JAMIE.AND.JR.::.THE.STORY.

simply said, jamie & jr. rock!

they met on the job, and both being nurses, their vocation actually gives a sincerely authentic representation of who jamie & jr. are as people. if i had to pick a word, it would be genuine... and thoughtful... and caring... okay so maybe one word is a harder feat than i had thought. the persona that is jamie & jr. can be summed up with this little anecdote from their wedding day...

[the setting: a vacant ballroom adjacent to the reception hall. carlie & i speedily working to craft a slideshow of the images captured from the start of the day until the present moment]

ring... ring...

[to carlie] is that jr.'s #?

[back to me] i think so... you should answer it.

[into my iPhone, with hesitation, wondering if i had missed something special during the dinner service] hello, this is gabriel.

[back at me] hello, this is jr. [i begin thinking, uh oh... what happened] where are you guys? we have two spots saved for you, right here at the front table with our parents. come on over and grab some dinner...

now, carlie & i love becoming friends with our clients. it is part of why we love the art of story telling; we actually become a part of the story. but, in all the weddings we have shot this year, this was a first; dinner at the head table.

so, thank you jamie & jr. for the details, for the care in which you planned your wedding day, for the way in which you included carlie & i, for giving us creative freedom to play & do what we love... thank you.



jamie & jr, like many of our couples [and like carlie & i at our own wedding] decided on a signature engagement book as a part of their collection.



during the ceremony, my radar is always looking for the kids. here, ring security has completed his task and is ready for the grand finale...

...the grand finale. or grand beginning rather.

although carlie & i are not traditional wedding photographers, it was really important to jamie that we shoot a portrait with her & her grandmother. as simple as it is, it turned out to be one of my favorite photos from the day.
time for some fun after the ceremony...






i thought this little detail was so cool, and it again goes to show how thoughtful jamie & jr. are. rather than leaving the centerpiece give-away at the end of the night to a free-for-all, jamie & jr. intentionally gifted the arrangement to one deserving individual or couple at each table..

lost in each other.
i love this moment with dad.


and carlie snagged this shot with jr. and his mom, from afar.

so, the dj orchestrated a sound competition between the men & the women, to get the crowd going. i think it worked...

...and i think the guys won. jr. claiming victory.
now, i feel like 99.9% of the time, due to their not-so-aerodynamic construction, the garter usually ends up on the floor a few feet behind the groom, leaving it to be hesitantly taken by the nearest single adult male. however, jr. put a little elbow grease into this toss.

the 0.01%.


another one of carlie's shots. simply perfect.

as if i haven't yet expressed the radtasticness of jamie & jr., here is one more notch in their belt of awesomeness...

rock.and.roll.wedding.