Paul and Heather Married!

Paul and Heather

 



This weekend's festivities were to celebrate the union of Paul and Heather Merz. After meeting with them, they seemed like a fantastic couple, but little did I know how compatible they were. During the ceremony, the pastor began to tell the story of how they first met. At first glance, I thought perhaps they were high school sweet hearts or maybe met from mutual friends at a local coffee shop, but to my surprise, he revealed that they had actually met playing Final Fantasy! This couple automatically won my nomination for most interesting couple of the century! Best of all, their wedding was peacock themed. Peacocks? Yup! Everything from their wedding colors to Heather's earrings went along with the theme. They even made sure that I took home some peacock feathers!

 

- My idea of 'hiding the air conditioner' haha -

 

- The handsome Mr. Paul Merz and the beautiful Mrs. Heather Merz -

- Bridal party -

 

 

- When I had first talked to Paul, he really liked the idea of the 'Godfather-esque' shot that I had done a couple weeks back. This was their rendition -

 

- Nonethless, they had to mix it up. Here's their best 'rocker' faces -

 

- Best man -

 

 

- Heather and her girls -

 

- Heather and the girls, part 2 -

 

- Heather and the maid of honor having a little fun -

 

 

- I had this idea of a Dragon Ball Z themed shot. Granted, it turned out looking more like something from Harry Potter, Paul still loved it -



 



- He even wanted to replicate it with all of his grooms-buddies (like the word? yup, you heard it here first!) For this one, we thought of Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark; face melting -

 

 

- On to the ceremony, we were really blessed with a beautiful backlight. Although a bit challenging to shoot with, with the right angle and a touch of luck, you can get some shots to come out beautifully -

 

 

- The ceremony -

 

- I really love sand ceremonies. Not only do they metaphorically represent something special, but I've always just enjoyed looking at colored sand... haha -

 

 

- Ring exchange -

 

- The new married couple, Paul and Heather -

- Family clowns - I just had to include this one in. When we were doing the family photos, we had a little goofing off between the siblings - Classic stuff, lol -

 

- Grand entrance of the newlyweds! -

 





 





- The first dance; I love capturing the tender moments between the bride and groom during these dances -

 

- As usual, it wouldn't all be complete with my favorite ring shot, this one really embodying the peacock theme that went throughout the wedding -