2….Wedding Picture Woes

Major down side of getting married pretty young is that you don’t know what you don’t know.  I would have loved to have some really great, timeless, artistic photographs to mark the occasion.  Something that showed our personality.

Instead we have a lot of Bride and family, Groom and family, Bride and Groom and brides family, and so on….they are pretty, but not a lot of personality.

There are a few….that make the shortlist of my favorites.This is us taking our vows.  I love the front of the church…..I have been to so many weddings, funerals, baptisms, and just regular Sunday morning church.  This is the image of the pulpit that I will always have in my mind.

Another favorite!  I have enough southern girl in me that I really do not like to make guests wait for the 8 zillion pictures between the wedding and the reception.  So, as a compromise we Law Man and I met in the sanctuary, just the two of us, a couple of hours before the ceremony.  He waited at the alter and I walked down the aisle….I was very nervous, hence the wringing of the hands, but it was a very sweet moment and one I will always remember.  This picture was taken a few minutes later when the photographer joined us for the pre-ceremony pictures.

This is my absolute favorite.  This is of us leaving the church.  I love it because it has our parents, our grandparents in the background smiling at us.  I loved it the first time I saw it, but it is even more special since four of them are no longer with us. **Note the dirty steps.  They were clean the night before, but the day of our wedding it rained…..enough that we should have bought our ring at BC Clark….and it poured…..I wanted to ask someone to clean the steps before the wedding, but I knew this was being a little neurotic and it was the first thing about the entire event that I just “let go”.  Now, I see it in my favorite picture.  I think it makes it that much more memorable.  ***Also note the dried rose petals…..those are from all the roses Law Man had sent me over the 5 years we dated.  There were a lot!