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Dressing Up Luckily, Rachel was there to help me confirm that I knew what I was doing. Or was at least trying. |
Dressed Up Skirv That's me! |
At The Hall Jacob and John consider heading out. |
Ray's Dad Tony really didn't want to be in the shot. Too bad. |
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Jacob and John We do actually look good, eh? |
Ray the Groom Ray looked better, though. (As it should be.) |
John with Camera He gets more annoyed at people taking pictures of cameras than I do. |
Henry I still barely knew the guy, but that's okay. |
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Ken I'd at least met Ken a few times... |
Jacob This shot was necessary to save Jacob's life against his family's evil whims. Poor Jacob. |
Ray's Boutonniere We all had them pinned on by our wedding organizer-person, but Ray's was the most vital. |
Church, with Flowers All set up and ready to go... |
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"DO NOT TOUCH" "This is an organ pipe!" Cute. I want an organ. |
Erin Emerges This was the first I had seen of the bridesmaid dressses. |
Erin Wants A Drink And can you blame her? She had to deal with Mel for days! |
Wall O'Buttons It's a beautiful, beautiful thing... |
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Ray and John Groom and Best Man; a nice shot, too. |
Photographer Arrives He was a bit late, but we survived. |
Setting Up For a while from this point, I pretty much just copied the shots the photographer was taking (or had someone else do it, as appropriate). It worked okay, I guess. But there's not much for me to say as a result... |
Groom's Side Ken, Henry, Ray, John, Jacob, Me |
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Groom's Side, II I should have sent the tripod with whoever was taking these shots. (Erin? Jeff?) |
Groom's Side, III This time, we added Ray's Dad. |
Ray's Family Dad, Ray, and Mom. |
Ray's Family, II This one worked well. |
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Blake's Shots Blake, Ray's nephew, was taking at least as many pictures as me. We'll see if he gets them online too. |
Jacob and Charlotte I'm not sure what to make of the poses, actually. |
Jacob and Charlotte, II ...but they look better without the flash. |
Ray's Extended Family With "extended" meaning "with siblings and families". That's not that extended, really. |
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Ray's Core Family I wish I remembered his mother's name... Oh well. The others are Tony, Cindy, John, and Ray. |
Ray's Core Family, II A bit much light in this one, though. |
"Keep OFF!" "This will not support you!" Yay! |
Heading Outside If nothing else, this gave me a good shot of the outside of the church. |
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John and Ray No coats. Cooler. |
Tim and Ray You know what? I think I actually *was* smiling there. I gotta work on that. |
Tim and Ray, II I really was proud to be there, you know. I should say that more often. |
Tim and Ray, III Two of my absolute best friends getting married, and me being a part of it... *happy sigh* |
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Jacob and Ray That's an interesting Ray look. Heh. |
Pants My lost pants! Hooray! |
Mike Arrives Luckily, he just had to be here for Mel's side's pictures, not ours, since he was quite late. |
The Girl's Side Prepares ...by grabbing their bouquets |
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Bouquets They had handles. Mel was really impressed. |
The Girl's Side As before, the next pile of shots are primarily at the photographer's suggestion. The girls: Erin, Mel, Gen, Jill, Sarah, and Charlotte. |
Smiling Mel Like there was any time she wasn't smiling... I have never seen such a happy bride. |
Handling the Train Erin, as Iron Matron of Honor, was in charge of the thing. Poor Erin. |
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Setting up for Shots You may notice that the last couple of pictures have been all setting-up. For this, I must again express my gratitude at being born male. |
Girl's Side, Nearly Almost there! (Again: Erin, Gen, Mel, Jill, Charlotte, Sarah). |
Girl's Side, Ready They did it! Behold! (And that's a great shot too...) |
Mel and Charlotte The sisters. |
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Mel and Gen Gen smiled almost as much as Mel, I must admit. |
Mel and Sarah Just getting ready, though. |
Mel and Erin I like calling the Iron Matron. Though Mel chose the name. |
Humble Mel She was supposed to pose like that. I don't think it's really in her nature, though. |
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Contemplative Mel Well, fine, maybe she is contemplative...but I rarely see her looking like that in Real Life. |
Mel, Tired Of Pictures And old a few hundred to come! From me alone! (Wow, I took too many shots...) |
Setting up the train Everything takes longer when your dress is llonger than you are tall. |
Wedding Flowers Mel asked me to get a shot of the flowers. I think it turned out well. |
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More Setup At least Gen is looking humble now. Or contemplative. Or whatever. |
Posing Or getting even more instruction, I forget. |
Mary and Dan Man, she looks proud. (It'd be better if she were easily visible.) |
Girls and Mary Alright, we've moved on to family members in the pictures. |
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Both Moms The poses are coming fast and furious now...mostly because Mel has stopped moving. |
Mary and Mel That look is still odd, but it may have been legit this time. |
Dan, Mary, and Mel Dan's her step-father, for the record. |
Siblings Charlotte, Mel, and Me. I'm happy these pictures got taken. |
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Siblings, II Though I should have gotten more with just Mel. |
Siblings, III At least my smile looks proper here. |
The Train I'm used to people getting mad at me when I take pictures of their butts and post them on the internet. In this case, though, it was appropriate...so I eventually caught on and got the shot. |
Flower Contemplation It was a nice arrangement. I must admit. |
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Flower Posing And it even made more sense when they were contemplating! |
Flower Posing, II A nice shot, mostly because they really do look happy... |
Flower Posing, III I've gotta see how the photographer's shots turn out. |
Sarah Arrives Behold! Music! |
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Mel and Dad He's proud. |
Mel and Dad, II She's happy. |
Mel and Dad, III What more do you need? |
Minister and Charlotte Them's a shiny tie. |
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Mel and Parents If it wasn't for the red-eye, Mel would look very nicely contmplative here. As it stands...oh well. |
Mel and Parents, II There, that's somewhat better. The red-eye goes with the look of maniacal glee. |
Core Family And the last of the pre-wedding shots is of the main family: Mary, Mel, Mike, and Char. And it's a nice shot too. I like that family... |
Post-Wedding Bubble Distrubition It was bubbles instead of rice this time. Let's see... Sarah, Keith, Jacob, Belle, Rachel, Rach&eacte;, DB, Dan, and Andrew are visible. |
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Awaiting the Couple Oh, I don't even know where to start listing people... |
The Awaiting Continues Ray's parents just aren't a good substitute for having soap bubbles popped on them. |
Still More Awaiting Mel's folks are coming out too...leaving not too many. |
The Couple The first shot I have of them in married life - and they're biding their time. I'm somehow not shocked. |
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Early Bubbles "We want to stop awaiting!" |
Preparing to be Bubbled The soap will never come out! |
Bubbling I shoulda gotten the shot from in front, I guess...but there were already others getting that. |
Bubbling, II I want as many of my friends to come to my wedding some day. |
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Bubbling, III It's almost overwhelming... |
Stretch VW Limo A VW Limo? |
Stretch VW Limo Departs I had no idea this was going to be here. It's so cool! |
Mingling Now that the couple's gone...now what? Well, we talk with old friends of course! |
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Hadas and Tunji It'd been a while since I'd seen either of them. Yay, old friends! |
Smaller Mingling Which gives me better powers of labelling, incidentally. (Beth, Pat, Sarah Auvenshine, Jesse, Sarah; Jon's in the background, and there's more of course.) |
More Friends Yay! Eva, Belle, Dan, Sean, Rene, Andrew. |
"Okay, more pictures everyone!" The look of shock on Sarah's face is great. |
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Signing Okay, I admit that I over-took pictures of the signing. But it was fun! |
Ray Signs After all, if I can't officially witness, I can at least gather the extra incriminating evidence. |
Mel Signs "Ha! You've been Punk'd!" |
John Signs Onto the witnesses... |
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Erin Signs The real reason I don't get to sign is because my signature is illegible. FYI. |
Sarah and Kevin It's hard to believe that Kevin moved away without Sarah. So sad. |
Final Preparations I think this is the "fake certificate" bit, so they have something to frame. |
Happy Mel My Gods, that's a heart-breakingly happy smile. Certainly the best I've ever taken... |
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Happy Couple It is done. And they are happy. And there are both of them... We have our summary picture. |
Tim Not bad. |
Tim, with Red-Eye I should Photoshop that out. I looked good besides it... |
Mel's Hair Poofy, lots of metal, and flowers...but she liked it. |
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The New Family ...or what they could track down of it. Dan, Mary, Ray, Mel, Mel's Grandma, Mike, and Charlotte. |
New Family, II A couple of 'em were looking at me, anyway. |
New Family, III I think I like them not looking at me, to be honest. It just works with my style (if I have one) of photography. |
New Family, IV But I still like the interesting Ray looks. |
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Mel's Side Ray, Mel, Mel's Grandma, Mike, and Char. |
Mel's Other Side Char, Ray, Mel, Mary, and Dan. |
Bridesmaids I'd like to think I said something funny to get those smiles, but the truth is probably that they were just that happy. |
Ray's Side Well, you can't see everyone... |
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Ray's Side, II But you can at least try. (Tony, Ray's Mom, Ray, Ray's...Aunt?, Mel, John) |
Ray's Side, III This time, Ray's eyes were *really* closed! Whoo! |
Ray and Mel My first couple-only picture with red-eye after the wedding! (I feel like a sports broadcaster. "Most foul balls after a ball in the seventh inning during home games where it's raining.") |
Ray's Parents, and Mel Tony, ???, Ray, and Mel. |
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All the Parents Still happy. |
All the Parents, II Still still happy. |
Wedding Party So many of us! Ken, Henry, Gen, Char, Mel, Ray, John, Sarah, Me, Jill, Gen; Jacob's probably behind me or something... |
Wedding Party, II That's us. |
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Wedding Party, III We all looked good. I need to buy a tux. |
Wedding Party, IV I need to get a source of better lighting. Still, I like how we look. |
Couple Pictures Begin Back outside, to where flashes are unnecessary and pictures are therefore better! |
Nature It gives us flowers and lighting! |
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Bridesmaids and Ray I wish I could have gotten up there for a proper shot. Oh well. |
"Sit on their knees!" And thus begun our ill-fated journey. |
Sitting commences You know, if I make any "poor Henry and John" comments, my legs will probably be broken later. |
Sitting on the Groomsmen But at least I got to stand. |
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Sitting on the Groomesmen, II And a lot can be forgiven for that smile. |
Flower Shots Loner shots? Really? Odd. |
Ray Stands By Waiting for some more pictures of him, I guess... or perhaps for his bride back. |
Mel and John Starting to wrap up the pictures here, finally. |
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Core Party Erin, Ray, Mel, and John. |
Core Party, II The Iron Matron, Groom, Bride, and Best Man. |
Further Contemplation |
The Bouquet I got a bouquet! Well, just for a few minutes, but it was enough... hehe. |
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De-Training It's like de-railing, only more comfortable. Or perhaps it's like forgetting. Either way, I like my new word. |
Erin in Mel's pants She always wanted to be there... |
The Dads watch the de-training They seem too amused for this. |
De-Training Complete And now Mel can walk around without someone constantly on her butt... |
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Stretch VW Beetle Such a cool limo! |
Stretch VW Beetle, Interior And it really does have all the standard stuff... |
Stretch VW Beetle, Interior, II Though it is obviously small. |
Stretch VW Beetle, Exterior A cool car. I classy move. I'm impressed. |
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