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Happy 4/20/13 Mike and Melissa’s wedding!

I drove up to the GORGEOUS Brookgreen Gardens for my April 20th wedding. Everything was really beautiful…. and COLD. What a weird season it’s been. I wore short sleeves at my January wedding but for this I had to scrounge in the back of my MINI for a jacket. WHO KNEW.

It certainly didn’t stop this wedding from being so pretty and SO FUN.

I am very happy for this fine looking couple!!!!

Ron and Anne 4/19/13

Ron and Anne are BOTH helicopter pilots!!! I think that’s pretty cool.

I was thrilled to be part of their fun wedding at Wild Dunes of course it was even MORE fun becuase I got to work with the one and only hunky DJ Rob Duren. That was great.

Not to mention as always the wonderful staff at Wild Dunes and the GORGEOUS flowers by Justin and JW Weddings and Events!!!

Kristin and Tom at Wild Dunes

So, I have shot a couple of weddings already this year but this one really kicks off wedding SEASON so, you should be seeing a lot more blog posts coming up!! BUT, will they all be and wonderful as THIS ONE (ok, I’ve pretty much met all my future brides, so I’m going to say yes).

This wedding was really lovely, though. Kristin made so many great choices for her special day and you could really tell… from picking the right guy (so cute, Mr. Man) to having caring friends all around her and LOVING family. It was fun to be a part of!!!

Randy and Doug

I met Randy in the theatre. We were doing a wonderful wonderful play called “The Little Dog Laughed”.

That’s me, tugging on Randy’s tie. We became fast friends.

Later he would introduce me to the CUTE man he was dating. It would take me awhile to realize that I KNEW this man!!! We had grown up in the same church in Mt. Pleasant. His mother had taught me 4 year old kindergarten! What a small world.

When they asked me to photograph their wedding I could not be more excited and honored to do this for them and to see them happily married.

Randy said it best later that day in his toast to the crowd. He never thought he would ever see a day like this for himself and to have all his family and friends around him overwhelmed him with joy.

Me, too.

I believe in love. I believe that and two adults should be able to celebrate that love in the bonds of marriage. Gay or straight.

I hear people say that gay marriage threatens the sanctity of “traditional” marriage. Well, I for one, found my own love of my own hunky man strengthened watching these two lovely people vow to care for one another for their lives ahead. New love always has a way of reminding me of the vows I took and how much I still care about them today. MY life is better knowing these two can openly love each other… or any two for that matter.

All you need is love.