It’s been months since this wedding but looking through the photos to select which ones to post today brought back every single emotion I felt that day, as JD and I photographed this incredibly special couple and BLAST of a wedding. Derek and Katie (and Derek’s entire family!) are so special to me - I’ve known them for the past eight or so years, when they first contacted me to photograph Derek’s high school senior photos (and then his two siblings, Robert and Michael when they each graduated). I was honored to photograph their proposal and then their engagement session was my last session before everything shut down, in March of 2020. Getting to finally celebrate with them this past May was just… amazing. Perfect. Wonderful. After such a crazy 2020 for everyone, getting to finally, FINALLY be reunited for such a special occasion was the perfect medicine towards healing after a long, hard year.
I hope you enjoy this (small) peek into their day - I’ll just leave you with a few of the lyrics from their first dance, which I think just truly sum up everything I feel about Derek and Katie, weddings and love <3
To love to kiss to sweetly hold
For the dancing and the dreaming
Through all the sorrows and delights
I'll keep your love beside me
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
With ne're a fear of drowning
And gladly ride the waves of life
If you will marry me
If you will marry me
-For the Dancing and the Dreaming
Makeup and Hair Stylist: Best Face Artists
Wedding Dress Purchased At: Ava Laurenne Bride
Florist: Blue Herron Farm
Caterer: Smokin Willy
Desserts: The Lemonade Bakery
DJ/Band: Black Tie Entertainment- Eddy Bobby