Our pro pics are in!!!
Not that I nearly launched myself into the mailbox or rocketed down the driveway like a banshee or anything….ahem.
I am so glad we made an excellent photographer one of our financial priorities for our wedding. After a ton of research, he was the most reasonably priced photographer I found in the Door County area and he had the most impressive images, angles, preparedness, and variety of shooting styles. He took at least a half hour to explain his entire photographic approach to me when we spoke on the phone last December – and I loved what he had to say. We also really liked that with him we could create our own package – hiring him for the exact number of hours we chose – and that we could purchase the reproduction rights to our photos. Plus he was willing to go to as many locations as we wanted, was great with getting families and kids geared up for shots, and was able to do a fantastic mix of traditional photography and contemporary photography with unique shots – like hanging out the back of a speeding convertible snapping pics, for example. We were looking for quality and creativity – and he didn’t disappoint!
Nothing brings back all the memories and emotions from the day quite like looking at your wedding pictures together for the first time. It’s such a rush to see everything from the outside looking in – to see the details and the looks on people’s faces during the ceremony that we missed. We still have a lot of looking and organizing to do – we’ll be putting together albums for us and our parents, combining the best of the best from the pro pics, the family & friends cameras, and the disposable “I Spy” cameras we put out at the reception. We’ll be deciding which ones to frame and hang in our home and which ones to use for other purposes. But all that will come in 2011! In the meantime: Friends, if you have any pictures in your camera that you haven’t shared yet, please feel free to send some of them our way!
So without giving away too much just yet, I’d like to share a few images with you from our October 22, 2010 Door County, WI wedding day. All photos are courtesy of Matt Normann Photography.
(That’s 250 people total. LOVE it.)
(The stunning weather & breathtaking fall color we were blessed with – just look at how blue that sky is!)
(Detail shots – the stain glass window and lighting in the church, wheat bundle decor at our reception, our classic getaway car which was my old, borrowed and blue (my new was Ted!), and a very special dress.)
If that isn’t enough excitement for you for one day, our neighbor is tearing up her yard. We have no idea what’s she’s really doing – she could be putting in a pool, a fenced in animal area, or simply adding to her agricultural wonders – but whatever it is all I know is that bulldozers and a small work crew showed up yesterday and are going to town right across the fence. I guess we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see the new addition.
Today I’m going to give the house a quick cleaning, finish packing for our trip, make some peppermint bark, and do some cooking to use up all the food in the fridge. Happy Tuesday!
