what will you remember about this day?
When it’s all said and done, what will you remember from your wedding day? Will you remember the weeks and months of planning? Or will you remember what it felt like to hold your best friend in your arms after you’ve walked back down the aisle? Will you remember that sense of relief that everything…
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You’ve had several hours for the nerves to build on this incredible day. You’ve just walked out and down the aisle with your Dad. This is really happening. Do you remember what the officiant was saying in this moment? Do you remember how tightly you were hanging onto your Dad? Do you remember how you…
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Wedding days have a way of wiping away the historically serious faces from some family portraits and replacing them with an uncontained joyfulness and jubilation. Wedding days have a way of stripping away facades and bringing us to our most vulnerable selves as we begin a marriage. The seriousness is felt down to our bones…
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So many moments transpire in a wedding day. It’s a day that’s been in the making for months, and sometimes years. So many details being carefully planned. And then it goes by in a blur. The day is over before you know it and as you drive away, you’re wondering if you were able to…
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The people you’re about to see may seem like normal humans. But they are my people. They are filled with hopes, and dreams, and love for each other. They are present. They are strong. They value time spent with the ones they love, so much that it permeates the rooms and beaches and fields and…
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We don’t always get do-overs or second chances. Sometimes we don’t find love until later in life. After families have been started. And paths change. Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagine and dream it will. Sometimes it’s better. And when two people find each other and recognize that love is decidely rare and…
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destiny – [des-tuh-nee] 1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.3. the power or agency that determines the course of events. When two high school sweethearts sit down with me at a local craft brewery and tell me they know all the lines from Rhinestone and the Princess Bride, it feels a little like destiny to me. It was further solidified when these first few lines were spoken during their wedding ceremony in Mountain Park. While torrential rains poured…
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It’s always a little nerve wracking watching the forecast in the days leading up to a wedding. Especially when storms are on the horizon. Even on the morning of Rosie + Brandon’s wedding, the skies were filled with storm clouds. Ponchos and umbrellas were packed in my car. My second shooter Tammy had brought along…
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Liz and Jason might appear to be the perfect American couple. And they just might be. They are charismatic, easy-going, and engaging people who draw you in with their kindness, wit, and warmth. I loved working with them at Piedmont Park during their engagement session. They danced on a dock without missing a beat while ducks…
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