Mandy & Ryan Married 6-20-2009

Mandy and Ryan's wedding was an awesome experience. They were married in Lincoln Nebraska, where they are from but they live here in Philly. Lincoln is a cool little town and Mandy and Ryan's families were so hospitable. Both sides of the family have been waiting for this day to come, Mandy and Ryan have been together for nine years! It was truely a weekend of celebration. We had an amazing time. I am going to jump right into the images, there is a slideshow at the end if you want to see more images.

Mandy's shoes.

Time to get into the dress! Very exciting.

I really love this shot, Mandy watching as her bridesmaids get some finishing touches.

Anticipation to see Ryan for the first time.

Ryan mighty handsome in some window light.

Another favorite, moments after they first saw each other.

The weather was bit off and on, some sprinkles but luckily we had planned on doing portraits in the capital building anyway. It was great we were the only ones there.

Have to love great foot wear!

You have to make sure to have a little fun in the dress, I've been enjoying doing this with my brides this year.

This may be one of my all time favorite portraits EVER.

A quick kiss before heading to the church.

Rust and rings, good combo!

Loved Ryan's tie.

There is a fun series of these two in the slideshow. With kids its always inevitable that they won't want to cooperate for a simple photograph and that's okay as long as you know how to get what you need out of them. For this image the flower girl really wanted her mom, but her brother was quite content and rather chipper. I told them to give me their best funny face, the ring bearer was all about that and in a series of five or so images the flower girl goes from all frowns to a very nice smile, her brother all the while with a goofy face. I love it. This image is the mid point.

Mandy coming down the isle with her Dad.

Woohoo! Married!

They had this awesome bugeye sprite to drive away in. AWESOME.

Off into the sunset, after a few laps around the Hay Market.

weeee! I love Mandy's expression in this one.

The reception venue was amazing, AMAZING. There is nothing like this in Philly. It was the Rococo theater, which has been restored back to its theater dining state.

Check that out! Pretty awesome.

The best speech of the season. "Finding a husband at Target"

Adorable cake toppers to match the lovely couple.

The first dance.

Being sent off with sparklers at the end of the night.

When the reception was over a sever thunderstorm was rolling through the area and it was pouring rain! I love how this image captures all the raindrops.

Big thank you to Don for shooting with me! It was such an great day for a fantastic couple. Check out the slideshow, its super cute. Be patient and let it load, I have it set to load all images before playing so you will get a smoother playback.