// Wedding Gallery //

// Sioux Falls, SD

The moments you'll
want to keep.
Forever.

A wedding day is over in a blur. My work is to hold onto the way it felt, so years from now you can still feel it too. This is what that looks like across South Dakota.

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Getting ready to ask?

Surprise Proposals & Engagements

Planning to pop the question? I hide out of sight to catch the walk up, the yes, and the happy-tears second right after, then we keep shooting portraits of you two while you're still floating. Proposal coverage is $575, a standalone engagement session is $425, and $300 credits back toward any wedding collection.

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Woman in a white dress leaning against a limestone wall as her fiance leans in, downtown Sioux Falls SD

Engaged couple smiling against the cathedral limestone in Sioux Falls, SD

Black and white detail of the engagement ring resting on his chest

Black and white kiss on the forehead behind an iron quatrefoil railing

Weddings”

// Most Recent // Derek & Destinie

Groom kissing his bride's hand in the tall grass under a wide blue prairie sky, Sioux Falls SD

Bride glancing back over her shoulder as her groom waits facing the water, first look at a South Dakota golf course wedding

Bride and groom holding each other under towering prairie clouds after the first look, Sioux Falls SD

Groom reaching for his bride's hands the instant he turns around at the first look

Bride between her two bridesmaids in blush gowns against a limestone wall

Wide black and white view of a wedding processional down the aisle, Sioux Falls SD

Wedding moment captured by Lloyd Duimstra, Sioux Falls SD

Bride and groom at the altar with the officiant, black and white

Couple embracing outdoors after the first look

The Full Gallery”

Moments worth keeping forever

// Newest Wedding

Derek & Destinie

First look to last dance

The First Look

The groom's face the second he turns and sees his bride for the first time on their wedding day

Bride resting a hand on the groom's shoulder the moment before he turns around for their first look

Groom taking in his bride's dress during the first look on the lawn, Sioux Falls SD

Groom spinning his bride under his arm on the lawn after the first look

Bride and groom holding hands and talking quietly to each other after the first look

Black and white portrait of a bride and groom standing together behind her bouquet

Bride and groom laughing together behind her bouquet, black and white wedding portrait

Groom kissing his bride's forehead over her bouquet, black and white

Bride and groom nose to nose over her bouquet, black and white wedding portrait

Just The Two Of Them

Black and white portrait of a bride and groom holding hands apart in tall prairie grass

Groom holding his bride's face on a grass hilltop under towering summer clouds

Groom carrying his bride's train and bouquet as the two walk through tall grass barefoot

Black and white photo of a bride and groom toasting champagne in a golf cart in their wedding clothes

Their People

Bride laughing with her bouquet in hand, black and white wedding portrait, Sioux Falls SD

Bridesmaid kneeling down to hug the ring bearer before the ceremony, black and white

Bride hugging the ring bearer close, both of them smiling behind her blue and white bouquet

Groomsman with two young attendants in matching charcoal suits and blush bow ties against a limestone wall

Ring bearer squinting into the sun in his cream linen suit and blue bow tie

The Ceremony

Wide view of an outdoor wedding ceremony beside a quarry waterfall with guests seated on the lawn

Black and white wide view of the ceremony with the wedding party and guests looking on

Bride's view down the aisle toward her groom and his groomsman beside the quarry waterfall

Black and white view over the bride's shoulder toward her groom during the ceremony

Bride facing her groom and the officiant at an outdoor ceremony beside a waterfall

Bride and groom laughing at the altar as the officiant reads, outdoor South Dakota ceremony

Last Light

Black and white portrait of a bride and groom embracing on a hilltop under a dramatic sky

Groom looking back at his bride on a rock outcrop at golden hour under big prairie clouds

Black and white close portrait of a bride and groom nose to nose at the end of the night

Bride and groom walking together past the quarry waterfall in the evening light

Bride lifting her dress as she and her groom walk through the grass beside the falls

The Reception

Bride in her short reception dress dancing in the middle of the crowd under green light

Bride and groom dancing together on the checkered floor as the light trails swirl around them

Bride and groom at the head table beneath lit marquee letters at their reception

Reception head table with the bride holding a toddler while guests come over to talk

Packed wedding dance floor in motion under streaking string lights

Guests dancing with their hands in the air as the light trails streak across the frame

Father of the bride dancing in the middle of the floor as the reception lights blur around him

Bridesmaid dancing under blue and purple reception lighting

Guest raising a drink in the air on the dance floor at a South Dakota wedding reception

Bride and groom dancing with friends late in the reception, drinks in hand

More Weddings

Across South Dakota and beyond

Wedding photography by Lloyd Duimstra, Sioux Falls SD

Groom waiting at the end of the aisle in the sanctuary

Bride and groom walking together down the aisle in black and white

Wide view of the ceremony against stained glass

Groom laughing with the groomsmen in black and white

Bride at the altar framed by colorful stained glass

Bride reading her vows to the groom outdoors

Bride and groom embrace at the altar in front of the wedding party

Beaded wedding dress detail backlit by a window

Before the aisle

Couples & Engagements”

From the question to the yes, and the ordinary nights in between. The story starts long before the wedding day.

Couple kissing under a golden autumn tree in a Sioux Falls park

Man kissing his partner's cheek under autumn trees as she smiles

Engaged couple sitting together on a park bench, foreheads touching

Woman playfully touching her fiance's nose in golden autumn light

Man on one knee proposing and placing a ring on his partner's finger in a garden

Close portrait of a newly engaged woman resting on her fiance, ring on display

Couple kissing beside a large tree trunk framed by fall leaves

Black and white close-up of a couple's hands pressed together showing an engagement ring

Editorial engagement portrait of a couple in a black suit and white dress against limestone, downtown Sioux Falls SD

The Engagement Session

Dress up, pick a corner of the city, and make it look like a magazine.

Downtown limestone, golden hour, and the outfit you have been saving. An engagement session should feel like a cover shoot that happens to be about you two.