Melissa and Jan Phillip's United Nation

Charleston SC, August 9th

What happens when a dashing German computer engineer meets a beautiful nursing student while studying abroad? Love that transcends borders. The stars aligned in 2005 when fate brought the pair to Indianapolis to study and they have been collecting friends around the globe together ever since. Eighty-one of the eighty-eight guests arrived from different parts of the world to see this well-traveled couple exchange vows at Charleston's Thomas Bennett House. Loved ones representing locales from Europe to Lafayette, Louisiana made for a cultural melting pot as they shared their (temporary) goodbyes before sending the couple off to Germany and their new life ahead.

Emily and Brad's Garden Party

Emily's laugh is contagious! And there was plenty of it to go around the day she exchanged vows with Brad Roland at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on May 9th. With a decidedly relaxed atmosphere (the bride wore crocs for comfort and opted for scooped ice cream instead of cake) the casual elegance of this happy affair didn't miss a beat as planner Lyn Small kept a designing eye on details.

Kelly and Jason's Great Idea

Charleston SC, May 16th

Not only was it great to photograph a bride with a Lady Diana demeanor, each of her wedding day details - from the flower girls' sweetgrass baskets to the Magnolia topped wedding cake - made for great Southern Style. As the parade of wedding portrait groupings came to a close, Kelly and Jason served up a great idea for the finale as they held up a home made THANK YOU! sign, ready for card re-purposing and sure to delight its recipients. Both reception and wedding were held at downtown Charleston's picturesque Second Presbyterian Church.

Swept Away

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Folly Beach Pier, Winter 2009

Amy and Bjorn's Icy Affair

Monroe CT, June 26th
Not even an unseasonable hailstorm could keep this dashing couple from exchanging vows along Connecticut's Lake Zoar yesterday. Although ice was a prevailing theme (a scientist for Maine's Climate Change Institute, the groom supplied a 200,000 year old ice core sample for the champagne toast) there was nothing but warmth in the room as loved ones - from stateside to Sweden - gathered for Amy and Bjorn's wedding alongside a Chuppah of love, crafted from a collection of cloth hearts that carried the blessings of their friends and families.