continuing to hash out the edits from nichole and kevin’s wedding. love these pictures! they had their reception at st. michael the archangel’s gallery – it’s basically a reception hall that is next door to the church. it was a beautiful green room that looked great in the daylight. their wedding and ceremony was in the morning and early afternoon, so the light coming in the windows made the green a very nice backdrop color. the reception may take a few days to edit – there are lots! – but they’re adorable photographs of an adorable couple. here are some more of my recent favorites:

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nichole totally had the right idea and switched into these fuzzy slippers before entering the reception!

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one of the benefits of being a wedding photographer is that you get to take home centerpieces that the bride no longer wants. this wedding? a beta fish in a vase. it became quickly apparent that dolfy was quite determined to get inside the vase to eat “moosey,” so we gave him to our 9 year old neighbor who is very happy. moosey now resides in a tank instead of a vase, but he’s happy nonetheless.

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my favorite thing to do at weddings is take ring shots! nichole and kevin gave me their rings during dinner so i ran around with them for a good while. this has to be one of my favorites, but a super sweet second will come tomorrow – rings in a stack of gummy bears. :)

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crunched for time today so i won’t be posting photos yet from some of the other shoots… lots of editing and other work to do around the house in prep for our anniversary mini-vacation this weekend. i’ll start posting the other shoots tomorrow and throughout the rest of this week… but today is gwen & jen 2, the extended shoot version. :)

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i had an awesome shoot yesterday with gwen & jen. they were such troopers… hiking around in 90+ degree heat and humidity through rocks, bugs and weeds wearing dresses and flip flops. :) they even helped carry out the infamous 50+lbs purple leather chair into the middle of a field. you go, girls. they totally rocked this shoot! here are some of my favorites from the day:

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