Wedding
Aynne + Wayne and their beautiful wedding day.
To anybody that has ever served or is currently serving our country..... Thank you for what you do.
By tradition the only person allowed to unclip the collars of all the military members in attendance is the bride. She had a line of over a dozen.
A southern boho wedding at a barn has never been so perfect.
Getting to meet new people and be a part of the special moments in their life is an amazing thing to be a part of. Getting to do the same thing for friends I have had for years makes it just a bit more special. I've known Elizabeth since community college and Tyler since my transfer to Mississippi State (where they met and became engaged) and they showed that in their engagement session as well as their wedding day. Glad I was able to not only be there to photograph, but to celebrate with these really cool people.
Dress: The Bride and Groom
Florist: Uptown Lily
Photographer: Blake McCollum Photography
Venue The Mississippi State University Chapel & Hotel Chester
Cakes: Creative Cakes
Catering: Hotel Chester
Some people are just meant to be from day 1. This is one of those couples. David and Megan have been dating since their first date in 2006 (more information on that from their engagement session). After many years, a long distance relationship, and even moving states to be with each other, Megan and David are happier than ever and now officially married.
As a photographer I am lucky enough to get to meet a lot of people. I would call myself a people person so I highly enjoy interacting and getting to know everybody I photograph. I get to spend hours with people on some of the most important days of their lives. Megan and David, along with their family, have made that so much fun and made me feel like part of the fam. Dinner with Megan and her mom, chatting for hours, exploring Starkville for their engagement session, frantically searching for an animal rehabilitation facility for an injured hawk I once found, picking Megan's mind about the perfect cruise..... and finally deciding she's planning a cruise for me, to getting invited to their crawfish boil rehearsal dinner.. Everybody had welcomed Joyce and myself in like they had known us for years.
Random fact: A large majority of the people that were rehearsal dinner are from Ohio. They don't really eat crawfish in Ohio.... so there was a big learning curve for a majority of the visitors but they ended up loving it. For those of you who traveled down to Mississippi and enjoyed the food.... This link is for you.)
Glad to see this amazing couple start a new chapter in their life that started way back in 2006. I couldn't have asked for a more awesome group of people to work with that I am lucky enough to now call friends.
Ever since Jessica and I sat down at her consultation last year to discuss her big day I have been genuinely excited to be a part of it. She described her big day in detail from the flowers, dresses and cakes to the venue perfectly, and man was it fun to photograph! I have known Jessica for quite some time now but unfortunately had never been lucky enough to get her in front of my camera. Until we did a gorgeous Columbus, MS engagement session where I met their four legged child, Dash. All three who were natural in front of a camera. Fun loving, carefree, gorgeous, and just a pleasure to be around since day one. Their beautiful wedding day was amazing to be a part of from the wedding itself to the people involved, everyone and everything was perfect.
