This summer, Willow and I have attended four weddings. It’s quite amazing how such a pre-sturctured event can be so different and nice in so many different ways all depending on what sorts of people the bride and groom have “collected” over the years and chosen to bring together. Generally, though, I have to admit, that personally I find weddings a but odd. But this doesn’t mean they aren’t all lovely! Neither that I wouldn’t have my own someday.
Mark & Wendy
Mark and Wendy are Willow’s childhood friends. I had never meet them before the wedding, and Willow hadn’t seen them for 7 years. The story goes that Mark, Wendy and Willow used to hang out all the time. And, eventually a sparkle sparked between Mark and Wendy and the rest is history! Their wedding was in a castle in Otterburn south of Edinburgh, UK.
Adam & Jen
Adam is Willow’s older brother. He lives in San Francisco and his father (not same as Willow) lives on Maui Hawaii. So this wedding was held in a -12 hours timezone and required 3 flights going and 3 flights coming back. But it was worth it. I think the only thing missing to tick all boxes on this wedding was to add slow motion to the waves hitting the stones behind them as they were getting married.
Marcus & Elin
A unique location on a peninsula in a nature reserve in the north of Sweden. The wedding followed a eco theme where everything could be recycled. Dinner tables on the beach with sand between your toes followed by dancing under a clear sky and full moon. No. It wasn’t a movie.
Tobias & Åsa
Tobias is one of my oldest friends. He has always had the ability to put me in positions where I’m outside of my comfort zone. His wedding was no different. They asked me to sing Today by Joshua Radin for them in church. Like most times, it went well and I’m glad he asked and that I forced myself to do it. And it was a perfect ending to the 09′ wedding-athon.
Lovely pictures!
Yeah, I can’t agree more. My wife has a group of friends all the same age. One year they pretty much all go married, and funny thing is that we all generally sit at the same table so it was like for each wedding one person of the table would just rotate out. But Yeah each wedding although structurally the same were all very different.
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