A blind date in Dayton, TX

Last weekend I drove 7 1/2 hours to shoot a wedding east of Houston. I got this wedding through my internship at Belle's and was accompanied by another member of the Belle's staff. We didn't know a lot about the wedding, other than that the photographer that the couple had hired backed out four days before the wedding without providing a replacement. So you could say it was kind of like a blind date--normally we meet with a client several times before the big day--we didn't really know what we were getting into until we got there.

From this wedding and editing the pictures I have learned one important thing: All this time I've been carefully resizing my images for my blog since they are huge files and won't upload at full resolution. My boss finally told me a secret--this is the important thing in case you didn't figure it out--Photoshop will do it for you. Now he tells me!

I also have advice for anyone who reads my blog and is planning a wedding: If you decorate your church with tall candles, on tall pillars, every other pew, down the entire aisle, your photographer will think you hate them.

Now for the pictures: