after having no issue with having to reschedule their engagement session last minute due to a little visit to triage for my pregnancy just hours before our shoot (everything turned out to be ok), i knew working with erin and pete was going to be nothing but a pleasure. calm, cool and collected all day, blue skies, sunshine and lots of smiling faces for their rock island lake club fall wedding…
i’m not much into trendy photos and this has probably been done, but this special fish box that contained a pair of pete’s late mother’s earrings was just screaming bubbles to me. i like the juxtaposition of the sentimental with the playful…
provocative!
big p, i’m not even going to touch that one…
if you can’t tell, pete’s buddy is offering some kisses. how sweet!
love, love, love a dress with texture!
believe it or not, this shot is candid. in a world of very contrived wedding photos, it can be hard to tell what is real. the dress needed to be adjusted as erin moved to the window, but the moment is real. to me, that makes this image all the better…
the color of erin’s dress is scrumptious! (ok, well that’s not what the bridal store calls it, but maybe they should)
that texture!
i’m not big on shooting in direct, full sun. it’s not the kind of light that inspires me, but as a wedding photographer, you have to be able to make all light work. so here’s what i came up with…
adorable…
i’m not sure what was going on here, but i rolled with it…
another take on full sun…
erin is about to walk down the aisle…
love erin’s mom’s reaction to her walking down the aisle…
so many smiles!
erin’s brother officiated the ceremony…
love the fall backdrop, the happy tension of the best man and the unseen groom…
pete’s aunt watches on..
happy!
cutie pie!
i love heartfelt parent dances…
after a decade in the industry, i just can’t help myself from tears during emotional parent dances. pete dances with his aunt, in the absence of his mom. having lost my own dad very young, maybe i’m more sensitive to this loss, or maybe i’m just human. i had to wipe my own tears away after this dance, normally i feel sort of embarrassed by this, but when you think about it, that’s pretty silly to feel that way. after 10 years in the industry, i just own my tears.
this guy…
cutie pies!
something about this moment. i love how prominent pete’s wedding ring is…
if everyone would dance with this intensity….
pete’s aunt with bracelets from his mother…erin was wearing pete’s mother’s bracelet as well. it’s important to find our own ways to honor those who are not with us and this was a beautiful way.
hah!
that dress!
so much fun and such a pleasure, start to finish, with erin and pete at the rock island lake club. thanks to kelsey for assisting me.
