To my beautiful brides – past, present and future – who have dreamed and planned and poured yourselves into your wedding days, opened a door of friendship to me, invited me into your inner circle, treated me like family, shared your greatest joys and frustrations, encouraged me with your enthusiasm and simply loved your husbands with all that is in you
To the grooms who have laughed with, cried with, supported and loved their wonderful ladies, watched them with awe in their eyes, held them close and chased their worries and fears away
To the fathers who have proudly walked their daughters down the aisle
To the mothers who have wiped away silent, happy tears
To the grandparents who have held hands and watched their children’s children promise to give each other what you have already given to each other
To the bridesmaids who have hugged me tight and the groomsmen who have tried to convince me to dance
To the ring bearers and flower girls who fight exhaustion with all your might and dance the night away
To the little brother who danced like Usher and looked like Justin Beiber
To the couple who met at a disco and 35 years later still loves to dance, even to Shakira
To the guests who endured the rain to watch two young lovers give their lives to each other
To my couples who have have been courageous enough to share your love stories with me and allowed your love to be captured on camera
Thank you. Your passion both for your families and for my work has empowered me to be a better wife, photographer and friend. I am truly better for having known you, and I cannot thank you enough for trusting me to document the most precious moments of your lives. I get to wake up every day excited about my job because of you. This journey would not be as exciting, fun and full of joy without you. Your stories are not forgotten. You are not just faces in a crowd. You have impacted me in a powerful way, and I cannot forget the joy that you have shared with me. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
To celebrate the end of another wedding season, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite wedding photos from this year. Enjoy!
Stephen & Rebekah’s Frost Chapel Wedding
Steve & Teresa’s Solarium Wedding
Noah & Ashley’s Destin Wedding
Marc & Nicole’s Glen Errol Estate Wedding
Ryan & Melissa’s Powder Springs Baptist Church Wedding
Kevin & Meagan’s Flat Creek Country Club Wedding
Asher & Lorena’s Carl House Wedding
Matt & Sueann’s Crystal Lake Wedding
Troster & Ashleigh’s Primrose Cottage Wedding
Adam & Sarah’s First Baptist Jonesboro Wedding
Matt & Ari’s St. Luke Presbyterian Wedding
Jeff & Ashley’s Dunaway Gardens Wedding
Greg & Kari’s Reynold’s Landing Wedding
Zach & Tessa’s Sedona Wedding
Reuben & Heidi’s Roswell River Landing Wedding
Paul & Nikole’s Greystone Wedding
I pray that the love you shared on your wedding day will multiply as you celebrate your days together, and that you will share the memories you made with many in the years to come.
Meredith and Patrick were good friends of mine during my early years at Georgia Tech, and I feel so blessed to have been a part of their wedding. The photo above was taken at Juniors, which is where they shared their first date. How sweet!