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Kristy and Sean | {Wedding}

Kristy and I went to Sunday School for many years together, so her email to me inquiring about wedding packages came attached with a lot of great memories. Sean is a stand-up guy, leaving for a tour of Afghanistan in the Fall, so shooting this wedding was bitter-sweet knowing that these two would soon be separated for a period. Lots of prayers were said throughout the day for their marriage and his protection, and it was ultimately a day of intense celebration between their two (large!) families. The ceremony was held at Emmaus Bible College in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Evelyn & Christian | {Wedding}

I was given the great opportunity to 2nd shoot a wedding in Chicago recently with a fellow photographer Sam Hassas. It turned out to be a Romanian wedding, which was an experience I won't wont forget. After 13 hours we both left beat, but with beautiful images. Here are just a few of my favorites from the day.

Jesse and Erin | {Preview}

Here are a couple from Erin and Jesse's awesome wedding back in March. I was under the gun at the time, so this was one of the shoots I wasn't able to edit down and create a full blog post. But looking back through them, I just liked these two images too much not to share.

Daniel & Rachel | {Wedding}

Neither Nathan nor I had ever been up to the Appleton/Green Bay area, so we were particularly excited for this adventure. After four hours of passing town after town with Native American names like Waupun and Oshkosh, we arrived at our hotel in Appleton and were able to do some exploring of the area - which primarily consisted of stops at Famous Daves, Starbucks, and the hotel pool.

The following morning we drove down to Rachel's parents house where we met Rachel and the bridesmaids and started documenting the day. After an hour there we scuttled up thirty minutes to Pamperin Park, where the wedding and reception were to be held. The park was enormous - a photographer's dream.

You could tell the ceremony was very important to both Rachel and Dan. Emphasis was placed on the weightiness of their commitment, the symbols of what they were entering into, and the witness of everyone present to help them through thick and thin. It was a very personalized ceremony that was very powerful to witness. Rachel and Dan have also surrounded (or have been surrounded) by wonderful family and friends who were all a blessing to meet and spend time with.

Enjoy!

 

Haley & Coleman | {Post-Wedding Photos!}

Haley and Coleman had a small wedding in Virginia last summer sans photos and recently contacted me to see if I would be willing to do a session with them in their wedding attire. This is the second time I've done wedding photos removed from an actual wedding day and I love it! I get to show up in my chuck taylors and jeans and an hour later get to go back home to some coffee. If only every wedding day was like that. =)

Thanks a bunch for letting me hang out with you guys today - it was a lot of fun! And Coleman...maybe sometime you could hook me up with a jet ride? Thanks in advance.

Kyle y Mabel.

Only 2 days into the year and I was back on my feet again for the first shoot of 2010!  Kyle and Mabel sure didn't give me much of a break. =)  It was a beautiful and FREEZING day with a high around 8 and I hope the wedding party someday forgives me for taking them out in such unforgiving weather.  Being my first assistant-less wedding in almost 6 months it proved to be quite a challenging day, but it went off without a hitch and was a blast! 

In case anyone is wondering - the image on the left is the decal on the church window.

Let this be a fair warning to all future Father-of-the-grooms.  My trigger finger is second to none.  =)