Sometimes the greatest thing about photographing weddings is seeing the people who attend the weddings. The reception is a great time for us to people watch…see the people who are bringing their Dance Revolution moves from their living room to the dance floor..the groomsmen that intake a little too much magic juice and suddenly become a teensy too brave and suave for their own good….seeing the 2 people who awkwardly catch the garter and bouquet and are forced to nervously smile at snap a photo together like they are “next”….but the best….is watching REAL love form between 2 strangers. Its fun to try to make predictions as we watch people on the dance floor and those mozying around in cocktail hour…the passing glances we see people give eachother at weddings…we see everything, trust me…it is our JOB to see everything:) There are a million random places to meet your soulmate…but how beautiful of a thing to have it happen at a wedding? Andrea and Travis actually met..in Mexico…attending a wedding for each of their friends. After a bit of time getting to know eachother, they realized their lives were a bit more parallel than they thought…their moms worked together back home. Small world..
We feel SOO blessed that Travis & Andreas wedding coordinator Jennifer Hocker {from Allure Event Designs} referred us to them!!! (We love you Jenn!) We fell in love with these two the second we jumped out of our car to meet them for the session. They even stuck around with us after pictures to eat our favorite roadside burgers in St. Helena….total keepers!! A&T–thank you for being so easy going..and rollin around in the grass for us…beautiful things can happen when you dont mind gettin a little mud on your heels:) Cant wait to see you both again!!..and Andrea..I drink coffee out of my Anthro mug that you gave me..everyday…..you know how to win this girl over:) XOXO
Little did she know..that across the Ocean in Israel…was a little boy names Ilan..who would grow up…and be the boy who changed her existence forever.
They kinda have a “thing” with stuffed animals..and often sent them to eachtother when they were living worlds apart from the other.
This wedding was so polished and elegant…..and reminded me how beautiful SIMPLICITY in a wedding can be. Laura and Brenden have impeccable taste in fashion and this overall collected ease about them…I learned this very fast at their engagement session..my camera couldnt get enough of them:) In the short time I have known Laura, I have been so blessed by her sweetness, and the amount of people she has referred to me…It is people like her that keep our business going:) We are so immensely grateful for that kind of support:)!! I loved every inch of this well tailored-glam-yet-graceful wedding…how she frolicked in her Vera gown..and how he gently pulled the hair out of her face when the wind blew. Reminded me that there is truly, truly, NOTHING more exquisite than the look of LOVE. XOXO.
I was fortunate enough to meet the ever-darling Kelsey through a mutual dear friend..and came to realize that she has 2 equally charming younger sisters…one who helped work at our wedding & accessories store we had open last year…and the other, who helped babysit some of my best friends kids. I grew up with 3 brothers…but if I had to be transplanted into another family..and be forced to share bunkbeds and closets with 3 sisters…the McDowell family would be my first choice. Hands down:) Kelsey is getting married in a few days… on my birthday…snuggled in her parents house with only a handful of family members and close friends…such a great wedding to end our busy year on:)
A huge THANK YOU to our fabulous friend Ellie Grover for taking our family pics this year. Such a gift..XOXO
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