Simon McConico | Valo Photography

One of the cool things about being a wedding photographer is that you get a chance to see into peoples lives. From what they wear, to how they deal with pressure, to how they choose to get married. Every wedding is different. Some are reeeeeealy similar, but they still have a bit of the couple put into the wedding and that makes it unique.

Sara and Chris had ideas about how they wanted their wedding day to go and I am glad that Jake and I could be along for the ride. A small wedding at Sara’s fathers house is what they decided on with a larger reception at the Villa Terrace afterwords to celebrate. It was so much fun being about 1/8th of the people who were attending. As they stood on the deck and exchanged vows, it was great to see the emotion and feel it coming from everyone attending.

It was a bit chilly and overcast, but it didn’t rain and we were able to get some really great photos. Here is a glimpse into their small wedding and fantastic reception.

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Sometimes I don’t get to blog as much as I would like. I am working on changing that so there should be quite a few blogs coming out this week. We have a ton of fantastic shoots and get to create so many great photos that I want to share with everyone.

This wedding is from last year in October. These two are fantastic folks that I got the pleasure of going to school with. They are both amazing musicians and are super in love. I was really excited when they asked Valo to shoot their wedding. Cami put a ton of work into her wedding and I hope it shows in these photos.

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Jake wrote Ashley and Evan’s story on his post, which you should check out here: Jakes Post

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So… sometimes people find us in odd ways. They hear of Valo from a friend of a friend of a friend who knew me 5 years ago and we played a basketball game together. This is much more odd. Jake and I were shooting a wedding at the Intercontinental Hotel and went to Blu on top of the Pfister to shoot some photos with our bride and groom. The bridesmaids got the bride and disappeared. That isn’t totally abnormal, but when your looking for them and not one is around in a not so large place, it gets confusing. Eventually a bridesmaid runs into the bar and grabs me and drags me into the ladies bathroom… to take photos because there are awesome windows and amazing light. All the ladies were in there and I snapped a few photos and was in the middle of rocking some shots with the bride when someone walks in. Not a part of the wedding party, it was a little odd… She walks in, looks at me, looks at the bride, looks at me. Simon “uh… were taking photos because the light is awesome…” Her “Oh… cool, do you have a card? I’m getting married here in a few months”

That was how I met Lisa. Super funny story. Fast forward a few months and we are shooting Lisa and Josh’s wedding at the Big Red Church right next to the Marquette campus and having a reception at the Pfister Hotel downtown. The wedding was super fun, great light, and shared a bridesmaid with the wedding that we shot the day before.

Lisa is awesome! Josh is awesome! and oh yeah… thanks to the grooms men who got us shots in wine glasses…

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