Sure I have photographed a more than few weddings....and yes I am seriously thinking of getting out of the "biz" (for reasons unimportant at the moment). But then came the opportunity to spend the day with two people who truly know what love is.  Yes, just as with the other weddings I have photographed, Tim and Amanda love each other..enough to commit their lives and lifetimes to each other, but they also have an extraordinary ability to see beyond the surface and to love others just as they are, to cherish and nurture people. It should not be a surprise that she is a nurse and he has gone back to school to become a Special Ed teacher. Their love for each other, for others, and for life in general is almost palpable.  

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Tim and Amanda's wedding was neither huge nor extravagant, rather is was an intimate setting with family and close friends, in a church which held many childhood memories for Amanda, her sister, and cousins.  The bridge just outside of the church was a place that Amanda and her cousins spent many a Sunday playing and, dodging raindrops as well as listening to distant thunder, was the setting for an intimate wedding portrait.

Honestly, the one thing that made this wedding stand out was the beautiful and loving hearts of the bride and groom. The evidence is in all of the photos of them with the children in attendance as well as how much fun everyone had.

Dancing the "Chicken Dance"and "Hokey Pokey" as well as the limbo followed by much laughter and hugs all around, this was a day filled with a celebration of love and of life and that left everyone feeling as if they had just experienced a warm collective hug!

Congratulations and Blessings

Tim & Amanda