Heather and Erich have a different love story than most of us, her and her fiancé lived over 4800 miles apart and he was finally granted a visa to come marry his soul mate! From the Netherlands to Washington. The wedding was very sweet and you could feel the love beaming from both our bride and groom. The decorations were adorable, twinkling lights, birds, cages and nests all over the place and a even a Sasquatch cake! These two were truly made for each other and I'm so blessed to have met them and photographed their fun wedding!
WASHINGTON
Genna & Colby say "I do" Eastern Washington wedding
These two are one of my newest favorite couples! Simple, sweet and seriously in love!
Genna and Colby met me in a field in Kettle Falls Washington for a "First Look Session". For those of you thinking about doing a first look, I highly recommend it! It's a private setting, just you and me.... I capture the incredible moment of you and your fiancé seeing each other for the first time all dressed up. Usually this session is the day of your wedding, way before guests arrive. In this case, Genna and Colby didn't have a lot of time on the day of their wedding to squeeze in a "First Look" so we went ahead and did it 2 days before their actual wedding. It was perfect, I almost think this is the way to do it! We had so much uninterrupted time to really focus on them and their deep connection. It was a beautiful night walking through gorgeous fields, into the forest, and even down to the water front at Lake Roosevelt. More brides should do this :)
A few days after the "first look session", Genna and Colby said "I do" at the LDS Temple in Spokane Valley, Washington; they made their way up to Chewelah Washington for some fun photos with the bridal party in the country, THEN we headed to our final destination of Colby's parents home in Arden Washington for the ring ceremony and reception. I am so excited and blessed to have met such a wonderful young couple, here are a few of my favorites of these love birds!
Lilac Princess
Every night this week I have been watching the golden sun filling my dining room at sunset. Everytime I see the light I think, DANG why don't I have a shoot tonight?! It is seriously perfect… Yesterday I was mowing my lawn and I walked by my big lilac bush, immediately the fragrance hit me and I was instantly inspired to do a photoshoot by them. It was very strange timing because Katrina just happened to be walking home from school and was passing my house at the exact same time I thought of doing a photoshoot. (Katrina is a high school senior that I have become friends with and photographed a few times for fun). I yelled at her "hey, you busy tonight?" she smiled really big and replied "nope". I yelled back at her "you wanna do a shoot at 7pm?" (it was like 5:15pm btw haha) Of course she said yes so I told her to wear a white dress and I'll pick her up at 7pm.
It felt like a fairytale, she was spinning and posing in front of that golden glowing sunset and I was having so much fun I'm pretty sure I squealed more than I spoke words to her!
My husband bought me a few LENSBABY lenses so I knew I wanted to practice using them in this shoot. WOW, I mean WOW WOW WOW! It really made the photos so much more than I had imagined in my head. I am so proud of how this shoot turned out, especially since it was thrown together in less than 2 hours. We just winged it!
For this shoot I used my Canon 7D, Optic Edge 80 LENSBABY F4, a reflector with the silver side out, a smoke bomb, and I edited the photos in PS CS5 using Paint the Moon actions (Luminosity and Artisan sets). I cloned quite a bit because we took these in my front yard. So I had to remove a garbage can and driveways. Below I am including a before and after shot as well as a few of my favorite shots. ENJOY!