Melissa + Jesse


Wow, it's been a busy few weeks! I'm going to try to catch up on my blogging, I promise.....

Melissa and Jesse got married at the Olympia/Lacey Church of God and had their reception at the Red Lion in Olympia. It was a beautiful celebration, so full of love. And I had such a nice time, they really made me feel like one of the family. :-)

You can find all their pictures and slideshows on their own custom webpage: Melissa + Jesse links

Once again, I had a terrible time picking my favorites, so here are 38.... ;-)

Gotta love that shirt!


A surprise gift from Jesse, diamond necklace and earrings...



Off to Macy's for a little makeup. :)





Jesse surprised her again, this time with snazzy shoes!





The florist did an amazing job!



She had snazzy shoes too, hot pink, how cool is that!



I told him "she's on the way down, get ready"



Walking towards her groom, her dad behind her.


The first look. I think it's so cool to be the witness when a groom first sees his beautiful bride (and Melissa couldn't have been more beautiful!)








The one person I can't tell to beat it when I'm doing portraits:



Something Blue



A prayer just minutes before the ceremony, I only took one picture, as quietly as I could, I didn't want to interrupt this moment.



At the altar:





Her brother caught me looking his way:


Jesse's mom, sisters and grandparents:



Did I mention the flowers were amazing?





Everybody was heading to the reception at the Red Lion and this guy was a picture dying to be taken, 3 piece suit, cigarette and a bright yellow motorcycle:



The Red Lion Ballroom has lighting that I would call 'very difficult', but I've got a few lighting tricks up my sleeve, so I think it worked out just fine... ;)





Guess who caught the bouquet....









A few portraits and ring shots outside:



So, ya know I love signs! I couldn't resist this one:



A band was playing in the gazebo, they were kind enough to let me use the tools of their craft in the pursuit of mine.



Every best man needs a cigar, right?





The band took a break and we borrowed their space...





Melissa asked me if I had gotten a picture of the church reader board, and I hadn't even been out to the street side of the church so I had no idea their names were in lights. She said she'd been waiting since she was 13 to see her wedding announcement on that board, so of course I went back and got it.... ;-)



Posted: Wed - August 15, 2007 at 08:54 AM          

©