cottage Garden Floral<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Dresses: David's Bridal<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C3922.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4015.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/groom.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bride.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\nI'm including a lot of first look photos. They were so cute. The sun was perfect. You would never know that the Polar Plunge was happening right across the river...Love Shack and Brown-Eyed Girl were playing (loudly) the whole time!\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4173.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4177.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4201.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4215.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4268.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kiss.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4310.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\nI mentioned before that they have a beautiful, 3-month old daughter.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4534.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/flowers.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A1690.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4555.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A1737.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A1844.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4587.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/alley.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PearlSt.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4678.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe \"classic\" Bodega shot (to the right). \ud83d\ude42\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bodega.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/reception.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe made CDs for everyone - loved how they packaged them.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4899.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C4855.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bestman.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/toasts.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A2105.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A2136.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/FW3A2273.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C5014.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pearl.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/J71C5067.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanybrubaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/phonebooth.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/>\r\n\r\nBest wishes, Cortney and Sam!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cortney and Sam win the award for the shortest amount of time someone has booked me for their wedding &#8211; less than a week! 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