Hubert and Emma - The Wedding

Wow! This was such a fun wedding….and a big one too! We had about 20 people in the wedding party which you might think would pose a lot of difficulties but it ended up being so easy to work with them. I don’t think we’ve had a wedding yet that has had bigger personalities in the wedding party! The groomsmen always knew when the camera was around and it was all we could do to get some candid shots without them mugging (successfully) for the camera. The girls weren’t much better either. All we had to do was put them in place and then say go and start clicking and that’s all she wrote! So besides the crazy but photogenic wedding party we got treated to a wedding ceremony with some really neat Haitian influences. We were kept on our toes because everything was just a little bit different so we couldn’t anticipate what was coming next. And it was such a sweet wedding too. I caught Jolie sniffling back tears more than once. Hubert and Emma were so obviously in love and they made such a beautiful couple. We felt honored to be a part of their big day. Congratulations guys and may the Lord bless your lives together!

She was such a beautiful, beautiful bride.

We had so much fun with her veil, truly an awesome piece of fabric and a great breeze to play with it! (This is Jolie's favorite by the way for obvious reasons :-)

Ok, this is JP's favorite picture. It's just too, too cool!

See what I mean about the groomsmen? Too cool.

They had three dancers perform a beautiful dance at the front of the church before the ceremony. They came down the aisle afterwards and then the wedding party came in.

They were so sweet during their first dance. The picture doesn't give it justice!

The dancers performed an even cooler piece at the reception. Great stuff to take pictures of.

Little bit different kind of dance, but lotsa laughs and fun.

Ah, the veil again. Floated everywhere on the breeze.

Frank Baldwin Family

Jolie and I were so honored and blessed recently when we were asked to take some pictures of a family that was having a reunion. They gathered together on the first day of this new year to celebrate the life of their father/grandfather, Frank Baldwin. It was so neat seeing this family of 30+ people gather from all across the U.S. and surround Frank with love and affection. Well, we spent a few hours with them and had a wonderful time laughing right along with the family as they had so much fun together. Thank you Frank Baldwin family for letting us be a part of your special moment!

Four generations of the Baldwin family.

Grandma and her great-grandaughter.

Mom and Dad Baldwin with their four children.

It was so neat watching four grown adults with children of their own spending time with their mom and dad.

Too cool grandparents and grandkids!

Grandma with her granddaughters.

This was so cute. Grandpa was having a little chat with his grandson's fiance. I couldn't hear but was imagining he was giving her some wonderful advice. :-)

Frank and Anne Baldwin...

...a great love story.

Jordan and Elena - The Wedding

Wow! What a day. The groom was handsome, the bride was beautiful...the weather was not! We got up on the day of Jordan and Elena's wedding to drizzling rain. The rain lasted all day long! We felt confident, though, that if the bride and groom were game we'd still be able to get some great shots. After a little coaxing we got the bride and her beautiful dress outdoors and she quickly forgot the rain and puddles and had a fun time. The rain actually provided us an opportunity to get some really fun, cool shots of everyone. Fortunately, though, it stopped during the ceremony and we had dry weather afterwards. The rain aside it was a beautiful ceremony with two very loving people. We were so happy and blessed to be a part of Jordan and Elena's day. Congratulations guys!!

Love her big, beautiful eyes! So expressive.

Elena's two sisters were some of her bridesmaids. They had so much fun together!

Our brave bride ventures out into the rain.

What I like to call the "hero shot."

Jordan the groom and four slightly damp but fun-loving bridesmaids.

Waiting out the minutes before the ceremony begins.

I hope Jordan knew what he was getting in to. :-)