Ashlie + Jess | Forest Park Visitor’s Center

It’s gonna be pretty easy to fall in love with everything about this wedding. The little hints of gold, the sweet little origami birds hanging above the alter and this very sweet couple! After a not-so-nice spring it was nice to have one of those Summer days that was juuuuuust right. At least I can’t remember it being that hot… because now I can only remember the really hot ones!

Ashlie + Jess were one of those couples, like many of our couples, who met in college at a fraternity party. They instantly started a friendship and dated several years before Jess proposed. It didn’t come as a surprise either, because Jess kept asking questions about the exact type of ring Ashlie wanted. 🙂 (My favorite part!) Let’s just say he wanted it perfect. And perfection is what he got – it’s just beautiful!

Something I want to point out because we really appreciate it. The couple added a little (but very important!) hint in the wedding program. And I quote: “Please do not take photographs. Our photographer will capture the entire evening so just relax and enjoy the celebration. Thank you for turning off your cell phones during the ceremony.” If only everyone would do this! We get it. It’s a really exciting time and we live in a social media era! I confess I’m one of those who likes to Instagram pretty much every moment I’m doing something (fun) or interesting. But from a photographers perspective, it’s really distracting and extremely difficult to capture a moment when someone is in our way. Most of the time, they don’t even realize they are harming our photo. And really, let’s be honest, a phone or point-n-shoot is not gonna capture what we can. 🙂 Thank you so much to Ashlie + Jess for asking your guests to enjoy themselves and hide their cameras! It definitely made our jobs easier.

Enjoy the photos!

xox

HSR

P.S. Shout out to the cute bridesmaid with those aaadorable pink glasses – will you tell me where you got those cute specs? Pretty please! I think I need a pair! 😉