I haven’t made a slideshow in the longest time and I thought I would make one for this wedding. I need to make more in the next coming weeks. It is such a beautiful way to showcase a wedding day. This couple had a beautiful wedding and then finished the reception with a sunset night on the lake. It was the perfect fall day! More later….
I love an “after session” ! The wedding and honeymoon is over, the pressure is off, and by the time we get to the after seession, we are old friends! This was the case here too! The wedding went perfectly and the after session was very laid back and fun. We met at Tannehill and I even talked her into the water. Of course, she didn’t want the dress wet, so we improvised. Beautiful bride and beautiful location… makes my job easy. 
I love it when a couple decides to see each other before the wedding. It is my experience that the couple is more relaxed after they meet and spend a little time alone. Then there is no rushing to get all of the pictures after the ceremony. When you have a “first look”, you and your husband-to-be have time alone. This was my favorite time of my wedding. I will never forget the look at Cory’s face when the doors opened and he saw me in the church… anyway… I am rambling…
This first look is from the wedding I am working on now….
I love how she is peeking around the door to make sure no one is looking while we walk her to the chapel to meet her groom.
Here she is with her sister. I couldn’t hear what was being said, but don’t you love the look on her face?
The beautiful bride waiting in the chapel for him to see her for the first time…
You know we have to play with some light…
Right before he walks in….
He opens the door….
Everything is perfect…
Cory said that when the groom walked in that it felt like he took the air out of the room. Cory and I were both in a hurry to get out of the room because we could just feel the love. We didn’t want to interrupt!
The first look this day didn’t go as planned because it rained the day of the wedding. We had plans to have the first look in the beautiful courtyard outside. BUT… I think I like the chapel better. It was very private and romantic… just perfect.
I have a story to tell you about this picture. We were at the Sonnet House a few weeks ago and I noticed this curtain before the bride was dressed. I made a note to myself to get a shot of her through the curtain after she put her dress on. The day went on and as I walked in the room, I saw her standing by herself adjusting the side of her dress. Snap. I then told her to stand and pose for two shots. There were lots of women in the room so it was really neat to capture the first picture without anyone in it and in the end… I only kept the natural shot. It was the one that made Cory and I gasp when we were looking through the wedding the first time. I love capturing the natural and even when we try to set it up…sometimes the natural unposed shots work best!
You know with all of this rain we have been blessed with lately, that we were bound to have a wet wedding at some point. On the first Sunday in April, we had just that! How do you handle a wedding at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens? I mean, the reason you plan a wedding at the gardens is to have it outside! But the rain turned out a beautiful thing at this wedding. The air felt perfect… not too cool, not too warm, and a mist was falling during the wedding but it only added an extra special touch. The rain cleared just in the time for the outdoor reception. There was so much about this wedding that was unique. Don’t miss the Husky that ran down the isle right before the bride and started chasing geese during the ceremony! Did you notice there were no flowers? Did you notice she has no veil?
What I love so much about this wedding is that it is uniquely THEM!! That is what you should do when you are planning a wedding. Don’t follow any rules you don’t want to! Make your day about you and your future spouse!