stephenie and jared had the most chill wedding i’ve seen in a while.  i love couples that understand that this day is about so much more than the million tiny details that can make up a wedding.  stephenie and jared get that and that’s part of the reason why i love them so much.  having said that…. they had an amazingly pinterest-able wedding at wildcatter ranch in graham, tx.

a bit of goodness from their first look.

i LOVE these shots we snagged in the kitchen as they are waiting to enter the reception.

i can’t tell you how excited i am for lisa and rory’s wedding.  i love love love this couple and everything they stand for.  the wedding is just around the corner so you know what that means… bridal session time!  check out lisa, her amazing flowers by la tee da, and her dress all below. :)

well done la tee da.  well done.

whoop.

oh you know… just the flowers rory used when he proposed a few months ago.  no big deal. :)

kim and david blew my brains out with engagement awesomeness.  these two have been dating for about 8 years and their level of comfort with each other is so apparent.  i love how secure kim is around david. they love to have little adventures and caddo lake state park was just the right setting for them.   they are totally into each other and that just jumped out into my camera.  don’t believe me?  take a look at just a few of their images.

Not many girls get to call a forest their home.  I mean… you have Snow White, Cinderella, I guess Tinkerbell.  Either way, it’s a pretty short list.  Add Ashley to that list.  She grew up at Dangerfield State park and if you remember from her engagement session, nature is kind of a big deal to her.  We knew we had to go back to the park for her bridal session and both her and it did not disappoint.  (How great are her flowers by Fantasy & Fairytale Floral Designs out of longview?)

I became a HUGE fan of Lisa & Rory about 3 minutes into their session.  They are the exact type of people I love to photograph.  He is fully present and completely in love with Lisa and she basically tuns into a middle school girl with a HUGE crush when she looks his way.  The story of how they met is so great and I can’t do it justice but I’ll do my best.

They both work together at a hospital and one day Rory spotted her pony tail walking around the ER.  A few days later her pony tail caught his eye again.  He finally decided to try and talk to her and the day he was set to approach Lisa she was no where to be found.  1 week went by, then 2, then 3.  Rory thought he had lost his chance when after 4 weeks she came back to work and he ran into her.  He stopped in his tracks and jumped all over the opportunity to talk to her.  Even though he was a bit creepy about it Lisa managed to stay interested in him and over the next few month they started courting.

Courting is kinda a funny word that we don’t really use any more.  It’s a throwback work to a time when a man would spend time with a young woman’s family and this would allow everyone to give an opinion about the relationship.  Courting is exactly what these two did.  Lisa went on and on about how much it meant to her that Rory would do this and how much it helped grow their relationship.

I love their story and I love the two of them.

Fast forward about a year or so and these two people are getting married.   I’m honored that they want me there when they start their marriage.

I have the best job ever.

Enjoy the images.