Sorry that I’m just now getting around to blogging Jillian and Kyle’s wedding. Besides chasing wrens, it’s been a very busy week. Plus, I really wanted to edit and post pictures that I really liked and one that Diana had a chance to work on.
I did not meet Jillian until a couple of months prior to the wedding. Prior to that, I had only dealt with her parents. Supportive to the end, they wanted the best for their eldest daughter’s wedding, and set things up for her June wedding while Jill was away at college.
When I got there, nobody was there. It was a pretty sad sight, actually. The big, empty Hall behind the church had a few outfits, some flowers and a few things for a wedding, but no people. But when they arrived, pretty much everyone arrived at once.
When the bride started getting ready, she was the focus of everyone there. Four bridesmaids, including her younger sister (also her maid of honor), and two beautiful flower girls watched in awe as Jill transformed from Miss Jillian to the beautiful bride.
While the girls finished getting ready, I went in and took pictures of the groom and groomsmen – all in military uniform. Kyle is a second lieutenant in the Marines, and he had three groomsmen from the Navy and two who were Marines – all friends whom he’d known in his training, assignments, or in school. Dapper they were, too. And nice. “Sir” became my new name. :-
The St. Peters Catholic Church is as historic as Harpers Ferry itself. Used as a hospital during the Civil War, there are published accounts of corpsmen and soldiers walking out of the front of the church and immediately ducking as bullets whizzed by them. The priest used the history of this beautiful church as part of his homily, and I was fascinated by the tremendous role that this building played during a tumultuous time in our nation’s history. But this is not about the Civil War… I’m sure there are other blogs about it though. 🙂
Diana did a little work on the picture above. She gets these visions of what a picture should look like… we both do it. This one begged to be enhanced. I think it looks great. Look for more on our Impressions work at tlcphotography.com/impressions.
Following the wedding and communion, we had a great time with photos. Despite calls for storms and the like, the weather was cooperative enough to go out on the steps, despite the humidity and do some more photos than the ones in front of the altar.
I’ve told Diana before that sometimes I “see” in black and white, and this is one of those images that really hit me that way. We used the lovely backdrop of Harpers Ferry as well, but for the most part we didn’t want to keep the guests waiting. So, after packing up and slogging 80 pounds of equipment back to the car (UP hill), I drove to the Clarion in Shepherdstown.
Not unlike most weddings, there were a few surprises, and this was probably one of the nicest. Seems as though there are a group of ladies, all friends, who take songs, change the words and apply them to an event. This lovely group used “Goin’ To The Chapel” to create a story about how Jill and Kyle met, where he proposed and their wedding. The outfits were complete with veils, flowers and those big candy rings that the kids really like.
Once all was said and done, I was stunned that the time had just flown by. I’m not quite sure how Jill will accompany Kyle on his assignment at Quantico, but as a military wife I’m sure she’s already anticipating relocating.
It was a beautiful wedding and we wish Jillian and Kyle the best of luck.