ali & jake - november 22, 2007

my job has allowed me to be part of many amazing things and i was so blessed to be able to add ali and jake's wedding to that list. they were married at almond morgan bay resort in st. lucia over thanksgiving weekend. this seemed appropriate because i am so thankful to have gotten to know ali and jake and their families, and be able to photograph such a beautiful day. let's start out with some favorite pictures of the two of them:


on the beach:


color was everywhere and everything was so brilliant:

ali's dress:

even though there was beautiful scenery, i couldn't ignore the shoes:

jake, looking very gq:


and ali, looking lovely:


getting his corsage:

ali, being escorted by her mom and dad:


what an incredible setting for a wedding:

the vows:


ali's sister janey:

after they did the unity sand, jake pulled her aside and took a moment together. it was so sweet, i had a hard time keeping a dry eye:

the new mr. and mrs.!

ali's parents watching them cut the cake:

a steel drum band played for the wedding. it added to the perfect island atmosphere:

a first dance overlooking the ocean:

a dance with his mom:

janey taking a little rest:

ali's dad is quite an accomplished photographer and has had many of his landscape and nature pictures published. it means so much to shoot for a fellow photographer.

the wedding party, catching some rays:

some more of ali & jake:




congratulations to a wonderful couple, and thank you for allowing me to be with you on such a beautiful day. it was an experience i will never forget:

karen & nick - november 17, 2007

if karen looks familiar, it might be because she was the maid of honor at april and patrick's wedding in may. i have mentioned before in the blog that i love seeing how weddings bring people together and that i often get to see familiar faces. i found out that karen and nick even met each other at a wedding. here's a few favorite portraits:



the groomsmen:

and bridesmaids:

hooray for shoes:

i love this picture of karen securing her veil. the details on her dress are amazing and her mother made her veil:


matron of honor april watching her friend get ready:

karen's heirloom handkerchief

as always, kris amazi's beautiful flower arrangements:


the grandmas having a good laugh before the ceremony begins:

hunter mugging for the camera:

the unity candle:

all smiles down the aisle:

we stopped at the steele county historical society's village of yesteryear for some pictures between the ceremony and reception:



the cake:


karen is a really talented scrapbooker and so good at crafts and designing. there were lots of really neat details at their wedding and i found out that a lot of the favors and decorations were things she did herself, like these favor boxes:

and the guestbook

the speeches and toasts:


karen's friend katie put together a slideshow that the group really enjoyed:

hunter really got a kick out of it, too:

the first dance:

here's the lucky little guy who caught the garter...i couldn't resist getting a shot of him, red punch mustache and all. how cute:

congratulations, nick and karen. all the best to you and may you have all sorts of fun scrapbooking your wedding and win at every card night ;-) :