thanks to my grandmother’s help our lovely orchid just might make it despite my lack of even a slightly greenish thumb. thank goodness! i was starting to get a little stressed out by the thought that i can’t keep a plant alive because really a plant is practice for one day getting the puppy i want so badly…you see where the stress comes from?! i’m admiring our beautiful orchid right now; the sun is coming through the big white petals and the bright freckled centers really are glowing, it’s beautiful. in fact, here are a couple images i grabbed for you:
i will also introduce you to my latest kitchen experiment, preserved lemons with peppercorns. not sure how this one’s going to go but i needed to start using my overabundance of empty pickle jars for something! maybe i should stick to storing my old costume jewelry in them, we’ll see. for now, the lemons, day 1 of 14 in the preservation stage. hopefully i’ll be able to pull together some chic moroccan tapas in the near future. wish me luck!
ok, it’s back to work for me. matt actually just cooked something up for us so i think i’ll go enjoy that first, he’s the man. can’t wait to be in touch with you all this week, we’ve got so much to show you! see you soon!
you all know what we do about two wedding weekends (we don’t!), but this was a special case. matt lived with brody for three years in college and when they asked us to shoot their wedding we just couldn’t say no. now friends, this was no ordinary wedding. this was a surprise wedding! what?!? i know…that’s what we said. we agreed to shoot knowing that if anyone in the whole world could pull this off it would be brody and trish- and oh, they pulled it off! brody is a youth pastor and trish spends a lot of time with the church as well so their first decision was made for them, they would have it at their church on a sunday morning…during the service. from there the plan was for brody to do the children’s sermon about getting married by showing them how a wedding works. there were small exclamations and whispers as the congregation began to catch on to what was happening. when brody finally invited trish to walk down the aisle, eyes were glistening all around me. it was quite the surprise! here are a few of our faves:
brody grabbing the ironing board while zo hams it up for the camera:
meet trish, isn’t brody sooo lucky?!
one of my most favorite shots ever, the detailing in her dress was amazing:
headed to the church, i like the slight edginess to this photo, totally goes with this couple’s style!
brody about to get things started, i just cannot imagine what he’s feeling, hardly anyone in that church knows what’s about to happen and i know he was totally excited but didn’t want to give it away- so much emotion!!
look at these two, gosh, their love is so evident!
their reception was a fiesta for the whole church! the decorations were awesome and the food was delish (and homemade!!). we just couldn’t resist this shot:
and they’re off! where they went after this bubbly exit was a surprise too, even to trish!
trish & brody, you know we love you. you know we think you rock. you know you threw an awesome wedding and party, but let me tell you something. we love you. we think you totally rock and your wedding was just perfect for you and tons of fun!
i’ve mentioned before that i always get a little nervous when we don’t have a chance to meet the bride and groom before the wedding day; this past saturday was no exception. but the nerves that had been creeping in since my alarm that morning were immediately tossed out of the picture when i met kaney. her warm, genuine and relaxed smile assured me we had plenty of laughter and fun ahead of us… and that was my understatement of the day! their whole day was overflowing with excitement and love pouring in from everywhere! in no time at all it became clear to me that these two are surrounded by intensely loyal and loving friends and family; the excitement during the ceremony was practically tangible! …and i’m writing too much and you’re here for the pics, haha, here are a few of our faves:
this piece of lace being worked into kaney’s hair was given to her by lewis’ mom; it’s a piece from her own wedding gown. isn’t that perfect and just so stunning!?
matt’s first homemade macro shot, i’m pretty much in love with it!
lewis’ mom helping him out with his suspenders:
their beautiful ceremony was held at the dekalb history center (old decatur courthouse) and really, what an amazing venue!
kaney’s brother came to meet her to escort her down the aisle; he was so excited for her he could hardly contain himself, it was quite an emotional few minutes!
finally kaney met lewis at the front- after a few hours of not seeing each other these two were more than ready to reunite and get married!
in a very personal part of the ceremony each of their parents read a passage and poured a portion of water into this beautiful basin:
we haven’t done this before but this wedding just begged for some detail boards!
onto the reception in the grand salon and terrace at the fabulous fox theatre!
i definitely picked up from the toasts that kaney loves to dance but i wasn’t quite ready for just how awesome she is when she hits the dance floor! i wish i could have picked up some dance pointers but i was just in awe pretty much most of the evening!
beautiful white orchids adorned the ceremony and reception sites and were given as gifts at the end of the evening; love it! as we were leaving, kaney gave us our very own orchid to enjoy! if you know me you know how i love plants and how i tend to love them to death…like…literally. don’t worry, i’ve called my grandmother and she’s mailing me an orchid-care article asap. kaney, it’ll be well cared for, thank you so much!
hip hop pioneer dj red alert kept the dancing going strong all night:
here are a few of our favorite details from the reception, between keri and bold american catering everything was simply beautiful!
kaney & lewis, thank you guys for an amazing day! we are so thrilled that you chose us to capture it all! you’ve inspired matt to a. learn to dance and b. get into classic hip hop. i’m not sure yet if he’s quite a natural dancer like you. ;) you guys rock and we can’t wait to share with you even more of your beautiful images!
