Kathleen and Kurt are on The Knot ya’ll!
(photo from the Knot)
If you remember Kathleen and Kurt’s wedding (here) then you remember how fun they were for me to photograph! They had an awesome carnival themed wedding at the Palace Theater in Louisville. There were a ton of memorable moments, and The Knot was in LOVE with one of their cake cutting photos. They loved it so much they posted it in their article “11 Real Couples Cut the Cake.”
You may remember Ryan and Haley from their surprise engagement session here. Well they asked me to come with them to Gatlinburg TN and be their wedding photographer as well. So this wedding was a first for me…..It was the first wedding I have ever shot in an aquarium. I was so excited to hear what Haley had planned for her big day with Ryan. Haley was pampered by the girls at Fringe Salon. Then we went back and she had a gorgeous dress from Bridal Warehouse she slipped into, then we made our way over to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. We did a few bridal portraits before the ceremony started out in the aquarium. The Jules Verne Room where Haley and Ryan got married featured a huge window into the shark and stingray tank. It was amazing! The reception was even cooler. A scuba diver was doing some tricks with the rays and he comes over to the window by where Ryan and Haley are sitting. Then he pulls out a sign congratulating them and blows a heart made of air bubbles under water. Very very cool! Everything was arranged by the Little Log Chapel in Gatlinburg and Ms. Margaret from Ripley’s. They did an amazing job!
You may remember Kurt and Kathleen’s awesome carnival themed reception at the Palace from their blog post, here. I was so excited when I found out the awesome crew over at Paper Moon Weddings was going to feature the wedding! Check it out here.
If you are a bride planning a wedding and you’ve never had a chance to check out Paper Moon Weddings….What are you waiting for? Go now! There is tons of DIY inspiration, vendors, real weddings, free planning tools, links to awesome Etsy shops for stuff for your big day and so much more. These guys have got it going on!
You may remember this couple from their preview here. Kurt and Kathleen had an awesome wedding at Caldwell Chapel at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Then they followed that up with what was literally one of the best receptions I have ever been to. Big props to Sydney O’Bryan at the Louisville Palace for orchestrating everything. The reception included a magician, popcorn, cotton candy, giant jenga, a pie eating contest and cornhole. There was also a vintage type writer that guests could type wishes to the bride and groom. Kathleen found so many awesome touches for her wedding from Pinterest, including putting the garter on a football. And because it was the Palace, Kurt got to chuck the football off of the balcony to a waiting group of men below. Such a cute idea!
Kathleen and Kurt did a private first look….which I LOVED! It gets so many of the jitters out of the way and gives us some time to get some awesome photos!
And I have to write a little something about Kurt’s ring. It has Kathleen’s fingerprint on it. How awesome is that?!?!
Who’s heart can resist a groom who beams like this when seeing his bride?
And I was quickly schooled on the Mabis Way of eating popcorn. The top photo below shows the other way to eat popcorn. The one below that shows the Mabis Way. More fun for sure!
Catering, Cake: Ladyfingers Catering
Ceremony Venue: Caldwell Chapel at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Reception Venue: The Palace Theatre, Sydney O’Bryan
DJ: Night Owl DJs, Ed Purcell
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Someone’s been naughty this year!
So Jill, over at Baby Rabies is doing her third annual inappropriate elf contest. I had so many ideas and worked on about 4 of them. This was the final image I chose. I had to work in one of my favorite shows! I will post some others in a little while (like Buddy’s version of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifinakis), but let me leave you with Buddy, the blue meth making elf. Yeah science!
Awesome. Great one!
Eeeek I love it.
buahaha love this!
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