We got some really beautiful pictures of Jenessa for her portrait, so I wanted to have some nice pictures of Ryan on the wedding day. This one is one of my favorites.
Ryan and Jenessa were a little non-traditional on their wedding day. They wanted to take their pictures together before the wedding ceremony so they could enjoy the cocktail hour with their wedding guests. This wooden bridge was the place they chose as their meeting spot. It was such a pretty little spot in the woods. They were so cute together when they first caught a glimpse of each other.
Jenessa wore beautiful bright blue shoes to match the hint of blue in her dress. Jenessa's is going to be a veterinarian and is at the NC State Vet School. She has a bunch of girls she's gotten to be really close friends with at the Vet School and they all signed the bottom of her shoes. It was such a cool idea!
There is a spot at Duke Gardens called the Zigzag Bridge. Ryan wanted to take the groom's men to this spot to take some fun pictures together. This is their "Captain Morgan" pose....it was pretty hilarious getting them to pose for this. My husband, Jon, was one of the groom's men. He's the really cute one, the second from the left. :)
The wedding ceremony was in the Angle Amphitheater at Duke Gardens. It was such an awesome location for a wedding. There was a pond just behind where the wedding party was standing with a waterfall feeding into it. Throughout the ceremony, a bullfrog was singing along and a duck came up and was waddling behind the bride's maids. It made for some fun entertainment during the ceremony!
I'm not always able to capture the moment of when the wedding license is signed, but I love taking these photographs. Here is Jenessa's maid of honor signing in as a witness.
The wedding rings are always fun to try and photograph. These are sitting on top of the piano in the reception hall.
One of the reasons why Ryan and Jenessa chose Duke Gardens as their wedding location was the reception hall inside the Doris Duke Center. The ceiling is absolutely gorgeous with all the wooden beams and natural light streaming through.
The wedding cake is a fun story. I recommended Lynn's Traditions to Jenessa because Lynn did my wedding cake for me when Jon and I got married in 2005. It was fun to see Lynn at Ryan and Jenessa's wedding since she made my wedding cake as well!
This is my favorite picture of Ryan and Jenessa's first dance together. You can tell how they are absolutely enveloped in each other at this moment.
After Ryan and Jenessa had enough alone time on the dance floor, they welcomed the wedding party out to join them.
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