What a day! To witness two of our bestest friends getting married was quite emotional for us both. We were actually one of the first ones that were supposed to be on the wedding party but then asked us to be their photographers. It was tough for them, but we love them and know them inside and out. So after much thought, they traveled all the way over to our place in Vancouver from Surrey (at around midnight) and asked us to be the photographers for their wedding day. It was very emotional. They struggled because they wanted us to be in the images with them, celebrating with everyone else but we reassured them that we’d be with them all day and that if we’re not in the images, at least we were the ones who shot them. It was a struggle for us too but we’d do absolutely anything for these two.
Here are some shots of their day:
Some of the details:
One of our favorite things about wedding days are when the bride and groom see each other before the ceremony. Mainly because, 1. it breaks ‘tradition’, b. it screws over any logic of ‘bad luck’. and lastly it allows the couple to enjoy the actual moment of seeing each other for the first time instead waiting to talk about it until after the ceremony. Don’t get me wrong, seeing your bride walk down the aisle is also breath-taking – but why not have both those emotions in the same day? get it? So here is a shot of Hannah creeping up on Reggie for the big reveal. We’re going to hold on to the images when they actually see each other, but we can show you the hug. We’re still wiping off our lenses from all the tears that came from that moment.
Now here’s a picture of the wedding party sans ral and danelle.
The ever so lovely and dashing Hannah and Reggie (not necessarily in that order)
For this shot, we got them to think about hugging in different settings… I believe I (danelle) said bedroom and well… this is what they came up with…it evolved a bit after this. *)
How cute are they… they’re so much fun!!
We’ll leave you with this is a picture, which we have truly fallen in love with. Right after the recessional Hannah and Reggie headed towards the foyer of the church. Before greeting anyone, they held each other as if the world was going to end. If no one shed a tear, then you sir are a cold blooded tyrant. To me (ral) it really epitomizes what marriage really is. The affection and desperation that the husband and wife need to express to one another. I couldn’t help but shed a tear seeing them hold each other so tightly right after the wedding and it was the first action that sets the tone for their life long relationship together.
Hanny & Reg, you both know how much we love you two and we’d do anything for you. Your wedding day was crazy awesome. We can say a lot but our lasting friendship should make our ‘welcome to married life’ sweet and rich. Our support and love will stay put – road trips, late nights and new adventures here we come. Hanny, you live with a boy. YAY!
xo|danelle & </ral>
– I want to keep this blog post short because their wedding is coming up really soon and we’ll gush all of our emotions in that one. Through a series of unfortunate events, we were asked to shoot their wedding – which we accepted with mixed emotions (we’ll explain in a couple days). We wanted to knock this engagement shoot out of the park – we love them to death – and again, they trusted in our art and we seriously got a lot of crazy delicious images. I’ll let them speak for themselves.
