Back on August 16, I had the pleasure to photograph Matt and May’s wedding at the W. K Kellogg Manor House on Gull Lake. I had only personally know the two of them for a short period of time, however, at a bonfire at his sister’s reception a few years back, we both had ticks bite us. Matt’s sister, Megan, is who I have known for years. As a long time friend, Megan referred me to her brother for the wedding.
I first became aware of Coach when I was in the middle of practice during eighth grade track. It was the spring of 1995, I was 14. Middle school and high school shared the track for practices; that day Coach grabbed a few of his best guys and brought them over to a few of our best guys in an effort to remind us what we could become if we stuck to high school track and field and did good in school.
When I got to high school….
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At the end of this last summer, a friend o
f mine was talking about one of her girlfriends in need of a photographer on short notice for a Friday night wedding coming up this October. The bride was from Argentina and didn’t have time or the means to research and contact anyone so any referral she could get would be great. Well, it just so happened that I am a photographer and I was available that night! I normally prefer to only photograph weddings of family and friends, but since my friend is one of the bridesmaids I felt this was a worthwhile loophole for the non-all day Friday event.
The bride was from the Grand Rapids area but life’s path landed her in Argentina, where she met and fell in love with Sebastian. With each of their families located on different continents, and wanting traditional weddings, they elected to have a celebration at each location – a ‘planning feat’ all on itself. When they arrived back in Michigan, they had formally been married in Argentina about a week prior. The United States celebration would be a traditional event, but on a friday night and on a slightly smaller scale for close family and friends.
After the bride and I had exchanged a few emails and had come to terms, I was out with our mutual friend again – who had one of the other bridesmaids with her. She introduced us, and instantly her and I were giving each other that look of ‘how do we know each other.’
“Have we met?”
“I don’t know but I was thinking the same thing.”
We proceeded to go over all the typical things one does when that happens but came up empty handed. We were still convinced though. Our mutual friend said, “if you guys have met, she’ll figure it out. She has an uncanny memory.” And then the friend …
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It’s pronounced like the ex president. He’s been my friend for years and I still say it wrong; like rEgan, or redo, as in, can I get a redo on saying your name. Anyway, he and his beautiful bride Shannon were married back on October 15 and I had the good pleasure to be asked to photograph it for them. I was super excited because they had just transferred to Seattle last February and I thought I was going to do a little traveling, ha! But, it made more sense for them…..
Back on August 20 I had the opportunity to photograph my good friend Brian’s wedding. Him and I have been friends since the end of college and in those years we’ve spent a lot of time hiking, camping, sitting around fires, but most importantly just having a good time. His wife, Michelle, is a pretty decent young lady as well. I won’t ever forget the time I met her. I was having a fall harvest party at my house and Brian invited his new girlfriend. Now I don’t know if Brian was playing a trick on her – because this is totally something he would do – but she showed up dressed as Olive Oil from the Popeye cartoons. But it wasn’t a Halloween party – or a costume party. If this was a prank, Brian played the part to the max as he was in full Popeye regalia as well. To this day he claims they had just come from a costume party….
A few weeks ago I got a phone call from one of my favorite people. She and her husband were about to have their second child, and asked me to photograph her belly. Though family photography is not really my specialty, I couldn’t mess with tradition. And now the tradition certainly continues….
Over the weekend my wife and I traveled around the big lake over to Wisconsin to celebrate her sister’s wedding. It was a small, family affair. For sister Becky, and her new husband, Charlie, it was their second marriage each. They wanted nothing big – their only request was it be small, intimate, and involve the family as much as possible. With a guest list of 20, three of which were under the age of four, this would not be a problem (though the children would soon realize they were the stars of the show). I had the honor of photographing the event. Becky, thank you for choosing me to document the only second wedding you’ll ever have. It was an honor….
Pypeline.
