It’s finally here.  Tomorrow is Jessica and Nick’s wedding and I couldn’t be more excited for all the pretty that is to come!  I knew from the minute she called me that we were going to have a ball with this-and we have!  I’ve never met anyone before that uses as much exclamation points in text messages as me…we’re a match made in heaven!!!!!! (!!!!!!!!!!).  She’s been a bridesmaid in many of my prior weddings and I’m so glad that I get to be HER wedding photographer now!!!

The week leading up to their engagement session included messages from Jessica like, “I can’t wait for next week!” and “All I want is a sunset picture!!!!!!!!” (!!!!!!).  Then the day came….and the weather just didn’t cooperate.  It was in the middle of the terrible June rainy crap that we all had to live through.  I made a tough call that it would likely be too wet to use the places Jessica had picked out.   And what did it do that night..it cleared up and was sunny.  And the sunset was amazing.

That has to be the worst part of this job.  Deciding when to try and when to try again.  So, I was just praying that the next night would be just as pretty.

Nick, like most men, tolerate engagement pictures for the woman they love.  Nick was just coming off of a long night of work and it was HOT in this flannel shirt, but he was wonderful!  He has the best smile and Jess knows how to pull it right out of him.  We started the session on Nick’s family property-I love places with meaning!

After the woods, we headed South, stopped and got Nick an energy drink and prayed the storm that was on it’s way would miss us….

We were shooting in this field and I was loving this gorgeous sky.  It wasn’t the crazy colorful one from the prior night that we had missed, but it was still stunning.  I kept checking my radar and could see the sun had set..and the storm was close.  And then to the North, I could see some color in the sky hiding behind a woods.  I literally made a last minute decision to pack up and try and follow it!

I’d say the risk paid off.  I have never in my life seen a more stunning sky.  The colors, the textures…..SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I’d say the call to wait until this night was a good one!

Nick and Jessica-tomorrow is going to be perfect….and I’ve got my cowboy boots ready to roll!!!!!!!!!!!!