A Taste of What's to Come

I'm feeling quite blessed this week. My days are filled sifting through not one, nor two, but three gorgeous couples. Their pictures are the type of photos I dream of taking. Their love is beautiful and I feel so...well...unworthy to be the one that captured their story. I know you're patiently waiting for their debut(s) so I'll leave you with a little preview of what's to come.

This is the work that makes my heart sing.

Stephen & Ariel's engagement session...

Shawn & Jill's engagement session...

Matt & Kelsi's Destin, Florida wedding...

The Northern Wind...

You're the Northern Wind Sending shivers down my spine You're like fallen leaves In an autumn night

You're the lullaby Singing me to sleep You are the other half You're like a missing piece

Oh my love Oh my love Oh my love You don't know What you're doing to me

You are all four seasons Rolled into one You're like the cold December snow In the warm July sun

- Dallas Green

Jake & Sierra

Over the past few years I’ve found that some couples are hard to write about. I can sit here, at my computer, staring blankly at the screen for hours while failing miserably at typing anything. The irony comes in that it's hardly because I have nothing to say. Au contraire, I have everything to say. These are the couples whose relationship seems to surpass all expectations of what love should be. They’re the couples whose wedding you feel honored to be at. Like you’re witnessing something truly special. And sacred. And real. So on that note, I think you should meet Jake & Sierra. I have absolutely nothing to say yet given the opportunity I could talk for years about the beautiful love these two share. I really, really like weddings (hence the career choice), but it’s rare that I’m as excited for a wedding as I was for Jake & Sierra’s. To be so confident in two people’s need to be together that, had they only dated one day, I would have still known they were created for one another.

I really do believe that.

Jake and Sierra married a few weeks ago at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. As their friend I can say that I wouldn’t have missed their wedding for the world. But as their photographer I can say that it was an honor to capture such a perfect love. It was one of those occasions that left me high as a kite on a windy day at the beach.

And thankful that I get to do this picture taking thing for life.

A little hairspray action...

Sierra!!! You are breathtaking!

When I saw the bridesmaids dresses Sierra chose, I died. And when I saw the flowers she arranged for the girls, I died all over again. She created such a beautifully wintry combination of colors and textures and people.

Ceremony time!

And then it was time to dance! Jake and Sierra started the party with a choreographed first dance to Donna Summer's Hot Stuff. And it.was.awesome!

Jake and his mother followed up with a line dance that had the whole room up on their feet!

And a paper airplane farewell...