Vintage SC Farm Wedding

No two love stories are the same, and the more weddings I photograph, the more I realize how very special true love is. Some would say this union of souls touched me greatly because I held John Ben as a baby, or because my children call his mother(my aunt)"Nonnie" with the warmest of affections, or because it took place on soil imprinted by my childhood footsteps. I would argue that this marriage would have brought me to tears if I had met John and Andrea only moments before their ceremony.  There is something special in the way they look at one another.  The air is sweeter in their presence, and they have the most gentle loving son one could imagine.

Their story began long ago with pigtail pulling and games of playground chase. Life has a funny way of turning full circle, and second chances are a beautiful thing. There are simply no words to convey how a single day, one long-awaited moment, one promise can touch so many lives in such wondrous ways.  On May.31.2014 a lucky man married the love of his life, that grown up little girl married her prince, parents gained a son and a daughter, many were blessed with an extended family, and Gage, the most amazing 10 year old I know, got his forever dad and graced us all with a reminder of what is truly important in life. There was not a dry eye to be found as his love for family and friends poured from his heart in, what is quite possibly, the best wedding speech I've ever heard.

I hope you enjoy this peek into their fairy tale day. It was simply lovely.