Jaime & Michael's Big Day

Jaime & Michael

July 17, 2010

One of my favorite formals of the day!

Venue: Charleston House Holiday Inn in Charleston, WV

Wedding Coordinator: Valerie Oyler
Cake: Nancy Atkins
DJ: Ed Roberts
Hair: Ginger Cummings

Colors: Orange and Pink

Songs:
Unity Candle Lighting: Love of My Life by Sammy Kershaw
First Dance:  Amazed by Lonestar

I loved this wedding and this family and the staff from this hotel! Jeremy and I left on Friday for the rehearsal and spent a laid back afternoon checking into the hotel and doing some test runs on lighting, placement, scheduling, etc. for the next day.

The next day we had plenty of time to get pictures of often rushed "little details" that sometimes just don't fit into the schedule. They're often my favorite parts of an album.

Here's Jaime's dress hanging in the window. So much light came through the windows in this venue! Always a plus!

Usually at church weddings, this is an almost impossible shot. Oddly enough. It seems that most churches that I've done weddings at don't have a lot of Bibles laying around. Lucky me, I knew right where to find one in the hotel! Nightstand drawer! SCORE!

I loved Jaime's shoes! I probably took as many pictures of her shoes as I did anything else!

Here's one of Jaime getting ready with the help of her mom.

My view from the ceremony ..... Michael and Brayden had the biggest smiles on their faces. Happy times!

Jeremy's angle. LOVE Jaime's grin! This smile is contagious!

So Romantic!Welcome to the reception hall!!

And the cake dismantled :)I absolutely loved Brooklyn's entrance into the reception. Look at that jump!

First dance as a married couple...

And a close up! I could have done an entire blog off of this reception alone!

Time for parents' dances!LOVE THIS!

Love this one of Michael and his mom. You can just tell that she is so proud of her son!

I think I could have turned every shot I took from this wedding into a black and white image and I would have been completely thrilled to do so...Don't worry though Jaime...I didn't! lol BUT....I did use a lot of them for the blog! lol

Here's my friend the D.J. announcing what's next on the agenda... Boy, the two of us really butted heads that night...No seriously...he came to tell me he was going to announce the cake cutting as a heads up, so I could make my way to the other end of the reception hall. When I leaned my head over to hear him better over top of the music we collided and literally almost gave each other a concussion. lol I almost died from laughter, because it was in the middle of everything and I'm sure half the crowd got a great laugh. Oh well...if I've shot with you, you know that I can get hurt a great number of ways from simply standing still. You start to get used to it after a while.

THE THREAT. Yes, it worked. Michael played nice with the cake icing. Jaime didn't have to do whatever it was that she was threatening him with.

Look how cute they are!

One of my favorite bouquet toss pictures in the history of JDP :)

Y M C A! It really was a great party!

See how much fun everyone was having!

I knew this groomsman (Steve) was T R O U B L E three minutes into the rehearsal. He did not let me down! That's what groomsmen are for though. To keep the atmosphere light during all the waiting and stress of the day. Weddings are long and tiring events! You've gotta have someone to break the whole party into laughter!

I'm not sure what he did to Jaimie here...but he thought it was funny!

Could these two be ANY cuter? Everyone had fun here!

And courtesy of Valerie (wedding coordinator extraordinaire) and that "big favor" she called in for Jaime on her wedding day.....the rain stops for us to get those outdoors photos I'd been dying to shoot... and...... A RAINBOW! lol Too bad it was almost dark and it was fading fast. (Note: This was right about the time that the KY floods were going on...little did we know at the time. )

The walk over to Haddad Riverfront Park was totally worth it! This beautiful scenery was just across the street from the hotel! It was getting late...getting dark...and I knew our opportunity for sunset pictures was slim, especially with all the rain. We were incredibly fortunate to be able to go outside and get these.


Bride & Groom Picks:
Most Memorable Moment:  Jaime:  Mikes reaction when he saw me.  Mike:  Jaime walking down the aisle.

Favorite Detail:  Jaime:  Wedding party dancing into the reception. Mike:  Dancing with Jaime.

Funniest Memory:  Jaimie:  Mike taking a deep breath and blowing it out into the microphone during the ceremony.  Mike:  The groomsmen holding me up for a picture.

Most Emotional Moment:  Jaime:  The vows and the rainbow.  Mike:  Jaime looking into my eyes during the ceremony.

What would you change about the day?  Jaime:  Nothing  Mike: Nothing

Favorite purchase:  Jaime:  Holiday Inn (they were wonderful)  Mike: Wedding Rings.

Jenni's Favorite Picks:

1). Spending lots of time with Jaime, and her ladies before the wedding. Jaime was so calm/happy. The lighting in the suite was perfect for taking all of those details pictures too!

2.) Jaime's color choices. PINK AND ORANGE! So pretty together and so different than the norm.

3.) Jaime's gift to Michael: Altoids hand delivered by yours truly... He laughed!

4.) Jaime reading the card that Michael got for her.

5.) Not having to get into my car even once that day for anything. Waking up and taking the elevator upstairs for a wedding was fantastic!

6.) Valerie, the wedding coordinator and all of the nice things she did for EVERYONE. Thank you Valerie!

7.) Last and certainly not least: The note left in Jaime's room by the housekeeper! So sweet, and such a nice touch! It really says everything about the venue as a whole and how they took care of Jaime and everyone involved in the wedding to make sure that she had the perfect day. I think she did.

Jeremy's Picks:
1.)  Everyone getting into the dancing @ the reception and all of the laughter that was taking place.

2.)  Sunset session with Jaime and Michael at Haddad Riverfront Park.

3.)  Valerie was a wonderful coordinator.

If you're a fan of Jaime and Michael now is the time to let them know.  25 blog comments on this post from friends and relatives* scores the happy couple a free 5x7 enlargement with their package! (*Steve this does not mean you personally can comment 25 seperate times...lol)