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Wedding: Megan and Kyle

Weddings

March 27th, 2009

Since my blog hasn’t been around all that long, I’m trying to catch up to let you all know what I’ve been shooting this year. Megan and Kyle’s wedding was in January in Hoquiam, Washington and I was a second photographer for my dear friend Molly, who owns Portrait Expressions in Aberdeen. Eric and I used to live in Aberdeen, which is where I met Molly back in the days when I was a working newspaper journalist, and she’s been a huge inspiration to me and my photography business.

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I’ve tagged along on a couple of weddings with Molly, and she always has the best ideas for locations. Before their ceremony, we took Kyle and Megan out to a railroad trestle near the church, and got some fun photos (they were total good sports; it was literally freezing outside!)

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When you live in a small town like Aberdeen or Hoquiam, you get to know lots of people and it’s always a small world. I discovered into the wedding that Kyle’s family are close friends with my husband Eric’s family (and Eric & Kyle went to high school together).

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Megan was a beautiful bride, so poised and calm. Some of my favorite moments during a wedding day are like this, before the ceremony where there’s downtime and everyone is full of anticipation. What you can’t see in the picture is that Megan’s mom was standing behind me admiring her, and when I turned around, her eyes were filled with tears.

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Megan and Kyle’s wedding was so much fun to photograph, and it’s always fun to tag along with Molly – maybe you’ll see her tagging along on one with me soon!

11 Responses to “Wedding: Megan and Kyle”

  1. Amy Nieto
    Friday, March 27th 2009
    11:07 am | 

    Congrats on your new blog!

  2. Sara Gray
    Friday, March 27th 2009
    11:08 am | 

    Thanks Amy! I love it so far and I’m just waiting for it to expand and grow now!

  3. Melanie Jade
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    11:06 am | 

    Cool Sara! I’m excited for your new blog, and all of the seniors you’re doing! Way to go, see you next week!

  4. Sara Gray
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    11:08 am | 

    Thanks Melanie! I’m having lots of fun, that’s for sure. Can’t wait to see you again!

  5. Sheila
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    9:33 pm | 

    I love the railroad shot! Gotta love couples willing to do something a little different all dressed up.

    -Sheila

    http://sheilahannus.com

  6. Sara Gray
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    9:36 pm | 

    Thanks! I think they thought we were crazy dragging them out there, but the pictures came out great!

  7. Kim
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    10:42 pm | 

    Sara, These are awesome. I love the railroad track shots. Very creative and beautiful. I also love the image of the bride. The back lighting is really cool. Great work and congrats on your new blog :)

  8. Sara Gray
    Saturday, March 28th 2009
    10:45 pm | 

    Thanks Kim!

  9. Amy Hahn
    Sunday, March 29th 2009
    12:39 pm | 

    Thank you for the comment on my blog, I really love these, my favorite is the 1st one!

  10. Alyson
    Sunday, March 29th 2009
    3:00 pm | 

    The blog looks great, Sara. Beautiful wedding shots too!

  11. Sara Gray
    Sunday, March 29th 2009
    11:46 pm | 

    Thanks, Amy and Alyson, for stopping by!