Ain't Love Grand?

This weekend, we had the privilege of witnessing two great friends tie the knot. And it never,ever fails - whether I'm attending a wedding as a guest or photographing one, I always have the urge to put down my camera, for just one second, and marvel, smile, and yes, even shed a tear of happiness witnessing two people celebrate the joining of their lives together.

Here's to new beginnings and eternal love. Ain't love grand?

Congratulations, Ray and Sarah! We love you guys.

Happy Monday!

Ray and Sarah. 2011.

You’re my unfathomable precious unimaginable joy
And you’re exceedingly exciting and abundantly more than I could ask for
With your hand in mine we will pass through time and space
                                          -Jimmy Needham, “Unfailing Love”

I get giddy watching a moment captured through a photograph. I get even giddier when my camera captures a moment between two people who have been given the blessing of each other, the opportunity to love and share life together. Man has written songs time and time again to express, as Jimmy Needham puts it, that “..unfathonable, precious, unimaginable joy” that the love of another can give.

Meet Sarah and Ray. I asked them to be my subjects, because there’s nothing funner (and yes, I said funner) than doing a photoshoot of two individuals in love. Though the locations we shot at were just a little too close to the smell of city marsh waters, these two proved to be great sports as they continued to smile and say “cheese” long enough for my camera to make a photo.