Jim Larson Photography

Today I was blessed to be able to shoot wedding photos for a very handsome couple, Chris & Alyssa.  It is great fun to be part of capturing the moment when the two pledge themselves to each other as husband and wife. A goal of mine is to be able to give the couple a visual representation of their special event that they will cherish for years to come.

The venue was a very nicely renovated church in a suburb of St. Louis, MO. One nice thing about the church that I don’t often see very often is enough natural light to shoot in.  I still had to crank up the ISO to 1600 to give me a decent shutter speed, but both the Canon 5D MkII and Canon 7D are excellent at this setting. Adobe’s Lightroom 3 was great at minimizing any remaining noise.

Below are a few photos to highlight their wedding, starting off with Alyssa and her gals:

The beautiful bride, Alyssa:

The calm and cool husband, Chris:

The rings:

These guys had so much fun together.  As you can tell by the dancing, pointing, sunglasses, etc., they were not too serious at this point of the day.

Decorations:

Reception dinner:

Thank you Chris and Alyssa for giving me the privilege of being your photographer on your very special day.