Kat and Nick were planning on an outdoor wedding… Mother Nature had other plans… so she rained all day. It didn’t faze Kat and Nick though… their day was still an Amazing load of Awesome! Simon and I were there for the ride, and this is what we came up with:
And what set of serious awesome-ness would come without a side of Crazy Booth?
Ok… so there is a lot of images below… just a warning… but if you take a look here are just a few things you will see:
Congratulations Matt and Marie!
Oh yeah… so one of the brides maids was also in our Saturday wedding… two weddings, two days in a row, both at the same location… we rocked both of them… and so did Maria! Maria and I decided to make an identical (or as close as we could get) photograph each night… Same place, different dress!
And one last thing…
DANCE PARTY
Matt and Marie DANCE PARTY from Jake Rohde on Vimeo.
It is late, and I was just too excited to post these images until morning… So what can I say? Gwynne and Eric are awesome, and they have an even awesomer little girl. I met Gwynne back in design school and when she was telling me about her wedding I knew it would be fantastic. When she asked me if I would photograph the wedding, I was ecstatic! Being friends on Facebook, I got to see all the details come together as we got closer to the wedding day… each little detail done (most done by the hands of Gwynne herself) I got more excited for the wedding day. The ceremony took place at the fabulous Villa Terrace and the reception at the cool MOCT down in the Third Ward. They also had a pretty awesome Crazy Booth at MOCT… check that out over here… clickity click
The day was wonderful, and here are a few of my favs:
“Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam… And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva… So tweasure your wuv.”
“Skip to the end. ”
“Have you the wing?”
“…and do you,Pwincess Buwwercup…”
“Man and wife. Say man and wife. ”
“Man an’ wife.”
I have known Jake since like 6th grade. Out of all the friendships I have had over the years, I would have to say my friendship with Jake is the strongest and longest lasting friendship that I have ever had. When he asked me to be the best man in his wedding, I was truly honored. When he then asked if Valo would shoot the wedding… I was even more honored. It is going to be odd being in front of the lens for a change… but I know that with Simon behind the lens, these images are going to rock! I have not known Sarah that long, but from what I do know about her, she is perfect for Jake… And by perfect, I mean, she can handle such a large personality (and I mean that in a good way). Jake has always been larger than life, and I have learned from him many things… mostly things such as how to make great films about suburban gangs in the middle of West Bend, WI… how to hurt yourself skateboarding (although I taught myself that quite a few times as well)… how to egg people’s car without cracking an egg… but most importantly, I think I picked up from him a large sense of self-confidence, passion and guts to do what you want to do, and a never failing shield of integrity. I can honestly say, if I ever needed anything, he would be there for me… and I for him. I am so glad that Sarah and Jake met each other, I know they are each others rocks, building a great life together… us guys have been blessed with such amazing women. Congrats Sarah and Jake, soon to be card carrying members of the mawage club!
