Yes, I just had to do it.  As soon as I realized that today was Nikki and Jeff’s one month anniversary from their wedding day, I just had to post about their wedding.  And wow, what a beautiful wedding it was.  I was so excited when I first spoke with Nikki about shooting her wedding because all of her plans for the day sounded incredible.  She is a beach lover so it’s only appropriate that she get married in that type of setting.  The location was breathtaking…they were married in a waterfront ceremony on the beach of the river about an hour outside of Richmond.  Gorgeous.  And I’m convinced that the day could not have been any more beautiful.  All of the guests stood nearby while watching the ceremony, and then near the end, each guest took a shell (that had Nikki and Jeff’s initials and the date written on them) and tossed them into the water so that days, months, and even years from now they would wash back ashore.   Of course after the ceremony the reception took place, and while Tisha (my guest photographer…www.tishamccuiston.com) and I stayed for most of it I’m sure the wedding party and guests “celebrated” long after we were there.;-) 

I have yet to finish proofing all of the images from the day so I quickly pulled just a few of my favorites that I love.  There will be more to come when the editing is finished.  But for now, check these out!

Her bouquet kept with the “beach” theme by including some starfish tucked inside.

A detail shot of her dress…

The shells that were thrown in by the wedding party and guests…

You may remember that Jeff is a firefighter.  The day of their engagement session I saw his tattoo and had big plans for the wedding day to incorporate it into the portraits.  I love it…not only is it awesome, the meaning behind it is what makes it really special.  It reads, “Resurrected from the ashes to protect the brotherhood”.  Way cool…

And as Tisha will tell you, I’m a sucker for the detail shots…especially the ring shots!  I had this idea way before the wedding and could NOT wait to try it.  I love how it not only incorporates the rings, but the date and the setting as well.

And while I had the idea above for a while, it’s sometimes the unexpected things that turn up at weddings that work together for awesome images.  On the way to do the shot above, I noticed the lock below and knew immediately that I had to incorporate it into a shot.  I love the symbolization involved…to me, the lock represents the commitment that they each had just made to each other through marriage.

As mentioned previously, there are many more posts ahead, so keep checking back or even subscribe in the right hand column of the blog to receive email notifications each time I post!  Thanks for stopping by!

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