Long story short, I ended up helping shoot the whole wedding... not just the girls-getting-ready portion. I'm slap-dab-wore-out! But I had a great time. I almost can't believe how much fun I had pretending to be a wedding photographer. Thankfully, I wasn't entirely responsible to catch every important moment. A mutual friend of ours is a fashion photographer, so he was taking pictures as well (and he had pro equipment! That took the pressure off for me because I'm poorly equipped on my own).
I have a ton of pictures to go through, but I wanted to share one image that jumped out to me during my initial scan-through:
Jared chose not to see Anna before her walk down the aisle, but they wanted to pray together before the ceremony. So Jared positioned himself at this corner with his hand stretched out, waiting patiently for his bride to join him. Soon after, Anna snuck up and grabbed his hand, and his entire countenance changed. It was adorable. As they held hands around the corner, Jared praised God for this day, their journey here, and their future together. It was very touching! I'm tearing up a little just thinking about it. What a lovely couple.
My heart is overflowing with happiness for them.
Congratulations to the brand-new Mr. and Mrs. Snyder!
What a beautiful moment! Praising God together. Starting as they mean to go on, with God the center, the crux, the vortex of everything their marriage will stand upon.
ReplyDeleteThat is SO sweet. I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pic!! My husband also chose not to see me before our wedding, but when I called him at 4am the morning of our wedding crying my eyes out because I had a horrible migraine he came over from his hotel room to the one I was sharing with my sisters and kept his eyes shut the whole time and just held me for a few minutes till I calmed down and started to feel slightly better. Then much later that day about 1pm or so, when we were less than an hour from the ceremony I started panicking about the wedding all coming together (I pretty much put the whole thing together myself and had NO help till the day before)...so he came to the other side of a door and we held hands around the door and talked and prayed together. My MIL and mom told me later that they thought it was the sweetest thing and were very sad no one with a camera caught it on film.
ReplyDeleteAw! Love this, that's an awesome moment!
ReplyDeleteAwwww.....so sweet! Great photo!
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How sweet! What an awesome couple:)
ReplyDeleteOh my word, that is the BEST wedding picture I have EVER SEEN! I've seen a lot of wedding pictures, but I just can't resist the romance of that one:) I mean, I don't know, but that has got to be the BEST way ever to start your wedding. I love it I love it I love it! I may have to suggest that to my future fiance:)
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, Anna is a beautiful bride!
how preciously romantic, Kelli!
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