Virginia and Ben’s wedding was exceptionally personal in a beautifully touching way. A close friend officiated the Ceremony, close friends and family were everywhere, and most all of the details were handmade.
We started the day at Scissors in the morning to get some hair done. You can tell it was early by a few key hints in this image, haha:



The officiant had the vows and Ceremony outline in a gorgeous notebook and was studying them all day. :)

After the hair salon, some of the bridal party and both Virginia and Ben spent some time at their house preparing the music list, etc.



All the relaxing time also meant I had extra time for fun ring shots!



Some of the preparation of the men:


Although the Baughman Center is pretty common in Gainesville~ it for a reason! Even though it was rainy and somewhat dark, the Center was still beautiful. And Ben and Virginia kept up their good mood regardless.





My second shooter for the day, Jeffrey French, ran to the back and got this awesome wide shot of the Baughman Center for me.



I LOVE this emotion right after the first kiss! Take note: THIS is how you do it! :)

Romantic portraits after in the rain… scroll down to the previous post to see a few more:


We were also able to get a few shots in the butterfly garden at the Natural History Museum since that is where their Reception was… but unfortunately, it was raining outside… and apparently they let it rain in the rainforest as well! So we had to run through pretty quickly. And I had to make Jeffrey scare some butterflies into view!

As I mentioned earlier, the details were handmade and absolutely full of personality. Here are a few from the Reception. They made the seating cards out of these adorable birds:

The center pieces/table markers on the tables were handmade as well, with images from their engagement session as well of images of nearly every guest on the table that they were assigned to. It was so thoughtful!

And some more images from the Reception:




Thanks so much for letting me be part of your day, Virginia and Ben. You two are SO wonderful! I can’t wait for our sunny session! :)