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So Beautiful.

That’s how I’d describe Nicole and Mike’s York Country Club reception Saturday night. The ceremony wasn’t too shabby either.

I couldn’t believe how relaxed the both of them were early in their wedding day. It’s nice to see a couple take everything in stride.

One of the mini-highlights of the day was talking shop with Mike’s father, who is a photography enthusiast. In fact he helped me light this evening portrait.

I’ll try to show more tomorrow.

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Shelby and

Brandy’s wedding near Horton, Kansas. The two really had a great time and Brandy

was absolutely stunning in her wedding gown.

The two had a really nice outdoor wedding at the farm where Shelby grew up.

We were blessed with nice (and quite warm) weather.

Shelby is my wife, Sarah’s cousin. It was a lot of fun to be able to party a

little while doing my job. It was even more fun getting to watch Owen at his

first wedding reception. Isn’t he getting to be a big boy?

Another nice thing about shooting weddings within the family is that I get an

opportunity to make non-flattering photos of people like Laura, my sister-in-law.

Sorry Laura. It had to be done.

While giving me a tour of her grandparents’ farm near Litchfield, Lacey told me the one photo she would like to get from her engagement session with Jon would be a photo of the two of them sitting atop this hill in her favorite alfalfa field, a special place where to two like to sit back and enjoy the quiet scenery.

We planned to come to this spot and shoot from this vista during sunset. As storm clouds started to roll in, it became apparent that we would not have a sunset and that it was going to get dark earlier than normal.

Sometimes when it gets dark early, it shortens my engagement sessions. But with the spectacular lightning show we got to witness, we went longer than originally planned. This photo, one of the last taken before storm winds came down on us, was the perfect payoff for our patience.

I kind of know a few of the couples I’ve shot engagement sessions for lately. But none have been as familiar to me as Scott and Jessica.

Scott, a photographer at the Grand Island Independent, has been a great friend since Sarah and I moved to Grand Island (really since before). I was super jazzed when I learned of their engagement last fall. Then I was deeply honored when they asked me to photograph their wedding. If their wedding is anything like their engagement session, it will be a lot of fun (not to mention beautiful).

For a setting we started at the Eddy Street underpass in Grand Island and ended up at Mormon Island State Park. Here’s a few shots from the underpass.

I should really shoot down there more often. There are just some really cool looks you can create down there–if you are willing to brave the discarded 40oz. bottles and the lingering scent of urine. The late afternoon light bouncing off those walls makes for some brilliant opportunities.

Tomorrow I’ll show a couple pics from Mormon Island State Park that are similar to each other and solicit opinions from you, my fine readers. The setting out there is a stark contrast from the underpass.