ok people, time to get your vote on. the couple with the winning image will get a fancy big 16×20 print. pick your favorite image. you can only vote once, the voting is open for 2 days. winners will be announced january 21.

vote at the bottom of this post.

today’s category may be my favorite.  i love the random things that happen at people’s weddings.  these are not thing you can usually plan for, pintrest, or expect.  it’s just part of the organic day that is your wedding.  your wedding day is not made up from a checklist and timeline but all the tiny moments that happen along the way.  some of those tiny moments just happen to be more awesome than others. :)

ready set. go!

here are the entries.

i’m glad they had a first look.  if not this would have been the first time daniel saw rachel. :)  pretty magical eh?

a very well prepared father of the bride.

any bridesmaid who can jump, catch a bouquet and not spill her drink gets props from me.

no one plans for it to rain on their wedding day.  chesley did plan on smiling on her wedding day.

aggies.

i hear it gets hot under those dresses.

nothing says classy ring bearer like poopin’ in your pants.

the ceremony to reception shoe change is every brides favorite moment.

i’m not sure if he is holdin’ down the dance floor or if the dance floor took him out.

kids love me.

Weddings are kinda funny. You spend months panning every little details and then sometimes it’s just the random moments that end up sticking in your brain. Here are a few of those that I caught this past year.

(Voting open for about 24 hours. Winners announced on Monday February 13.)

Get excited.  If I photographed you last January it’s one more blaze of glory on the blog.  These are some of my favorite shots from this time last year.

This feels a bit strange.  This is my first weekend off since March 12th.  That makes 21 weddings in the past 16 weeks.  I’m not sure what I’ll do with my time off.  (Maybe edit?) :)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to take a quick peek back at my favorite image from each wedding.  Here they are for your viewing pleasure.

Jennifer & Steven had an incredible wedding at Ashton Gardens in Dallas this past weekend.  The wedding was a blast.  The Mug Machine was in full force and they had a Rock the Frock day after session on Monday.
(Translation: Lots of images in the next few days.)

Ready… Set… Go!

I walked into the house where Jennifer was getting ready and found her grandfather getting his combover done by the stylist.  Best. First Image. Ever.?

Jennifer had all of these done by an artist she found on Etsy, visit her full site here.

Steven is sneaker head so he actually fly to New York and had these custom made for his wedding.  (The day they met & they day the were married.)

First Look time!

This was one of my favorite moments from the day.  We were grouping people for family photos and Steven’s niece ran up to get in a shot.  it was not their turn yet and someone said.  “No, not you, go back.”  She was crushed.  She was crying and tearing up as she headed back to her mom.  Jennifer saw this and walked out of the photo area and over to comfort her.  9.5 out of 10 brides would have just let others handle it, but she wanted to make sure her new niece was OK and assure her she was loved.  It totally made my day.  In fact…. it earned her a free 16×20 of any wedding image she wants.  That’s right Jennifer.  I’ll hook you up.  You’re that awesome!

Great great cakes were done by Fancy Cakes by Lauren.

Rather than have their guest sign in, they finger printed people.  This made for both a super cool piece of art and official documentation of who really was at the wedding.

After the ceremony much dancing occurred.

Lauren & Brent.  (You may have seen them before. here.)

I snagged this shot of Vanessa & Brent McKellar doing their video thing that they do so well.  I LOVE working with those two.

Stay tuned later this week for Mug Machine and Rock the Frock goodness.