Scott + Denise

Now, I've been asked before, so I must add a disclaimer to this post...I don't shoot weddings, it's just too time-consuming for me right now. But for my siblings, yes!!!!

I was blessed enough to photograph my sister's wedding, we were all so thrilled to see her marry Scott, her long time love. They are such a beautiful couple, very non-conventional, they do things the way that works for them and in a very lovely manner.
The wedding was a family event for sure, every part was played by family or practically family, from the priest to the florist (and even the photographer!) :)

Their rings:


I thought this was a fun way to display the beautiful shoes:

Dress details:

The couple memorized their vows for the ceremony and I caught Scott as he took one last minute to remind himself of the wording.

One of our beautiful nieces who was a great flowergirl!

Our sweet nephew, getting ready with the men.

Mother of the groom helping Denise get her makeup done.

Another sister of the bride prepared the bouquets and this one was gorgeous! I just loved the fall leaves outside and how great they looked with the bouquet.

Final touches.....

The groom getting his first look at his beautiful bride!

Bride and bridesmaid, two of my gorgeous sisters!!!

The sweet flowergirls!!!

Father of the bride proudly bringing his daughter up the aisle.

Fantastic musicians!

Father Ron, the brother of our sister's husband. So practically family, right?

Both sets of parents, emotion pouring out, and helping with the flower girls.

I loved this shot....look closely at the groom in the top right, it looks to me that he's making sure his mom is doing all right.

I thought the flowergirls were just so adorable, but I'm biased, I'm sure!

The first kiss!!!!

The only photo the couple actually requested.....I thought this was a fabulous idea! We gathered up every person present at the wedding and captured a shot of everyone all together, so unique!

I wish you both every blessing in your life together, I know you will take great care of each other. I love you.

Beautiful family....no rain!!!!

You'll recognize one of the girls in this post as a senior I shot for a week ago....well, we scheduled two sessions in order to get plenty of family shots as well! You might also remember that we got rained on last week. :( Not fun, but we got one of the most beautiful days ever on the day we shot these! I actually pulled out short sleeves and a skort, might have been a tad optimistic for the day, but it was such a gorgeous day.
We wandered near the park where we intended to shoot and found this adorable neighborhood. The owner of this home was very kind to allow us to use his doorway for some photographs. People are usually so very kind and allow me to use their beautiful spaces if I just ask!

There were a couple of neighborhood kitties that really wanted to be in this shot, but somehow we missed them.
I made sure to take some extra time with M, just to be sure that we had her senior shoot covered, considering all the rain we had to deal with the first time.
This may be my very favorite shot of the day. I love it.

And let me take this opportunity to comment on clothing. I get a lot of questions about how to dress your family for a photo shoot. Some people like to have everyone wear the same color, but I actually prefer something along the lines of what this family wore. They coordinate, but it's not so matchy-matchy.

If you compare the clothing that the family will wear to one single outfit, I think you're going down the right path. In a single outfit, I might wear jeans, a cream colored top, brown sweater, maybe shades of tan and beige as well. So as long as they're in a coordinating color family, I think that looks great. I might even put one person in light stripes, or texture on one. And sometimes we add a little color to our outfits through shoes or jewelry, so a complimentary color can really go nicely. Just think of every family member as a part of one outfit and you will look great, without clashing colors and fabrics.

They brought their sweet golden to the shoot, he was a ham!
Very loving siblings.
My other favorite!
Just the girls.
Younger sister (also an M) is actually in my son's class, so I've known her for a long time, she has a very gentle spirit and I loved seeing her with her older siblings, she was such a sweetie! Here's a chocolate black & white conversion.

Thanks so much guys, it was so fun!