tyler and julie {married}

meet tyler and julie. as of december 16, 2009, they are husband and wife.

funny story about this gig: evelyn is a an old photographer friend from utah and julie is her husband's sister. since evelyn was going to be in the photos, her family asked me if i'd be able to come to temple and shoot some group pictures and some couple pictures. so, i got to try my hand at shooting a wedding (by myself: terrifying) and see an old friend (and her little children who don't know me and spent most of their time eyeing me suspiciously).

the last wedding i did i spent the whole time trying to remember my own wedding. this time i spent more time thinking about julie and tyler's parents and how seeing their children wed must feel. when julie's dad, stuart, kissed her forehead, i watched his wife's eyes fill with tears. both julie and stuart turned and teased her a bit.

"don't cry," stuart said, reaching over to give kathryn's hand a squeeze.

"then don't kiss her," she said, trying to laugh and scoop up her tears all at the same time.

it reminded me of my mom and how every time i stood next to her on my wedding day, she reached over and held my hand tightly. and i look over at my little ava and my even littler seth and i can hardly imagine a day when they don't belong to me. oh yeah, i'm going to cry. and kiss them on the forehead.

it must come as such a shock. a happy, sad, beautiful, sudden shock. but watching tyler and julie together, you know it's going to be okay. well, it's more than okay. it's beautiful. it's love. tyler was so attentive and helpful. and julie was so gentle and her smile was just so sweet.

what a joy it is to observe love. what a lucky girl am i to have the job that i have.

to stuart and kathryn, thank you for hiring me. it was a pleasure.

to tyler and julie, best of luck. really. and have fun.