Dani & Zach wanted to do pictures in the warm weather before their February wedding….well it was raining, windy and FREEZING, but at least we got some pretty pictures ;D Zach’s nice sister came up and braved the cold Logan weather with us. I love Dani’s dress and it reminds me of my little sister’s wedding dress.
I am trying to catch up on blogging! Brittnie and Tony were married at the first of this month and it was such a warm day….I forgot how warm it was I feel like I’ve been cold so long 😀 It was a great day and they had a gorgeous reception. There designers came up with a gorgeous fall theme including custom lighting that looked like bare branches on the walls.
I think I am loving these temple pre-shoots, especially when I get to do them with my friend David Perry of David Perry Films. 😀 We always have a great time-Travis even came to help out and came up with a cool shot of the couples rings floating in the reflection pool with the temple as the reflection. Very nice 😀 I really do love pre-shoots for temple weddings because their wedding days seem to get pretty full and this makes it so you don’t need as much time at the temple-so that means less stress on your wedding day, and who doesn’t want that? Another great thing about them is you get to shoot when the groom actually sees the bride for the first time-which doesn’t happen in the temple. I loved when Tony saw Brittnie-he couldn’t stop smiling and hugging her. It was so cute. Brittnie got a gorgeous bouquet from the Window Box and her dress was from Gateway Bridal.
Melani and Chris win for the shortest engagement on a wedding that I have ever shot! Her sister called me less than two weeks before the wedding and when she asked if I had that date open, I said….”for this year?!” Luckily I was able to move around some sessions that day so I could shoot for them at the temple. They are both so easy going and fun so they were the perfect couple to pull off a less than 2 week wedding! I loved that they had wrote little messages on her blue Chucks and I loved that they had red, white and navy blue as colors. I don’t see that too much and it was really cute. I especially loved the bridesmaids red shoes. I love me some colored shoes!
Kayla and Bryan had a ring ceremony and reception a week after their wedding in San Diego at the gorgeous Wadley Historical Farms. After the ring ceremony performed by her grandfather, Kayla performed a Polynesian dance for Bryan (she has been taking lessons) and Bryan sang her a song he had wrote for her-which was so sweet. After that we took a few pictures before the dancing began. When Kayla danced with her dad I literally started crying (I’ve never done this before-I see a few of these ;D) and could hardly see to take pictures! I felt like such a baby! I think I have just gotten so close to this family and it was just a precious moment for sure. Her friends really fought for the bouquet, which was hilarious!
Kayla and Bryan were married on a sunny day in the San Diego Temple. It was really special because I was able to attend their sealing with them. When they came out there was a fog bank just west of us that we thought was going to come in, which it never did. It may have been really cool though if it did! Then we drove an hour inland to a small luncheon for their family and friends, then literally raced back to the beach (over an hour away!) to get a few shots of them on the beach in their actual wedding clothes. The only problem was the sun had already gone down by the time we got there, so I was really grateful we had at least done a shoot the day before to get some really cool beach shots. The great thing about both of their families is that they seriously take you in as a part of their family. One of my other favorite things was watching Bryan’s interaction with his mom. She has such a great relationship with all of her boys that it made me want that with mine someday.
