The Life of a Photographer...: A Southern Summer Supper

With every year to pass and every wedding we see, brides bring out unique details that continue to capture our eye! These details combined are what make a lovely wedding come together as a masterpiece. Weddings have grown, displaying more individuality every year, until they became a refined and original art. You must be able to imagine how photographers revel in this world of weddings where creativity is the limit! Brides put months of hard work designing and planning their weddings to make them "parfaite" or perfect. We the photographers catch a small glimpse of this when helping the bride plan their perfect wedding (through our lens) and when we photograph their bridal and engagement sittings. When sharing with us the details of their weddings, what brides are effectually doing is giving us a look that they want.... giving us insight into what they would desire their images to portray. Comedy, touching emotion, or quiet simple moments. Stunning wide angles, vintage glamor, or captured candid. At Trinity Photography, we have learned that shooting with these different elements give our albums, portfolio, and ultimately our brides a combo that has a style all its own! Showcasing all the grandeur and creativity that our brides have given to their day.

   Alright! Now that I have explained (in a surplus of detail!) where my passion for photography and background in art tend to lead me in this field, I will share a wedding that has become a particular favorite of mine.

  A Souther Summer Supper.... for me this phrase conjures up delicious souther cooking, sweet tea, summer sun, and starry nights filled with music and laughter. A sweet picture, and one that truly came to being in this June wedding. Now add a quaint bed and breakfast (which happens to look like it is straight our of BBC), a big white southern mansion, a thunderstorm, and a cathedral like church, and you have the wedding of Desirie and Peyton. Our bride and groom flew in from Oklahoma 3 days before the wedding. They decided that they wanted to see each other before the wedding, to give them the time to enjoy each other's company and time to journey to the Burk-Stark Mansion for a pre-wedding shoot. It later became apparent that this was a very wise choice! After getting ready photos at the Bernibrook Inn and our Souther mansion photoshoot, we all headed in mass to the church. As the church has no place for the bride to stay before the ceremony, we spent the last few moments before she walked down the aisle in the parsonage, capturing our bride in camera. Just as we were taking the short walk to the church, the heavens opened up and it started to pour! Desirie had an umbrella and because the rain was coming down in sheets she held the umbrella in front of her and charged the last few feet to the church door. We followed quickly behind her! When we reached the door we were drenched and laughing with the bride (who faired better than we in dryness, thankfully!) as we dried ourselves off. Desirie walked down the aisle with a smile on her face and light twinkle on the end of her veil. Later the groom found out that she ran through the rain and said that he didn't mind because she was "sparkling as she came down the aisle." Thankfully all of their outside shots together had already been taken care before the wedding when the sun was shining!

   The reception was lovely with white tents on the lawn and lights strung in the trees. The stars started to peak out from behind the clouds and we all marveled at the sight. Desirie and Peyton were beaming and everyone danced on the veranda as we shot candids. This wedding, even with the rain, became a stunning collection of priceless images! And certainly one of my favorites! To me that proves that the joy and happiness of the wedding day is always the most important.



   Classic Southern Elegance spinning wheel and all!