We love what we do (I know that’s cliche & cheesy), but it’s true. We are extremely passionate about wedding photography because it’s so much bigger than just images of an event. We love that we get to take images that have meaning and purpose. Images that will get passed down from generation to generation and seen by many people we will never meet. There are stories behind many of these images.
This is the first in our “In Their Own Words” series. From time to time, we’re going to ask one of our past couples to share with us the stories behind their most memorable image or two. These are great stories that need to be shared with the world.
First up is Becca & Kyle. They got married last June. Here are some of their wedding pictures. Now here, in their own words, are the stories behind some of their favorite images.
Becca – I love Kyle dearly, but cool under pressure he is not. On our wedding day he was a nervous wreck, threw up (sorry Kyle), and was such a bundle of nerves that the best he could muster when we first saw each other was “um, you look cute.” Now, let me take this opportunity to send a message to any grooms-to-be out there—the correct adjective in a wedding-day situation is beautiful. Stunning perhaps, amazing, breathtaking…you get my drift. I could be cute in a t-shirt. As a result of his nervousness, Kyle looks a little unsettled in a lot of our pictures, and I briefly wondered if he was having second thoughts, because really, who would be such a wreck if they were sure they wanted to be legally bound to someone. Then I saw this picture. I love it because his smile is so genuine and he is that happy because I, in my cute white dress, am walking down the aisle. This is my favorite smile of his, and while it only made a few appearances that day until he had a few beers, I love that he flashed it during this moment. Because really, this was the moment that it mattered. (Also, I think he tried to make up for the cute comment with his favorite picture….what do you think guys, should I let him off the hook?)
Kyle – This picture is my favorite because it not only is technically a beautiful photograph, but it is a reflection of happiness and is highly symbolic. I remember how happy I felt as walked down this road together, knowing that despite any struggles or obstacles in life, I had found the woman I wanted to spend my life with. As for the context, on the day of our wedding, a light rain started a few hours before the wedding. This had brought me a lot of anxiety, because for months Becca had wished and hoped for a sunny wedding day. I wanted Becca to have her perfect wedding, but the weather was the one thing she couldn’t control or organize. Though Josh and Jenny had consolably prophesized that the clouds would break and the sun would eventually come out, I was less sure. However, I should have trusted these expert photographers (and amateur meteorologists) as they accurately predicted the sun would come out. This picture was taken shortly after Becca and I walked outside the church with the weather still cloudy. As we slowly made our way down the driveway of the church and towards this beautiful road between the grove of trees, the bright warmth of the sun finally came out and beat down on the pavement below us, insuring Becca and I that everything was going to turn out wonderful. Finally, I love this picture because of its symbolism. There is something magical and timelessness about an open road, with our futures and all of life’s possibilities in front of us. As Becca and I walked down this road, hand in hand, I was certain that I had found that special someone to walk this road of life with me, which is why I love this picture.
Becca – Let me tell you about my sister. She’s awesome. But she is awesome in a “I wear skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors every day, play the guitar, and get tattoos in my spare time” kind of way. She does not, I repeat, does NOT wear dresses. But she took one for the team on our wedding day, and she looked beautiful. She even held off on getting her latest tattoo so she wouldn’t make our pictures too “rock star.” I love this photo not necessarily because of how gorgeous she looked, but because of how it makes me feel. She had no clue Jenny was taking this photo and the look on her face almost brings me to tears because to me it says “I can’t believe my big sister is getting married, I love her so much even though we fought every day growing up, I’m proud of her, I’m so excited to be getting a brother, and of course, when can I take off this dress?” This photo reminds me of why people get married and start families in the first place. We do it so that one day sisters can look at each other like this. We do it so that the people most dear to us can share in something special. We do it to start something special that will hopefully result in someone looking at our children like this on their wedding day.
Kyle – I love this picture because of its emotional weight. I see not only two sisters with love, pride, and happiness, but also two people with an unbreakable bond. This photo gives me hope that no matter what struggles emerge in the lives of these two people, I know that they will always be there for each other, and it motivates me to be someone who my new family can lean on.
Josh – Becca informed me that it was a coincidence that they picked out one of the same images. Which is pretty amazing to me considering they had over 900 to choose from 
by Josh
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