dan & sarah | 06.28.08

When you see the photos below, you won't believe that it was pouring down rain on my drive up north to the church. The entire drive I was running through plan b in my mind assuming that we'd be stuck indoors for photos. But wouldn't you know, it completely cleared off a couple of hours later. And it didn't just clear off, we had beautiful blue skies and bright colors everywhere. Sarah and Dan, I'm not sure what kind of super-powers you have, but I need a touch of that!

They had an absolutely beautiful wedding. Sarah's dad married them, and it was such a cute and personable ceremony. If I remember correctly, when he said "Dan you may kiss your bride" I think he threw in "...but watch it!!!!" at the end. Ha! No pressure, Dan! After the ceremony, we squeezed in some photos of Dan & Sarah since they opted not to see each other before the wedding, before heading a few miles away for the reception. I've never seen so many people so anxious to get on the dance floor. We've all been to those weddings where it's like pulling teeth to get folks on the dance floor. Not this group! It was a great time and I am so honored that I got to capture your day, Dan & Sarah. Here's the good stuff...

It's so funny to witness how differently girls and guys prepare for weddings. The girls started preparing several hours before the ceremony, and well...the guys had other priorities. You'll see what I'm talking about below.



I snuck into the church before the lights were on, and snapped this photo of the stained glass window. No color correcting here! This is straight out of the camera!



Ok, here's what I'm talking about. The guys DEFINITELY had different priorities before the wedding. They were in the basement of the church playing four square. Apparently this is a family tradition.

This is also a tradition. Dan's family uses the exact same ball to play four square before weddings, and they write their names on the ball on their wedding day. How cute!





I love this photo:)


being silly...

Isn't Sarah beautiful??!!



It was extremely hot and humid outside, so once we got back in, the girls were steaming Sarah's dress:)

Dan had a great group of guys. I love this...

One of my faves...







Sweet photo of Sarah being walked down the aisle with her dad...








This was shot as Dan and Sarah were announced for the first time at the reception. The funniest thing happened though...as Dan passed by one of his groomsmen, he gave Dan a bite of something. If you look closely, you can see that he has it in his hands. It was seamless...almost as if they had it planned:) Too funny!



The cakes were gorgeous. And checkout the Groom's cake:)

Par-TAY!



Dan and Sarah, thank you so much. I hope you had a fabulous time in Clearwater! Sit back, relax and enjoy your slideshow! To see ALL of Dan & Sarah's photos, click here and sign-in to Pictage! (And for those of you who have asked about the music that I use, you can always take your cursor over the music note icon below the slideshows to see the name and artist of the song. In this case, it's Dan & Sarah's first dance song.)



And here's one outtake for you. Where's Waldo?