We've been anticipating Kelly & Adam's wedding for a really, really long time [ever since last winter, when we got kicked out of the Milwaukee Center during their engagement session, oops!]. Back story: a long, long time ago, when we used to have to search for photog jobs, we found a posting on CL from a bride-to-be looking for engagement photos... when we answered the posting, we discovered that said bride-to-be was Kelly, and she and her fiance had just bought a house - but, not just any house, Shannon's old house! Small world, indeed. Since then, we've done a number of shoots for Kelly & Adam and their friends [shout out to Becky A. and the Gunderts!], so we got to know them rather well before the big day.
Pastor Lorrie of Calvary Memorial UCC made the ceremony so personal and inspirational. Kelly walked down the aisle to, "She's Got a Way," by Billy Joel [sung by Jim of Milwaukee Live Entertainment... fantastic!!]. AND they wrote their own vows. We're pretty sure there was no dry eye in the house during Kelly's vows - that is, until she exclaimed, "SORRY!!" for being choked up, and everyone laughed. Adam was a little nervous, but Kelly kept telling him "it's okay... it's okay." It was one of the cutest, most touching moments ever.
Post-ceremony we made a quick pit stop to Currie Golf Course [shout out to Churchill Limo for letting us ride shotty and be a backseat - well... passenger seat - driver.] And by pit stop, we mean we made everyone go outside in the freezing cold for like 5 minutes [who gets married in FEBRUARY, Kelly... seriously.] before we headed over to the Four Points by Sheraton, where we learned that the wedding party had some of the best dancers ever, and that they should really think about trying out for for SYTYCD... the dancefloor was PACKED thanks to live music by The North Coast Orchestra. They were awesome - even busted out a little Beyonce's "Single Ladies" for the bouquet toss.
Kelly & Adam - have a blast in Jamacia! [No rush, but...] we can't wait to get ahold of some babies! Don't make us wait too long :)
P.S. Attn: Blog stalkers - stay tuned for a super awesome photobooth pic of the two of us. We love our job...
Kelly's dress was fab... like, super fab... like, I wanna get married again, so I can wear a dress like this one.
oh kelly... stunning.
what a proud papa :)
whole lotta picture takers at this wedding
hold it together!
MARRIED! Seriously, how CUTE are these 2?!?
this is about the point that my trigger finger froze to the camera...
but, you'd never know these 2 were cold :)
huddle together for warmth!
luckily, the Sheraton was REALLY cool, lots of vintage art & really cool decor - good for [warm] pics
nice work on the bustle, kara.
wandering the hotel for pics, we ran into these gals, just coming back from the swimming pool... so, we used them as props :)
Centerpieces [and uhh, pretty much EVERYTHING else] by Kelly :) Do you LOVE the purple accent lighting?
groomsman, mike demonstrates some funky fresh dance moves...
all my single ladies... now put your hands UP!
2 comments:
Those are very good pictures. I am very impressed with your work Shannon. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks! Half the credit goes to Jenny, my trusty co-photog :)
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