Meet newly married Nate and Kelly!
Nate and Kelly were married at the Gainey Ranch Golf Course on a windy, but perfectly gorgeous day. Nate and Kelly live out of state and had to do most of their wedding planning via phone and e-mail. Kelly’s mom interviewed most of the vendors, including myself. I really mean interview-Kelly armed her with almost 3 pages of questions!. I am always anxious, yet honored when a bride hires me for their wedding when they haven’t even met me. This is a huge leap of faith and I don’t want to let them down.
Kelly was perhaps the most relaxed bride I have ever met. When I asked if I could take her dress outside, she didn’t hesitate one bit…even though the wind was blowing like crazy. I love this shot of her dress. My second shooter, Jodi, was just out of frame ready to catch the dress should a gust of wind come thru.
I think the only person more relaxed than Kelly was Nate. He spent time relaxing before the ceremony watching the Kentucky Derby!
Here are a few of my favorite images of Kelly getting ready.
I love the dresses that Kelly selected for her bride’s maids. They looked great on each girl and the pockets were perfect!
The ceremony location at Gainey Ranch is beautiful, yet private.
Love, LOVE, love this next image.
I think I say this about every wedding, but I absolutely adore my time alone with the bride and groom. These are some of my favorite images from the day.
I think it’s so sweet how Nate is so taken with Kelly in these next few images. I’m not sure that Kelly even realized how smitten Nate was, but these images show that he just couldn’t take his eyes off of her.
Notice in the picture on the left Nate is still looking at Kelly!
A few more favorites before the reception started.
Nate and Kelly started the reception off with their first dance and gave everyone a surprise when Nate dipped her on the dance floor. Well done!
Kelly’s dad was clearly emotional when he gave his speech. You could see the emotion and gravity of the day was really welling up inside. Like all good speeches there were parts that brought you to tears and parts that made you laugh.
I think it should be a requirement that all guests must dance! This guest wasn’t shy about breaking it down on the dance floor with the bride!
Nate contemplated his options here, but in the end I think he made the right choice!
Nate and Kelly thank you so much for choosing me, from hundreds of miles away, to document your wedding. You were both a joy to work with and I have no doubt that you will have a long and happy life together!
My mom is going to love it and I know it will be in her purse for showing for the next month! It was a pleasure working with you and we have been very satisfied with all of our pictures from engagement to boudoir to wedding. I’m glad we took full advantage of you! I would recommend you to friends and will definitely keep your contact info handy for any other life events that need to be captured. I continue to look at your blog weekly; I enjoy seeing everyone’s photos of such wonderful moments. Thanks for giving us some great memories to hang on to, we appreciate your hard work!
by Suzanne Melissa
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