Country Club Wedding Sneak Peek- {Crystal & Matt}

As you can tell, we've been off for about a week.  Working on our studio setup, recuperating, and refocusing on our creativity.  As our first post back from our week long stint, we're proud to show a sneak peek of a recent wedding at a local BCS country club.  Congrats to Crystal and Matt, more to follow soon!!!

Brazos Cotton Exchange Wedding - {Cathi & Austin}

Cathi and Austin had a wonderful wedding that was encompassed in family, friends and traditions.  This Aggie couple began their wedding day getting ready at Grace Bible Church, where they had their ceremony.  The church was still, except for the sounds of laughter and conversation at opposite ends of the halls.  As with most weddings, there are always a few hiccups to keep the wedding party on their toes.  Missing dress socks, tuxedo jackets too short, and then there's usually the one groomsman in the corner using the mobile google app to search on how to properly fold the handkerchief.  All crisis were averted immediately before the ceremony and when the doors opened to reveal the bride and her father walking down the aisle, it's obvious that there's nothing else in the world in the couple's eyes, except for each other. Cathi and Austin were no exception to this rule and as the pastor began the ceremony, a few quick glances and a flash of smiles from the couple and they were already speaking their own language.  As the ceremony came to a close, Austin dipped Cathi and kissed her and the pastor announced them as husband and wife.

On to their reception at the Brazos Cotton Exchange in downtown Bryan, the details were exquisitely prepared for their guests to peruse over during cocktail hour.  The bridal cake was a towering structural piece of art and the sweet smell of the icing emanated from it, creating a heavenly cloud of sweet bliss.  The food was served and then it was time for the first dance. Cathi and Austin glided on the dance floor as any newlywed in love and they created a world that pulled the onlookers into, with a gravitational force that couldn't be fought.  Nor would you want to.  I could see all of the married couples reminisce on their first dance at their wedding and then the party began.  In a flash of scenes from their toast to their cake cutting and the garter and bouquet tosses, there was little to no downtime.  The celebratory fury even caught some of the grandmother's dancing together on the floor, in a symbolic union of two families coming together.  It came time for the last dance and exit, and one last time, the couple opened the door to their world, for their guests watch and infuse themselves in their marital bliss.  Congratulations Cathi and Austin!

College Station Bridal Session - {Heather}

We had such a fun bridal session with Heather, another one of our Aggie brides, and thanks to her father, she had an awesome muscle car as a prop.  We started out at the George Bush Library at Texas A&M and hit some of the popular spots, including the bridge and pavilion by the pond.  We then hit the huge Aggie Ring at the Clayton Williams Alumni building before heading to her parent's house for set with her dad's Ford Mustang.  Heather's parent's hospitality was amazing!  Her mom offered Erika and I cool iced tea after sweating outside for a couple of hours and her dad and I had a great conversations over cars and cameras.  The group promptly sprung to action, after our fifteen minute refresher and started working on a capturing some fantastic images with the bride and her dad's Mustang.  The paint glistened as the sun poured through the fingertips of the trees and their outstretched limbs.  Then clickety-click, and we were off to the final destination:  the famed Administration building with its soaring columns and picturesque setting.  As we arrived, the Corps of Cadets were finishing up some group pictures and we patiently waited until we heard the sound of metal clinking taps and spurs to the pavement.  We finished our session as the sun set over Aggieland and Heather could finally relax until her wedding day.  Stay tuned for the rest of Heather and Mark's wedding, coming soon!

College Station Engagement Wedding Sneak Peek - {Heather & Mark}

Here's a quick look at a recent wedding at Christ United Methodist Church.  Enjoy your Monday morning!

College Station Wedding - {Tomileigh & Cody}

Diamonds, sequins and dancing!

The wedding day began with the ladies having a bridal brunch at the Lemon Wedge in Downtown Bryan while the guys headed to Navasota for a round of golf at Pecan Lakes.  We met up with Tomileigh and her bridesmaids at the Hilton rotating turns with the makeup artist and hairstylists.  The white translucent curtains cast a beautiful soft light over the room with laughter and smiles filling in the shadows.  We caravanned over to the A&M United Methodist Church in College Station, where the bride finished getting ready and the groom and groomsmen arrived shortly thereafter.  Tomileigh was adorned in accents of David Gardner's sophisticated jewelry and a pair of blue Badgley Mischka's for her something borrowed, new and blue.  The minister read letters that the couple had written to each other during their pre marital meetings and it gave a wonderful personal touch to the ceremony.  They kissed to seal their marriage vows amidst a flurry of repeating snapshots from multiple cameras and were whisked away for the formal pictures.  

We arrived at Royalty Pecan Farms to the wedding party's entrance, which was warmly welcomed among cheers of friends and family, and a heartfelt prayer to the union of the couple.  Fuego's catered in a colorful palette of toppings to go with a few of their traditional menu items.  With the clinking of glasses, cheers, toasts and applause, the couple started of the evening with their first dance under a beautiful blanket of twinkling lights, a starry night, and loving eyes.  Travis with Texas Entertainment spun the digital records like a champ, while the guests got their groove on.  The Black Eyed Peas, "I've got a feeling" summed up the evening's atmosphere.  After the cake had been cut, the bouquet and garter had been tossed, the bride slipped into and awesome little number, traded out her earrings for a set the groom had given her, and she was the epitome of elegance.  

Then it was time to bid the bride and groom farewell and she hung back to savor the moment that had been theirs and reflect on their exciting future together.  As the guests left to line up one by one, they each gathered a sapling to take home as their parting gift in one hand, and a sparkler in the other.  Tomileigh's coordinator, Ashley Brockman, started their sparkler line with the flick of a Bic, and the bride and groom began their journey to ever after. A smile and a wave goodbye and they were off in Cody's Corvette with the top down, cutting through the night under a ceiling of stars.

Congrats Tomileigh & Cody!!

College Station Bridal Session - {Lacey}

Bluebonnets and Bridals!  What speaks more country and Texas, than that?  With a shortened bluebonnet season this year, we were lucky to shoot Lacey's session before the drought affected the wildflowers.  Of course we hit some of our favorite wildflower locations and the Antique Rose Emporium.  Finding an area that didn't have a family of five in a beautiful group of bluebonnets was tough.  So we did the next best thing and sought out other Texas country backdrops that included a small church and a historic cabin.  The session came to a close in an empty field of bluebonnets to capture Lacey's theme of country chic.  Enjoy a few of the images from the session, and we'd like to send a shout out to Tara from Elite Event Group for tagging along for some of it.  Congrats Lacey!