When I found out that I was pregnant my first thought was excitement and then I thought about Nate and would he be jealous and then my brain settled on how I was going to deal with all my weddings. I had weddings around the time of Nate being born but not as many as I was set to have this fall. Nervously I contacted all of my August, September and October brides and advised them of my news and told them that I should be fine and that they would be taken care of but for my September brides (the month of my due date) and first week of October Brides I gave them the option of cancelling. I really loved all of these clients so I had my fingers and toes crossed that they would stick around but figured I might have one or two leave. Surprisingly they all committed to sticking with me as well as my backup plan. I was over the moon excited and truly touched that everyone had enough faith in me so I dedicated myself to making sure that I was good. I spared myself and my body from being overworked in the last few months by bringing along an extra assistant or a family member to carry bags and hold my heavy camera for me, I spent most of my days during the week on the couch or in bed – limiting my activity so that I could save all my energy for wedding days and working as little of the reception as possible but having it covered by my assistant and another assistant. When I’d get home from weddings, my back and belly would hurt, I’d have contractions and be in pain at least until Monday. Everytime I’d go into my doctor she’d give me trouble for stressing my body out, the thing is though – she always said the baby was fine and was healthy and all was going well but she was just worried about me. If I thought what I was doing would hurt the baby I would have stopped in a heart beat but my discomfort is nothing for the sake of these clients that had stuck by me – I would do my best to stick by them. So when I made it through my last September wedding I turned to my belly and said “Ok you can come out now!” – I think I somehow expected contractions to start on cue and for things to kick up right away. Fortunately my Doctor induced me the day before my due date which gave me exactly one week to heal before Jen & Brians wedding. Although my labour was fairly easy most people who heard I would be shooting so soon thought I was crazy that or super woman. I can’t begin to tell you though how much the trust that all of my clients had – weighed on me. Weddings are stressful and your photographs one of the most important parts of the day – so for people to stick with me was huge because I know they were worried leading up their wedding. I took their loyalty very seriously which meant that 6 days after meeting Aiden I was back at it.
No couple could have made it more worth it or shown me as much appreciation – Jen & Brian were constantly checking in with me and making sure I was ok. Not only was I thanked in their speech but also in the best man’s speech. To feel such appreciation was incredible and made any discomfort worth it. Thank you again to both of you for your patience and for having us as part of your day.
The day was beautiful and easy going – these two high school sweet hearts married surrounded by such incredible love by their friends and family. I can’t wait to see where life takes them and watch their love “grow”.
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These last two images are probably my most favourite from the whole season – not because their amazing light or because I did some cool camera thing but because I handed my camera over to first Brian and then Jen and let these two (who know how to use the camera and one of whom pestered me a great bit during both the engagement session and the wedding to use mine) capture each other. I wanted to give them something memorable from the day and go above and beyond in some way to thank them for their kindness so I first handed Brian the camera and told them I was breaking the rules. I told them both that I wanted them to look through the lens and capture the person they love as they embark on this journey so that they could look back on that specific photo and remember how much they love each other – I wanted them to look at the camera and see the person they loved with their whole soul and heart and I hope that when times get tough and patience is hard to find that they can look back on this face and remember just how strong their bond is.(PS – yes those are tears in Jen’s eyes 😉 turns out she’s just as sentimental as I am because I cried at this point too) Congrats again guys!
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