“No one is going to believe that this is a real wedding,” I told her as she stood in front of the mirror, minutes before the ceremony. She laughed in response, make-up brush in hand. (Look for it in the scrolling below; it was ridiculously adorable.)

I’ve never felt so nervous to hit publish on a blog.
Not because I’m worried about the quality of the work, but rather the opposite, in a strange twist of feeling.
I connected to this wedding so well, that it also feels as if a piece of me is on display.

A wedding is never “just a wedding” to me.
Not during nor after.

It seemed pretty obvious to me that the Haley/Tschann shindig would go off without a hitch.

What they asked for was movement.
What we got was pretty moving.

Can I tell you something? My jokes suck. I don't pretend to be a comedienne. I’ve only got one Laffy Taffy gem in the back pocket about dentists, and find funny-on-command to be an elusive chimera. 

But it’s important that you know that going into Damian and Ellen’s wedding day blog…

You know, it's not quite right to assume that I only like to photograph the big belly laughs that appear throughout a wedding day. (And they always do appear, which is one of the things I like best about weddings—the joy.)

How many times did I hear guests gushing over the decor, those earrings, Kori's booty in that dress? Dunno, I lost count.

Here it is, friends!
The first wedding blog of the 2018 season.
And what better way to kick things off than with Amber + Tim: a couple so sweet, sincere, and head-over-heels in love.

But it wasn't always that way, dear reader. ;)

WAIT, I'M NOT DONE YET!
You know how yesterday I said I had written 259 version of James and Courtney's wedding blog?
Yeah, this is part of that.

First: tunes.
Please go locate and queue Better Man by James Morrison.
It's a song I've discovered this last week (srsly, go find it) and it's the one that's been making me tear up every time while I've been digging into James and Courtney's wedding edits.

Recently, I was asked if I ever get tired of shooting at Mayowood Stone Barn.
The short answer: NO!
The long answer: A little reading and a lot of scrolling.