y last wedding of 2007 and there wasn't much of 2007 left. Melissa and Glen were married on December 30th in Golden, Colorado and it was a day to remember!
They found me on the internet and hired me sight unseen and so it was so cool to finally meet them - and on such a momentous occasion. They're from California you see, though I believe they'll be moving here to Colorado when they get back from Iraq.
Anyway - on to the photos...
I love a Military wedding. Guys just look so classy in a uniform.
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Here's Glen buttoning up before the ceremony.
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And here's his friend checking over Glen's work.
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I just love 'getting ready' photos with the ladies. It's kinda like playing dress-up (hey, I have a 5 year old) except that it's for real!
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Speaking again of California, my friend Jolynne was in town for the holidays (Her and her family have a condo in Longmont) and she joined me for the day as my second photographer. The next two are by Jolynne. Great stuff!
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Some more of the guys before the ceremony - or, the guys' flowers anyway.
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Here's Mr. Ringbearer looking oh so debonaire.
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You might be able to tell from their last names here that they were previously wed before the full-blown ceremony this past weekend. That seems to happen quite a bit between Military couples. At one point right before the ceremony I heard one of the Moms say "I'm surprised at how emotional I am seeing as how they're already married". Weddings seem to have that effect on people. :)
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Posing isn't really my thing. Not that I fight it or even hate it. It's just that I'll never market myself as being awesome at posing or what have you - because it's the part that I just don't love. So, I always try to make it go as quickly as possible, and while I'm doing it I want it to be as fun as possible for everyone involved.
I love the expression on the guys face on the left who is looking into the camera. I think he was as excited about posing as some of the rest of us.
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My absolute favorite part of the day is the time I have with the couple. Sometimes I have 10 minutes and sometimes I have 2 hours. Today I had about 20 minutes or so and in that time I got some of my favorites of the day. This one was actually taken by Jolynne.
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She snapped that one sometime right before or after I took this one. This here might be my personal favorite.
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Though I do love this one too.
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We took these next two after we arrived at the Golden Hotel and before they went in to join the reception.
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And the reception was beautiful. I loved their cake and I'm still wondering if these were 'Red Hots' on the sides. Wouldn't that be tasty?!
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At any rate, Melissa and Glen were about to find out just how tasty it was... You know what came next don't you?
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And then it was time for some dancin'.
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Everyone raise your glass for Melissa and Glen! Congrats you two! :)
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And remember I told you about my friend Jolynne? Well here she is chimping during the Best Man's toast.
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And here are a few she took of me throughout the day.
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Note: Wanna know what Santa got me for Christmas? A new suit. So, there it is. Me in my fancy new suit. And no, I don't always dance with the Bride at weddings. This was actually a first. (Hhmmm, and thinking about it now it really IS a first because me and Emily didn't do any dancing at our wedding!) Anyway, it's crossed my mind many times, but it never happened until this day. It was the money dance and I did give Melissa a dollar. I almost always carry one of those little gold dollars around with me on wedding days in case I need to bribe any ringbearers or flowergirls. But since those two were so great, I dropped it in the money dance basket and gave Melissa a twirl, congratulated her, and said 'goodbye' for the evening. I thought about going and dancing with Glen, too - but I was out of little gold dollars. :)
