Erin and Jeff didn’t get to see each other during the seven months leading up to their wedding. They’re both in the Air Force, and Jeff was deployed to Iraq. They were married while Jeff was home on a two-week break and now he’s back in Iraq for another four months. I hope the wedding photos will help them pass the time.
Erin and Jeff’s wedding at Garden of the Gods Club came in-between snow days, but I think they would’ve been up for some flakes – the bride and all of her girls wore Uggs. My first Ugg wedding!
These peeps were so easy to work with. Ask them to stand within range of a stinky trash dumpster? No problem. (Those photos are the wall with ivy.) Erin and Jeff also made arrangements for someone to bring their dog, Bella, by to be in some photos. Dog people!
The following excerpt from “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” by Louis de Bernieres was read during the ceremony:
Love is a temporary madness;
it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness,
it is not excitement,
it is not the promulgation of eternal passion.
That is just being “in love” which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away,
and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground,
and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,
they find that they are one tree and not two.
This is another wedding my friend Carly Mitchell helped me shoot. She was a tremendous help because I was pretty sick that day. So thank you, thank you, thank you, Carly. (I’ve indicated below which photos she took.)
Congrats, Erin and Jeff!
(The following photos of the guys getting ready and of them on the tennis courts are by Carly)
Erin and Jeff chose to do their photos before the ceremony, so we set up a first sight for them:
(Next two photos by Carly)
(The first photo below is by Carly)
(Next two photos by Carly)
(Second photo below by Carly)
Erin’s 9-year-old son, Tristan, came over to tell her she looked beautiful:
(Next photo by Carly)
(First photo below by Carly)
(Next two photos by Carly)
(The second photo below is by Carly)
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