I’m going to try my very best to keep this blogpost text from turning into a straight-up love letter from me to Samantha but I make no promises that it won’t happen accidentally.
No more than six e-mails into our relationship Sam told me she was already certain of our “inevitable BFF-ness” and boy, oh, boy did she call it. After an obscene amount of hilarious e-mail correspondence as well as Sam and Dustin’s engagement session in Seattle, I sat on the couch next to my husband and told him, “I seriously love Samantha so much and I’m going to be so sad when their wedding is over.” I said those exact words and I was not exaggerating in the slightest. Every time we talked she made sure to ask how I was doing, even sent me a Mother’s Day e-mail THE MONTH OF HER WEDDING and gave my daughter three (of the absolute cutest) outfits because Sam is amazingly thoughtful like that. Her joy is contagious and I can honestly say she’s one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out. And while I’m not certain where I fall on Dustin’s BFF scale, I do know that the way he looks at Sam makes my heart swell, his kindness is evidenced by how obviously he’s adored by his (and Sam’s) family and friends plus my BFF Samantha swears he has the patience of a saint. A SAINT.
Needless to say, looking back on this rainy Saturday in May gives me all the feels and I hope you enjoy a peek into my favorite images.
Before the ceremony Samantha and Dustin shared a few quiet moments together. Dustin prayed over their marriage and thanked the Lord for Samantha and BRB I’M CRYING REMEMBERING IT. I felt so incredibly special to be the one to witness and document such a pure, genuine moment between a groom and his bride.
Samantha + Dustin — I love y’all. Like a whole big bunch. Friends forever, mmkay?
Venue: The Milestone
Flowers: The Southern Table
Bridal Gown Designer: David Tutera for Mon Cheri
Bridal Gown Retailer: Lulu’s Bridal Boutique
Hair & Makeup: Angie Williams
Groom’s Attire: Black by Vera Wang
Bridesmaids Dresses Designer: Joanna August
Bridesmaids Dresses Retailer: Prim: The Bridesmaid Boutique, Oklahoma City, OK
Flower Girl Dress Designer: Olivia Kate Couture
Flower Girl Dress Retailer: Etsy
Stationery: Frameworthy Designs
Cake & Desserts: Candy Haven
Caterer: The Milestone
Band/DJ: First Dance DJs, Michael Furr
Lighting: First Dance DJs, Michael Furr
Weddings Rentals: Coco Fleur
Wedding Planner: Lauren Modica, The Milestone
Hannah is an avid laugh-out-loud-er and Jonathan is one for witty comments with an sly smirk. Hannah is warm, outgoing and over the top expressive while Jonathan is all about that deadpan delivery. Hannah is a small town girl who fully embraces her East Texas twang and Jonathan, well, he has a pretty impressive tattoo sleeve. Let’s just say they might not be the first person you’d think to set the other up with on a blind date. Well turns out they didn’t need your lame blind-date set-up because they met through choir practice at church SO TAKE THAT, MATCHMAKERS!
 People who have Hannah and Jonathan in their lives are blessed by this, better for knowing them — myself included. Here are some of my favorites from their chilly January engagement session in good ‘ole Denton, Texas.
I find so much inspiration in photographing people who aren’t afraid to feel deeply — people who very much enjoy life and and the person they most want to share it with. Hannah and Jonathan, I’m inspired by you.
Thank you for that.
I love the Smiths. And I freakin love how these photos turned out of them in their home right after welcoming baby Canon into the world. My aim in every single session is for the photos to fit the people inside them — that’s more important to me than a pretty photo or even a well-composed shot, the honesty is what I’m going for.
Ah, February — the month of love and chocolate hearts, but for this wedding photographer, the month of catching up on all the back-blogging I never got around the posting last year in the flurry of keeping up with shoots, edits, e-mails and ya know, growing and giving birth to a tiny human. Part of me wanted to start fresh with only blogging work from 2016 but I’m a deeply nostalgic soul (see any instagrams of my daughter . . .  um, basically my entire feed, for reference) and some things I just can’t allow to get lost in my hard-drives, not properly memorialized on my blog for me to come back to over and over again and remember how incredibly blessed I felt to witness and document such momentous days in brides and grooms’  — in sons and daughters and mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and lifelong best friends’ — lives.
Marissa and Matt perhaps had more fun on their wedding day than just about anyone I’ve seen. I love watching people feel deeply, and that is what these two did on that Saturday in May. Enjoy looking through some of my favorites.
All my love to the Driscolls!
Many thanks to my second shooter and little bro, Jacob, for helping me document this day.
Vendors:
Floral // Expressions of Decor
Ceremony // Perkins Chapel
Reception // The Room on Main
Band // Downtown Fever (THESE GUYS ARE SO SO TALENTED AND SO SO FUN)
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