I had the opportunity and pleasure of photographing a wedding this weekend. This was a very small and small budget affair and to be honest it was great! These kids are very young do not have a lot of money but they adore each other! There was so much laughter and fun at this little wedding by the creek.
The wedding was Saturday at 5 pm and at about oh....5:15 the skies turned black, the wind picked up and oh boy...it got interesting....did I mention it was an outdoor wedding? The brides vail was blowing straight up in the air, the pastor and best main were holding the arc to make sure it did not blow away, the maid of honor was holding the unity sand table, small limbs were falling from the old trees, and I was praying it would not start to rain and get my camera wet. The beautiful thing was....they found it funny and had a good time anyway! We just snatched up table cloths and headed to a tin roofed pavilion and were not only serinated by the music of the dj but also the pitter pat of rain on the roof for a while.
I loved doing this!!!! I didn't get all of the poses I wanted by no means (because of the unexpected precipitation and mess it left behind) and I do not claim to have done a good job on their pictures but they knew going in I am not anywhere near a professional and I was asked to do this on Wednesday for the following Saturday. I think I did okay considering the circumstances and the fact that I was more of a helper in the end than a photographer...I even changed their little daughter's diaper at one point. :-)
This was a charming, fun and geniune wedding...no pretenses nothing fake. They are simple people who enjoyed a wedding within their means surrounded by their closest family and friends and I am happy that I was a part of it.
The groom has a young son from a previous relationship and they have a little daughter together....both children are beautiful and I had a lot of fun pointing my camera at them.
Later Gaters!!!!
