By now, you will definitely recognize the gate in these photos! If you can’t tell, we’re on the preferred vendors list at Monteleone Meadows, so we get to shoot there quite a bit. Here’s Dustin and Katrina- a sweet couple that were so fun to take photos of! Katrina was willing to do anything! She wasn’t concerned about getting her dress dirty or grass stained, all she cared about was getting great photos. I love this attitude. Your dress is for you, not you for your dress. We’re able to do so much more when brides are willing to let their dress touch the ground. Another thing we are stoked about is the groomsmen photos. Dustin really wanted something different than Monteleone Meadows for the guy photos. Something a little cooler. He pointed us to this photo from a past wedding of what he was wanting-
We weren’t sure if there was anywhere around Monteleone where something like this could be accomplished. Dustin was going to keep his eye out for a spot. Well, the day of the wedding came and he still hadn’t found somewhere to do it. Zach and I split up- he took photos of the girls, while I went over to the guys house to take photos of them getting ready. This is something we don’t normally do, but happened to do this one day. It turned out to be a lucky break, because when I was driving back to Monteleone, I saw this amazing haystack in a field, literally 2 minutes away from Monteleone. The groom was following me over to the site, so when we parked I asked him what he thought and he loved it. So, we picked up Zach, all got back in our cars and went over there. A lesson to all photographers to always think outside of the box (and the wedding venue.) Congrats to Katrina and Dustin! On a side note, we just finished our 16th wedding this past weekend! We’re about half way through our weddings for this year, woo hoo!!!!! And 2010 is already shaping up to be an incredibly awesome year. We’re so thankful for a job we love.
The aforementioned groomsmen photos! (It reminds me of the movie Twister- I feel like a tornado is going to come take them away.)
Dustin and Katrina wrote their own vows. Katrina went first and said how one word came to her mind when she thought of Dustin, and that was thankful. When Dustin went he said, “When I think about you Katrina, one word comes to mind. Ironically, that word is thankful!” It was a cute, funny moment.
The bridesmaid dresses were gorgeous, extremely flattering and simply adorable. But, you won’t be able to get your hands on any, as they were hand made by the bride’s mom.
That black and white should have completed photo time with the bride and groom, but it didn’t. As Zach and I were eating dinner outside, the light was perfect. He started getting antsy and kept saying, “Gosh, this light is beautiful. Maybe I should just go grab them real quick to take a few photos on the dock. No, I won’t. Ah, but it’s so perfect out! OK! I’m doing it!” So he went and asked Dustin and Katrina if they were up for it and they totally were! Zach is just one of those people that is always an artist and constantly creating in his head. He can’t ever shut it off.
Love this one of the flower girl gettin’ her groove on.
And probably my favorite shots of the night.
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Click below to see a slide show of Dustin & Katrina’s full highlights gallery. We’re curious whether this is something you folks will even watch, so let us know in the comments below.
