Weddings

i always feel flustered when someone on the street stops and patiently waits for me to take a picture. i know they are just being polite and i should be grateful. but knowing they are there, watching me and waiting makes me completely lose focus. so i always wave them through, telling them to walk right in front of me, assuring them that it is OK. hoping they will pass quickly, so I can get back to my square.

that is exactly why i LOVE shooting on isla mujers. people are immune to the camera, they just walk or drive right into your shot with no apologies. if they stopped and waited every time someone was snapping a photo they would never get across the street. and that's what is so cool about noellen and jackson wedding portraits, there is a wonderful variety of cameo appearances from the locals. someone on a moped in one, ladies peeking out of windows in another, even the cemetery cat made a brief appearance in a few. while roaming the streets we heard plenty of well wishes coming from all directions from strangers in spanish. regardless, if we could or couldn't understand them. congratulations really has a nice ring to it in any language, felicitaciones!

 

 

 

muchos años maravillosos a usted ambos

many wonderful years to you both

i miss you

it is instant

as when i leave your lips

-raymond a fox

  these two have been apart before. and know they will be again soon. they appreciate fleeting moments more than most. magnetic is a good word to describe them.
you can see it in
their smiles, they are thrilled with each moment together. they sneak
sweet glances and move in closer. when they kiss,
they savor it. they don't want to let go. and we don't want them to
either.

it started with a first wedding kiss under the early spring blossoms and got better from there. forecasted seattle showers never appeared. friends and family gathered
together from all over the country. romance was in the air. a little love graffiti before a promise for forever. an evening candle light ceremony
that brought a few tears, but many more smiles.

 

this was our first wedding of 2009 and can't imagine a better way to begin! while editing and looking at their amazing smiles on screen, we feel so blessed to work with such kind, considerate and loving people! thank you emily and patrick!

ceremony and reception were at the lovely lake union cafe.