Allison and Scott’s wedding last Sunday was one of the best parties I’ve been to this year.  The reception was at 9th Street Abbey in Soulard, and all the guests were having an awesome time.  They were all on the dance floor almost immediately (I’ve never seen a group of people so excited to hear Journey!) and they never left.  Because everyone was having such a great time, my second shooter Chris and I took a TON of photos.  We also did a Day After shoot in their hotel downtown, which was fun.  These two were a lot of fun – congrats to them both!

The rain tried to scare us off for this shoot on Saturday, but I am so glad that Renee and John were willing to give it a shot.  The lighting ended up being really nice, and we had a blast shooting around town.  We went to the Spirit of St. Louis Airport first, since John is a pilot.  It was fun to shoot with the planes – brave Renee even got on top of one (John’s idea, not mine!)  Then on a whim we went to the graffiti wall downtown before heading to Lafayette Park.  These two were so fun and did pretty much anything I asked.  There are a ton of photos above because we spent so much time together it was hard to choose my favorites!  I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in Ste. Genevieve next April.

Poor Jared had to work on his wedding day! Jared is a pastry chef, and it turns out he spent most of the morning Saturday finishing up the wedding cake and getting it to the reception venue intact.  It turned out beautifully, and, from what I heard, quite delicious.  He still made it to St. Matthew’s Methodist Church before Melanie (the bride is almost always a little behind), and they had a wonderful ceremony.  I think everyone in the wedding was crying at one point or another!  Melanie and Jared are in Cancun right now on their honeymoon – I hope they have a great time, and congratulations to them!

This weekend I served as a second photographer for the wedding of Rhonda and Andrew down in Ste. Genevieve.  Rhonda is another photographer here in St. Louis (of Rhonda Jean Photography), and there were several photographers there to capture her big event.  There were at least three people there working, and several more guests with their cameras on hand!  It turned out to be a nice day, despite the early rain, and a nice ceremony.  As I spent more of my time in the background, there are just a few photos above.  Congrats to Rhonda and Andrew!