Doug and Jackie are wonderful people and great photographers. I was thrilled and honored to be chosen to photograph their epic wedding on the shore of Lake Erie. I brought along my good friend Miami wedding photographer Tony Schreiber to tag-team this massive event. We shot for 15 hours. We shot on boats, in the water, in abandoned industrial facilities, and under fireworks.

Amanda and I have become good friends with Doug and Jackie over the course of their engagement, and we have a lot in common with them. I was surprised to find that by coincidence they had chosen the same blessing for their wedding as we chose for ours:

Apache Blessing:
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
for each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the
journey ahead and through all the years,
May happiness be your companion and
your days together be good and long upon the earth.

I cannot recall ever having so much fun at a wedding, although we were completely exhausted at the end of the day. Doug and Jackie: thank you for your hospitality, for sharing your warm and wonderful wedding with us, and most importantly for being great new friends.

image by Tony Schreiber

right image by Tony Schreiber

Jackie got her flower caught while putting on the dress, which had to be repaired…

…and resulted in this cool shot of her orchid being sewn back together. It reminded me a bit of our wedding, when my top button popped off my collar and had to be re-sewn.

image by Tony Schreiber

image by Tony Schreiber

After the portraits we all stopped off for some ice cream.

This picture amuses me to no end. I told Doug that I wanted him to give me his most effeminate expression. His and Jackie’s reactions are priceless.

image by Tony Schreiber

Jackie and her dad had a great dance. There is that one guest who is on the ground trying to get a picture of a kid in the middle of the dance, but I sort of look at him as comic relief.

The bride toss is tradition in Jackie’s family

left image by Tony Schreiber

“My p-p-p-p-p-p-p-poker face…”

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