After checking the weather countless times on Friday, I finally turned the tv off and broke out the umbrellas and got my gear ready for Saturday's wedding. It was pretty gloomy out, and I'm pretty sure there was some rain accompanying that gloom. Those forecast guys on the news had been calling for rain most of the weekend, until the 11:00(pm) news came, and then something changed drastically. They were suddenly saying that there was a glimmer of hope...a slight, I believe was the word, slight chance for clear skies ALL day on Saturday. I clearly remember the terms tropical humidity like atmosphere, but, again, no rain. As wedding photographers, we nearly cringe when hearing "rain" or any kind of "water" precipitation in the forecast, but when your wedding is an outdoor wedding, the entire game changes. When you hear those words like precipitation on Saturday being used to describe the conditions from the weather guy, he may as well just go ahead and scrape those fingernails up that chalk board...and back down again. As a photographer, rain just isn't something we like to be friends with!
Still, this was one of those weddings I had looked forward to ALL year. It's September. This wedding was to be just down right gorgeous, held in the openess of a vast green area, under a huge oak tree. We were supposed to have blue skies, nice gentle breezes, and lots of green. With my black and white polka dotted umbrella in one hand, and my bag of cameras in the other, I left that morning to go to William & Lyndsay's wedding. I was trusting that 11:00pm news guy who told me that it would be a nice, tropical, dry day, but I couldn't help but be prepared. Yes tropical and humid I could live with, but no, no rain.
And it was exactly that. I first saw Lyndsay and she was about as happy as I was that it was going to be a perfect day. She looked just stunning as her bridesmaids and mom and everyone tended to her every need just before the ceremony. She was beaming with smiles from ear to ear. At this point, I didn't care if it did rain. This was going to be a perfect day with a beautiful and happy bride. And William, was all smiles too. This was my first meeting him, though Lyndsay had told me so much about him already. From the second that she came toward him there was just a look in his eye that he was about to married to his best friend. Lyndsay was so cute as she hugged her dad and took William's hand. He just kept smiling at her. And Lyndsay did the same. It was a perfect, day. Warm, but no rain. It was just perfect.
Lyndsay and William, thank you for allowing me in on your wedding day to photograph your love that you share for each other. I loved the expressions and emotions that guided the entire day. They made for some fantastic images and I couldn't wait to share some of my favorites with you. I hope you know just how lucky you were that the rain held up until Sunday for you! And I hope you made it up the mountain together! May you have many more adventures together!
**I'm going back to the 80's with this love song...hope you like it!
