A Wedding (9 Comments)
We went to a wedding today. It was lovely to see two young people, in love, making a commitment to each other before God. It was a joy to see their families and friends support them as they start their journey together. I thought I’d share some of the 322 pictures I took.
Two guests arriving at the Church.
In the receiving line the Bride complimented me on my dress. I told her that was what *I* was supposed to say! She did have a lovely dress.
I asked before the wedding if I could bring my camera and they said “yes!” I warned them that I took pictures of odd things.
The bouquet.
The Bride.
We are friends of the Bride’s family. In fact, the Father of the Bride has made an appearance here before. The receiving line was long- I think the Mother of the Bride had the right idea.
The Bride again, getting pelted with wheat.
The Groom helped his lovely Bride into the car- which, surprisingly, wasn’t too decorated up- and got in himself. Then the horn started honking. I thought that was rather odd. Until I realized that every time he pushed on the brakes the horn would honk. We laughed as they drove down the street and honked to a stop at the intersection. We had a grand time listening to them drive off into the sunset.
Now, do you think I should go into the wedding photography business, or keep my day job?
Both, of course! Our friend Jody (now of Las Vegas Of All Places) has taken a scad of community college classes and now does photography in addition to being a half-time teacher. More at http://www.raelphotography.com.
Re. the horn-brake connection: I think it’s a good omen. The first time I saw that was at these folks’ wedding — http://www.thehedmans.net — and nothing but good has come of that union.
I’m starting to think I need a Web site of my own. (Don’t hold your breath unless you intend to immediately go to glory.)
Comment by kn. — September 29, 2008 @ 9:44 am
Hahahaha! Horn connected to the brake…that’s brilliant! I’ve never seen or heard of that before. Sounds totally like a “hick” wedding gag, am I wrong?
Comment by Liesel — October 1, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
I love the horn/brake connection too. I told Stac about it and he said he has two couples getting married next Spring/Summer in mind for that gag. How smart of who ever did it!
Comment by Lindsey — October 1, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Hick!?!?!? Who is calling whom a “hick”? (and did I just expose myself by incorrect use of “whom” and “who”?) 🙂
It’s the diabolical plan of a mischievous person who is mechanically inclined and probably has too much time on his hands. I think I heard that it was the Father of the Bride who has used this trick in the past but I am not sure who actually did the deed this time. I also heard he once hooked up the lights to the horn so it didn’t start until later- and then the Groom couldn’t figure out how to undo it. So that one didn’t go over very well.
I’m glad you all heard about it after I am safely married (for almost 18 long….hard…years)
Comment by JustMe — October 1, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
Hee hee… I thought I would get you going on the “hick” comment :~).
Comment by Liesel — October 1, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
LOL! Yeah, I know where you grew up. You don’t have me fooled living in that big city out East. I just hope they don’t ruin you. 😉
Comment by JustMe — October 1, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Ha! Just browsing around and found this site. I’m the guy “kn” was talking about. My dad ran a wire from the back light from the trunk to the positive on the horn, so that when I tapped the breaks it honked. Took me a while to find, but yes, KN (and I know who you are 😉 ) is right, we’ve been married for 12 years now. Now I just laugh. 🙂 It was great. beep beep beep
Comment by Mike — November 4, 2008 @ 11:12 am
Hi Mike! I don’t believe we’ve ever met you, but we know your lovely bride from back in those days at MV (Char and I worked for KN’s dad, and my mother lives just up the road in DN). We now live up the freeway from you a couple of hundred miles (or so). Small world, eh? 🙂
I loved the horn gag. Never saw it done before that day, but quickly realized how easily it could be accomplished. I’ll have to store that one away for future reference. If. I. can. remember. (my ‘RAM’ is far *too* random, and my ‘ROM’ seems to be full and has frequent errors!)
Take care!
Comment by Col. Panic — November 5, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
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