From the moment I met Brittany, we clicked. I knew this girl was amazing inside and out and I couldn’t wait to work with her and Jordan. I could tell that we shared the same passion for life and people and it only made me anxious to get to know her more. She told me that they were having a small and intimate ceremony and reception with a few friends and family but that the most important thing to her was getting amazing pictures. She asked my opinion and advice on what time everything should start so that we could get the best lighting. (I love her!) We worked together and everything turned out PERFECTLY. I can’t stress enough how important lighting is. LIGHTING.IS.EVERYTHING. Keep that in mind when booking your location because it truly plays a huge role in the end.
After spending some time with Brittany and Jordan shooting their engagement photos over a month ago, I grew to adore them more. Brittany’s adorable, full-of-life personality is the perfect match for Jordan’s shy and laid back demeanor. I know without a doubt in my heart that these two are a match made in Heaven. The intimate ceremony was nothing short of amazing. It was so moving that many of the guests shed a tear or two and even I almost got choked up! There was so much love and passion in that room that I honestly thought the roof was going to burst open. I can’t express enough how inspiring that kind of love is to me. Like I’ve said before, every single one of my couples inspire me in different ways and Brittany and Jordan were another fine example of where I draw my deepest inspiration.
Thank you Brittany and Jordan for giving me the enormous honor of sharing this special day in your lives. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for loving God and each other. Never stop.
Please enjoy the photos:
I have SO many favorites from this wedding so I’ll start with two of them. Chandeliers and the wedding dress. We all know my obvious love for chandeliers, but I absolutely loooooved her dress. It was definitely one of my favorites I’ve seen yet.
Favorite #3… the chapel they got married in is very small and intimate (which I actually quite adored), and they added several different size white candles at the altar to give an even more romantic feel. I thought this idea was totally genius and really adds to everything. I recently saw another wedding photo someone else took where the couple had adorned the entire sides of the main aisle of the church with candles and white rose petals. It was gorgeous.
Favorite #4. Brittany and Jordan ordered a photo guestbook for their guests to sign with images from their engagement shoot. Photo guestbooks are the perfect way to show off your engagement pictures and make for a really great memory book to look back on!
The gorgeous bride preparing to see the love of her life.
The nervous and excited groom:
Favorite #5. In my personal opinion, dark shiny floors photograph the best. Whether it’s at your reception or indoor ceremony location, keep that in mind when choosing locations. I just think they look so classy and the reflections from all the light make the pictures look awesome.
Michael captured this shot of the guys saying a prayer over Jordan right before the ceremony.
He also took this shot of Brittany right before as well and I just LOVE it.
See how awesome that dark shiny floor looks?
I am pretty sure I saw Jordan’s eyes getting misty.
Favorite #6. LIGHT!!! I absolutely LOVED the light that was pouring into this church. I didn’t use a flash the entire ceremony… or the entire event for that matter. I can’t tell you how much I love love loved not having to use my flash. Natural light makes photos 12,234,454 times better. Yes, that many times exactly.
Jordan didn’t take his eyes off of Brittany.
You can see the love in her father’s eyes as he gives her away.
This is a couple truly in love. Let me also take a moment again to point out the amazing light I had. A flash just would never allow me to capture this kind of ambiance.
Brittany, you are gorgeous!!!!
I love the moment RIGHT before they touch lips.
Don’t those candles look good behind them?
Love this!
As soon as the ceremony was over we hopped in a car and headed to the reception location to shoot the newlyweds.
The light outside was heavenly.
Michael took this shot – there is something I just absolutely love about it.
Favorite #7. Time of day. Like I said earlier, Brittany allowed me to help her plan all of the timing for the events of the day including what time the ceremony started so that we would have the perfect lighting throughout the whole day for everything. She wanted to be sure her pictures looked amazing and so because she let me help her plan, we were able to get pictures like this:
I loved Brittany’s Mantilla style veil.
One of my favorites:
America’s Next Top Model couple anyone?
Just look how amazing the right time of day can make your family portraits look.
Favorite #8. I LOVED that the bridesmaids all wore a different styled dress. Loved it.
The bridesmaid to the right of Brittany (her left) is another one of my fabulous brides who is getting married this summer! Can’t wait!
Ashley Toman was their harpist for the ceremony and she is incredible. I’ve worked with her before at another wedding and was just as impressed with her talent then. She is amazing and incredibly sweet, check her out!
Don’t pictures like this make you love LOVE even more?
Michael took this final shot of the day and I think it is perfect. The moon was full, the couple was in love and everything was as it should be. The end.
