Jessica and Chris’s Wedding

You will remember them from their sunrise engagement session last month. Since Chris is an alumnus of Rollins College they opted for a ceremony at the impressive Knowles Chapel followed by a rockin’ reception on the balcony and Beatles VIP room at Hard Rock Live at Universal’s City Walk. What a fantastic night!

My wife Kim was on board as my second shooter for this one, as my regular and irreplaceable second photographer and assistant Lisa was on her way out of town to spend some time with her family for Thanksgiving. As always, Kim did not disappoint. She hooked up Jessica and Chris with some killer balcony shots at Rollins as well as made sure I did not miss a beat. I almost thought I had Lisa with me. For those of you who do not know, my wife Kim was my full time assistant and second photographer years ago before our daughter Emily was born. So for a few years now, so that Kim can stay home with Emily, I have been working with Lisa and I would not trade her for the world. I am very fortunate to have two assistants I can count on and work so seamlessly with. It is so hard to find such awesome help! By the way, Grandma loves it when Lisa can't make it to an event because she gets to watch Emily for us.

Jessica and Chris had a very late ceremony because they wanted to party into the night at the Hard Rock. The ceremony was just after sunset so that is why there is no light coming in from the windows of the church. So yes, everything was shot with just the available light in the church. This is one of the reasons why we use the best cameras and lenses money can buy!! (if you want to see daytime shots of Knowles chapel, check out Christina and Todd’s slideshow back in September).

This was such a great bouquet! I even found a nice spot for the rings.









Knowles Chapel, an hour before sunset and the ceremony.



Go Kim, from the balcony.



Me from the back of the church with a long lens. I get even tighter but I like the steps in this shot.



Here we are making our way over to the Hard Rock Cafe from the Hard Rock Hotel.









My favorite shot of the night!



If the guests did not want to sit at the tables outside, this was the view from the seating inside.



I found this staircase and had them make out for a couple minutes. Another of my favorites.



Look what's just outside of the Hard Rock.



And a slideshow... My wife picked out the music for this one.