Janet & Omar have been planning their elopement for months now - we planned a location on Shenandoah National Park, came up with a game plan for locations leading up to their ceremony.. and then Skyline Drive closed because of snow and ice. So late last night we changed up our plans, while including Shenandoah as much as possible. We met up before sunrise and hiked in to the Park, then drove back to the farmhouse where their family members were (who flew in from California!) and they had their ceremony on the top of a hill overlooking fields and hills and mountains, surrounded by their families sitting on chairs and benches they carried from the farm house. It was a perfectly adventurous day, and I am so honored to have been a part of it. Also, there was a Game of Thrones theme and it was amazing.
Looking at this picture as a whole is pretty insane, but taking the time to look up close at the little details is my favorite. Her pregnant belly reflecting the pink light onto his shirt, their eye lashes, his shirt’s buttons also catching the light, her fingers on his neck, the mountains in the back peeking through, the fern silhouettes at the bottom. I can stare at this photo for so, so long.
“above all else I would choose you. when there’s no more grand gestures no more words to say when everything around us begins to give way when the sky grows dim and the colors fade I would choose you.” Tyler Kent White - Happy Valentine’s Day from your hopeless romantic
Big Meadows at sunrise is this magical and misty land - eerily quiet except for the deer and me making a fool of myself to make you laugh, or to show off how très Vogue you can be in the face of ridiculousness.
I’m pretending that “backyard weddings” mean more than just having a wedding in your backyard. I wrote a blog post about backyard weddings, and plan to write more! Think of it more as an intimate wedding, but with as many guests as you want. Link to blog post is in my bio (:
These past couple of weeks chatting with couples and getting revamped and organized has made me ridiculously excited for all the weddings planned this year 🥰