Once upon a time, on a September Saturday...

...Dan and Julie Lane Murdaugh got married!  Enjoy this slide show story of their lovely day...good times, good food, laughter, beauty, and celebration all around!





- Kelsey Schweickert

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I love weddings with personality...

And this one certainly had plenty of that!  Dan and Julie are big-hearted people with a great sense of humor, and their wedding reflected that, for sure.  At the beginning of the ceremony, once the wedding party and bride and groom had reached the front, the best man stopped to make an announcement...and suddenly there appeared a shotgun for each groomsman!  Shotgun wedding??? ;)

As usual, we had lots of fun with the group shots...

Of course, any wedding where I get to photograph my cousin's adorable little kids is a treat.  I kid you not, they make such a model ring bearer/flower girl, you'd think people would hire them as professionals.  ;)

And we love clowning around together.  I never lack good times when kids are around. :D  (Thanks to my assistant Rob for this shot!)

And Julie and Dan lived happily ever after... :)

Can't wait to show you more of the fun images from this wedding...later!

- Kelsey Schweickert

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Dan and Julie's wedding

Hey everyone!  I'll be posting more images soon from Dan and Julie's gorgeous outdoor wedding yesterday...they are such fun people and I have tons of great photos to show you!  Meanwhile here's a sneak peek...

Julie's vows.  So sweet.  I always get a little teary-eyed when I'm photographing weddings...it's so beautiful to see this kind of love, when two people commit their lives to each other.  Dan and Julie, may your life together be as happy and beautiful as the promises you made this day!

Till next time...

- Kelsey Schweickert

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An engaged school teacher...

So, at long last, I just finished editing Julie and Dan's engagement session.  What a bunch of fun photos!  They're such a fun-loving couple -- definitely the thing I like most about them.  :)  It makes them so much fun to photograph!

Julie is a school teacher, so when we were doing their engagement session in Old Sacramento, we did a couple photos at the old schoolhouse there.

 

 

Haha! Love the personality here! :)

One of our last few pics from the afternoon...and one of my favs.

Train!!

To see all the photos from Dan and Julie's session, click here.  :)

- Kelsey Schweickert

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Dan and Julie

Here are a few more of the images from Dan and Julie's engagement session in Sacramento.  It was the middle of the day, typically the hardest time for photographers to get sweet light, but we found some!

Check out the light in Julie's eyes...so pretty.

 

Yes, they love each other... :) 

They both have such fun, easygoing personalities.  I can't wait to photograph the wedding next month!  There are lots more photos...I'll post more as I have them ready.  :)

On another note...I'm leaving in a few hours for Steven and Grace's wedding in Mexico!  Looking forward to photographing this wonderful couple and their family and friends.  They've picked out some beautiful photo locations and it's going to be just loverly.  :)  I'm not sure how much internet access I'll have, but I'll try to update here if at all possible!

Till next time...

- Kelsey Schweickert


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Dan and Julie

I don't know about you, but when I think of Sacramento in July and the middle of the afternoon, I don't think calm and cool...and yes, it was HOT last Saturday.  I think Dan and Julie's engagement session gets the prize for the hottest one yet.  We roasted like Dan's famous peppers!  ;)  But we didn't let the heat stop us, and we got some awesome photos -- not to mention having a great time in the process!

I'm really looking forward to photographing Dan and Julie's wedding this fall.  They have a ton of personality and are really fun to work with.  Hope you enjoy this sneak peek...  :)

- Kelsey Schweickert

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