Marshall is my husband’s first cousin and I was honored to be asked to photograph his wedding with Nahyon, the lovely bride.  Marshall is one of the country’s best birders -and Nahyon is terrified of birds.  Love conquers all, doesn’t it!  Nahyon does, however, adore dogs.  They drove all the way across the country because they wanted to have their sweet dog Chula with them -who is actually quite sick and probably in her last months.  I loved that they refused to leave Chula behind, and she was there for the whole wedding, relaxing in the California sun.

It was a great time -the groomsmen were hysterical- and up for anything.  I stopped by the guy’s house when they were getting ready to grab a few documentary shots.  They asked what should they be doing and I said “Nothing!  I’m a fly on the wall -just act normal.”  Within 8 minutes they had made a human pyramid, juggled crochet balls, wrestled each other to the ground, and wrapped Marshall in paper towels.  No joke.  Then later after the wedding, they wanted to do one of those “groomsmen jumping in the air” shots, so they got on chairs and jumped off -we heard a huge crack when one of the chairs broke.  Really funny -it’s in the photos here.  The bridesmaids were just shaking their heads, all gorgeous and stylish in their killer black dresses.

Anyhow, many congrats to Marshall and Nahyon!!  It was such a great weekend down in Paso Robles, thank you for having me there to capture it.  xo

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