June 2020 feels like a lifetime ago, right?
When I first met Sara & Emmanuel, we had dinner and drinks at a pub together, looking forward to a huge, weekend-long gathering of loved ones from across the globe. I was SO excited.
Sara & Emmanuel’s wedding ended up being incredibly intimate, with most immediate family members & guests unable to attend physically.
After more than a decade of wedding photography, Sara and Emmanuel’s wedding felt very much like a “first day” or a day of firsts, for me. It was beautiful and and heart wrenching and heart wrenchingly beautiful. Sara & Emmanuel are a TEAM, and the intimacy and slower pace of their day really gave me the opportunity to notice and appreciate the quiet care and thoughtfulness that they showed each other.
There were many events and invites that were foregone for the sake of the greater good. There were also these magical moments that happened, that just aren’t the types of moments that happen on large, organized event days. I have so much empathy for the nuanced decision making processes each couple went through this past year. The pandemic wedding season has been a crash course in nuance and difficult decisions. I imagine I’ll reflect on it for years to come.
Sara & Emmanuel - congratulations on your marriage, and thank you for including me on your wedding day. I sincerely hope there is a large family party possible in your not-too-distant future, and that I get the opportunity to stop by and check “our gigantic group photo” off of our goals list.
