Category Archives: Wedding Photography

{Just Married} Jennifer + Chris

As promised, here are photos from Jennifer and Chris’s wedding day!

Jennifer and Chris were married at Lichterman Nature Center.

The string quartet playing incidental music before the wedding

Jennifer’s sister Stephanie helps with the train

Jennifer’s father and mother seeing her for the first time in her wedding dress

Jennifer’s father, admiring the beautiful bride

Jennifer’s bouquet (all the wedding flowers were really beautiful!)

Getting ready for some photos in front of the big fireplace in Lichterman

Jennifer and her parents

Bride and bridesmaids (Stephanie, Crystal, and Corinna)

Waiting for the ceremony to begin, surrounded by stuffed wildlife! Truly a unique experience at a wedding.

The ceremony itself was in the amphitheater at Lichterman.

Chris, waiting to see his bride

Ring bearer – Jennifer’s son Liam


Chris, showing Liam that the bridal party is making its way down the aisle

I think someone’s just catching a glimpse of his bride for the first time!

The bride has arrived!

Giving her away

Ecstatic bride

The couple’s friend/officiant serenaded them during the ceremony

The flower girl, with a front row seat to the ceremony

Jennifer’s mother, sitting with Liam

You may now kiss the bride!

The receiving line after the ceremony

Lovey dovey

*Clink*

Bridesmaid, holding the flower girl’s basket AND the bride’s train

With the flower girl and ring bearer (plus the ring bear?)

Mother and son. So sweet.

Chris and Liam. Look at these sharp-dressed men!

I liked the way she was stood there with her hand on Liam’s shoulder

The littlest members of the wedding party

Jennifer and Chris, with their respective parents

We went down to a wooded area by the lake to take portraits of the wedding party.

Getting the wedding party arranged

Corinna, holding up a tree

Groom and groomsmen

While the guests were having “cocktail hour,” the three of us went down to a gazebo to capture some images of just Jennifer and Chris…


After we finished taking portraits of everyone, it was time to head to the reception! The reception was held in the Davidson Special Event Pavilion on the nature center’s grounds.  Because the wedding took place mid-morning, the reception featured brunch foods.

Taking their places at the reception

Details from the reception

Scenes from the reception


Jennifer and Chris’s “first dance”

Liam, watching Jennifer and Chris dancing

A very tender father-daughter dance

Cake cutting

Liam wanted a bite of the cake, too!

Time to retrieve the garter!

Tearing up the dance floor

June 1, 2014, • Lichterman Nature Center  Memphis, Tennessee

{Getting Married} Jennifer + Chris

I’ll be sharing photos from Jennifer and Chris’s wedding soon, but I actually began my coverage of their wedding at the rehearsal dinner. I loved doing that, because it gave me a chance to get familiar with the bride and groom, along with friends and family who would be there the next day at the ceremony.

I had a great time photographing the rehearsal dinner, so I thought I’d post some snapshots from that night before I share their wedding photos with you!

Layout of the food at the rehearsal dinner


That’s Jennifer on the left, with her bridesmaids!And the gentleman in the suit and tie is Chris, the groom-to-be!

Jennifer and her sister Stephanie



Jennifer’s cousin was trying to show me up with his iPhone – he was a hoot!


Chris’s stepmother and father

Weddings, as a Guest {Part Two}: The Film Photos

In September, I attended two weddings as a guest. I shared photos I’d taken at those weddings with my Samsung NX1100, but at Lea and Michael’s wedding, I also brought along my Nikon EM and a roll of Kodak BW400CN.

Sara and Lea

Guestbook

Lea’s love for Van Morrison…

Michael and Lea were being upstaged during their first dance

I love this candid of Kadie and her fella

Karen and Mark: still lovey dovey after all these years

Two of my faves from the Muddy’s gang: Hayley and Nicci

I knew we found the right place when I saw the lacy bunting on the fence. It’s very much a “Lea” thing!

I  loved the light fixtures in the historic house where the wedding took place

Packet of birdseed for throwing at Lea and Michael when they left the reception

Needlepoint upon which the guests could write their well-wishes for the newlyweds

Lee Home • Columbus, MS

It was nice seeing these pictures so many months after they were taken. Memories of a lovely wedding for lovely couple.

 

Technical info: The photos came out EXTREMELY grainy because I shot the film at 1600 – meaning I gave it less light that it needed for good exposures – and had it push processed by the photo lab. Or at least I tried to have it push-processed. Many of them are so underexposed that I’m not sure if the lab really did process it the way I intended or if the Nikon EM’s meter isn’t sophisticated enough to deal with the lighting conditions.

{Just Married} Susan + Scott: The Bonus Photos

Better late than never, I’ve finally gotten together a few film photos from Susan and Scott’s wedding!

This was my first time using my Bronica ETRSi at a wedding, and I think I will have to bring along an assistant to carry it next time I use it at a wedding! Since Susan is a fellow film photography enthusiast, I gave her a bit of a thrill when I let her hold the Bronica – though she’s so petite that the camera looked super-sized in her hands! She must not have found that to be a problem, because she got herself an ETRS not too long after 🙂

Bronica ETRSi • Kodak Portra 160 color film & Lomography Lady Grey 400 b&w film