krystina & brian are married!

i really do love the way our workflow plays out- matt does initial sorting & rawing, we separately choose our favorites and i edit them all. the images that overlapped are our ultimate favorites and end up on the blog. it makes sense, right? it…works! MOST of the time.

enter krystina & brian and their awesome wedding day. and ONE HUNDRED overlapping favorite images. a record. we agonized over cutting it down to these 77. yes, this post is going to be THAT long. but i just know you’ll find krystina & brian as compelling as we did! there was so much…life!…to their wedding day. spending the morning with krystina and her best friends was great- every word and action was filled with emotion- be it happiness, love or surprise! it was easy to feel comfortable capturing someone as genuine as krystina- she has such a confidence and wit and no one is ever in doubt as to exactly what she is thinking. she is passionate about her friends and her family and her love for brian is so apparent. but more on that later- we’ve got to start scrolling through these images or we’ll be here all day! i love this sequence matt captured of brian tying a groomsmen’s tie:

a little anonymous introduction to the lovely krystina:

and an equally mysterious introduction to brian:

i just love this series of krystina and her dad as they waited their turn to walk down the aisle. they laughed and talked and fought back tears as they watched their family and bridal party take their places- their relationship really is so special:

one of my favorite images i’ve ever taken:

here comes the groom!

these next three images were all taken while one of krystina & brian’s sweet friends was reading a passage to them- i love the expressions in all of the images, we couldn’t pick just one!

krystina’s parents:

as their recessional played and krystina & brian walked back down the aisle, they didn’t take their eyes off of one another- love these:

krystina & brian broke away from the celebration long enough for a few quiet moments for couple photos around lake lanier- and we are so glad they did:

i’m obsessed with this image- their classic good looks, the colors, the overall feeling…

when we arrived back at the reception everything looked beautiful! krystina’s decor suited their wedding day at lake lanier islands resort perfectly:

the next 14 images are from krystina & brian’s first dance. it was awesome. krystina has been dancing from a very young age and her love and talent shows in these images. what impressed us was brian’s ability to keep up with her! their dance was choreographed, i think, but their excitement and happiness really made it seem so natural- they’re just adorable:

i just feel like i should stop and applaud all over again!

these next few frames are from the thoughtful (and emotional) toasts given by so many of their friends and family members:

and then on to dancing!

someone organized a flash mob. you read that correctly. first, just a few girls seemed to know a dance to a certain song and then a few more jumped in and then even more! before we knew it the dance floor was packed! i love all of the expression in this frame from their dance:

krystina & brian, thank you guys so so much for asking us to be part of your wedding day. you guys are such a beautiful couple and capturing you, together, on this perfect day was such a joy for us. best wishes!