Brooke + Ryan | St. Louis Wedding Photography » Heather Roth Fine Art Photography

The locals call this place Clinton County. The last time we visited, snow covered the ground at least 5 feet high. Remember Brooke + Ryan’s perfect engagement session? Funny how our next visit – their wedding day – was a bazillion degrees. The hottest day of the season. Hot. (!) One of those days where we had to work quickly so that everyone wouldn’t melt.

Brooke’s family is in the grain business and their grain elevator made the perfect backdrop for the location we were in. Shooting at a location like this was a first for us! After we wiped the mascara clear from under our eyes and smoothed our humidity-taken hair, (okay, I’m talking about me…) 😉 we made our way to Hidden Valley Lake Winery where the reception took place. Everything so white and creamy with a touch of gray, glowing away. I was hoping once evening hit it would be a nice time to sneak away with the happy couple. So during dinner we made our way down by the lake, and sure enough, it starts raining. Raining! Like umbrella-raining. This is seriously (like) our 7th wedding this year where it has rained. So we ducked under a tree, got some beautiful shots (see below 🙂 )while waiting for it to clear. Moments later it finally passed, and the rest is history. 🙂

Congrats to Brooke + Ryan!

Enjoy the photos!

xox

HSR