Katie + Stephen // Wedding03.28.11

I truly believe you can spend a great deal of time with someone and not really know them. To know someone.. ask the people the know them best. In the case of Katie + Stephen I hardly knew them at all when I arrived on their wedding day.. there was no engagement session and I had only met with Katie for an hour or so to plan the day. When I left the wedding, however, I felt like I had known them for years. Best Man + Maid of Honor speeches are vastly different from one wedding to the next.. but I inevitably feel, walking away from them, that I truly KNOW the bride and groom. Katie + Stephen are two of the most genuine, incredible people I’ve had a chance to run across doing what I do… and I gathered all of this from two amazing speeches. I realized pretty quick they were top-shelf folks by spending the day with them… but once the speeches had been given.. I was beyond thankful to have been a part of the their day. No joke. And what a great day is was! Photographically speaking it was perfect! Beautiful, ORIGINAL details everywhere. Perfect picture time.. right before sunset. Stylish, [happy] beautiful bride with a dress that made me gasp. All of the elements just came together to make this event amazing and made me proud of the work I produced. To future brides everywhere.. 1.) the more details.. the better.. taking the time of plan and make the day You.. makes a world of difference in your photography. 2.) The time of day really does matter [photographically speaking].. work out picture time to land right around 2 hours before sunset and you’ll thank yourself later. Thanks Katie + Stephen for planning such an incredible event and letting me capture it!!