Earlier this year, I learned that Nicki’s friend, Allie, was getting married and that Nicki was going to be her wedding photographer. While I was distraught that I would be losing my second shooter for one Saturday in June, I was thrilled that she would be fully in charge photography on a wedding day. Today I’m sharing Allie’s wedding photos on Nicki’s behalf. While I wasn’t at this wedding, I think it’s a great opportunity for me to showcase Nicki’s incredible talent and you can see the reason I love having her with me when I photograph a wedding. “Matt and Allie met in Oakland while attending college at the…

Leah and Bart were in each other’s lives from an early age, but neither of them knew it. They went to the same school and were members at the same country club, but they weren’t introduced until they had some mutual friends in college. They are both so kind and patient and it’s easy to see how they get along so well. Their wedding ceremony as held at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church. Before the ceremony was the first time I met a very nervous Bart. Thankfully, when the ceremony was over and he was married to Leah, he instantly relaxed and his expressions changed completely for the rest of the day.…

Olivia and Chris met when they were students together at Penn State. While that’s where they met, they didn’t start their dating and courtship until they were attending an alumni ski trip and started to know each other a bit better. They lived apart from one another for four out of they six years they have been dating. They endured a long distance relationship and finally got to be together in 2011 when Chris moved to Texas where they live and work as engineers. Olivia and Chris are very organized and detail oriented. As a trained engineer myself, I appreciate and embrace some structured elements to the wedding day. I…

Diana and Phil really wanted to have a good plan for their wedding day. Especially Phil–he loves a good plan. I do too and I think that’s one of the reasons that Diana and Phil hired me to photograph their wedding. Having been in a number of weddings, they knew that wedding day schedules can be thrown off by anything–and they wanted to make sure their photography stayed on track. While we were taking photographs, Phil was checking his watch to make sure things were moving smoothly (and they were). While I felt a little self-conscious, I learned during the toast from the best men that without restrictions, Phil would…