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Let’s get this party started! That would be Melissa and Trevor’s wedding, who were married June 29th at McMenamins Edgefield. You always hear that a wedding is a celebration of family and friends, but this wedding truly embodied that spirit of celebration. From the moment I walked in the door of the Administrator’s House where everyone was getting ready, I was a part of the family.

Their wedding was a bit unusual in the sense that it was held on a Thursday afternoon. Since everyone was coming in from out of town and staying at the Edgefield, it didn’t matter if it was on the weekend. For the three days prior to their wedding, I was attending a photography seminar with Australian photographer David Williams. What a great wedding to implement my newfound inspiration.

I’m always looking for natural light and a way to set up portraits that don’t look like the “grandma” portraits of yesteryear’s wedding photography. Melissa stops for a moment at the ceremony site with her sister and best friend vamping in the background.

Melissa showing me their wedding rings.

In the grooms dressing room was this nice little vignette with the nude doodle pad. Everyone should have one of these!

This is the moment when Melissa is presented to Trevor and he will see her for the first time, called the First Look.

Sharing a moment (and a flask) before the formals.

In the most perfect light, in the most perfect moment, Trevor makes his move to start the wedding night early.

Trevor is a man’s man, a true gentleman. He seems like the kind of man that would be friends with Jason Statham (from the Transporter movies).

Melissa and Trevor are avid kickball players, in fact the whole team was there for the wedding. Someone had a kickball on hand and Melissa couldn’t resist.

Before the wedding ceremony, I asked Trevor how he was doing. He said that as long as everyone was having fun, he would be happy. He said, “in fact, the only thing that would make it perfect is if someone tripped coming down the aisle!” Guess what? Melissa’s sister tripped coming down the aisle. She was upset and crying thinking that she ruined a perfect wedding, when in fact, what she did was actually help make it the perfect wedding.

Congratulations to Melissa and Trevor, I wish you both a lifetime of happiness! You two have a unique relationship that is fun loving and full of love. Thank you for letting me be a part of your wedding day.