Ceremony & Reception: The Circle S Ranch
Floral: Ashley Hotka, Good Earth Floral
If a person were to ask me: "Hey, could you sum up Jono & Bridget's wedding in one word for me?" I would reply: "Yes. Dancing."
Ceremony: Vintage Church
Reception: The Eldridge Hotel
Entertainment: The Karen Davis Project
A handful of Jono & Bridget's engagement portraits can be viewed here.
Phillip & Katie were wed this summer, tucked away in some trees on the University of Kansas campus. Their full set of engagement portraits -- and wedding photographs -- can be viewed right here.
While we did indeed set out on this evening to make some portraits of Jono & Bridget in celebration of their engagement, I'm nearly 100% positive that all of us had a not-so-secret agenda of just dancing our hearts out.
So, as agendas would have it - and in true Jono-&-Bridget fashion - we danced.
Jono & Bridget's full set of engagement portraits can viewed right here. A handful of their wedding photographs can be viewed here.
Ceremony Venue: St. John the Evangelist Church
Reception Venue: Abe & Jake's Landing
Coordination: Fawn Rufer, Couture Events Kansas City
Floral Design: Good Earth Flowers
Dinner: Jack Stack Barbeque
Cake: Hy-Vee
Music & Entertainment: Kenny Duncan, Elite Sounds
Let me tell you a story about two of the best people I've met in a long long while, and about the day on which they wed.
Ceremony & reception venue: The Oread Hotel // Lawrence, Kansas
A small handful of Shaun & Kelci's engagement portraits can be seen here.
Back in July, I got a note from JD.
"...It fits right in with how my fiance, Emily, & I feel weddings should be remembered - not as an event, but as a marker of the beginning of a lifelong journey. However corny, we know that in reality it's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage, and we desire someone to document this special time with the same eye."
Without sensationalizing the whole thing too much, JD & Emily are the reason I enjoy documenting weddings so much. Plain & simple, straight up. The words he said - in his very first email to a stranger, no less - just aren't said all that often, you know? And while initially reading these first couple of paragraphs he dropped into my inbox, I knew immediately, beyond anything else, that not only did I want to watch him marry his bride, but that I needed to watch him marry his bride.
To make pictures of feelings & memories & stories like JD & Emily's is a downright pleasure, & an even bigger honor. They're the types that seemingly teach you a life lesson simply by letting you into their lives for a day. Here's the beautifully cold - and eventually snowy - day on which they wed.
Ceremony: Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church // Lawrence, Kan.
Reception: Stony Point Hall // Baldwin City, Kan.
Flowers: Hyvee
Dinner: The Merc // Lawrence, Kan.
JD & Em's engagement portraits: right here
To see the story of JD & Em's wedding day, click right here.