kristin and chris: pensacola wedding photography

in an instant, it was as if the day spun faster. kristin arrived, her hair beautiful twisted and curled up and adorned with flowers. her bridesmaids rushed around her, a whirlwind of a beautiful wedding dress being primed and prepped, hairspray clouding the air, lipstick shades being compared and watches being checked, hair being curled for the last time. i caught kristin’s eyes through it all, she was ready. despite the whirlwind, the preparations, the details, she was ready to see him. she wanted to see him, to be his and for him to be hers.

i met kristin and chris for the first time completely independent of andrew. i was out of my element without him at a shoot where naturally i fall back into my introverted self and watch the two people in front of me, learning who they are, occasionally interacting but for the most part, allowing them to just be two people who are in love. fast forward to their wedding day. with andrew beside me as we walked up to the church, i felt whole.

chris waited patiently, his face calmly collected and yet his eyes betraying him. i smiled knowing his eagerness to see his bride, to hold her hand, to look into her eyes, to declare her as part of himself and he as part of her.  my heart nearly burst and i looked to find andrew amidst the crowd. once my eyes locked onto his, i glanced back at chris. i felt whole. and soon, with kristin at his side and he at hers, they two would be whole. they would be more than two people who loved one another more than life itself, they would become one.

there’s something about two becoming one that’s always captivated me. i realize this sounds cliche as a wedding photographer, to say you’re captivated by it all, but even before i was a wedding photographer, i was a bride. and before i was a bride, i was a young girl and not just a young girl, but an introverted young girl. i was a girl who watched from the outskirts, who would gladly blend into the wallpaper. i would see those around me preparing for their big day, friends i’d known since i was young meet someone they would soon tie themselves to, a bond before our Heavenly Father that was so cherished and incredible i was in awe of it, nearly mystified. i watched it, i wondered how that happens, i wanted to know what it would be like when it happened to me. when the time came, and God brought andrew into my life as the person i would become one with, it clicked. two people, two very different people, people with likes and dislikes, fears and strengths, dreams and ambitions, love languages, learning styles, habits, baggage and difficulties, two people who loved one another more than life itself, becoming one.

dwell in possibility…