Becky & Alex | Wedding

She was a wanderer.  At the age of four while vacationing in Disneyland, her parents had turned around, counted the heads of their four daughters, only to find they had just three.  A few minutes of searching led them to Becky, hanging out without a care in the world, with Winnie the Pooh.  She was brave, unafraid and adventurous.  She wandered away from her parents and siblings at the store, in the park, at parties.  "Where's Becky?" was a family mantra.  Once she was out of school the wandering continued.  At holiday parties, relatives asked, "Where's Becky?".  She went all over Europe.  She signed up with the Peace Corps and wandered to Africa.  She set her sights on working and living abroad and landed in France.  You know where this story is going. All of this wandering, after all, has to stop at some point.  Girl met Boy.  They fell in love.  And suddenly, the wandering stopped.  Suddenly, there was something holding her in place. 

This wedding was a little special - it is the marriage of one of Hubby's cousins!  In all honesty, I was quite worked up heading into shooting this wedding.  I wasn't sure how it would be doing my job in and amongst Hubby's family all day.  Would I be able to focus?  Would they think I was terrible? 

It turned out to be one of the most fun weddings I've ever shot, and it was a joy to share my work with my family.   Becky is Hubby's cousin, and she married Alex, a lovely guy from France.  They live just outside of Paris.  A fairly strong contingent of friends and family made the trip over to Wisconsin from France to be part of the celebration.  And celebrate, they do!  I have never seen partiers like Alex's french friends.  They didn't leave the dance floor for a second.  Needless to say, if you are looking for a wedding photographer in France, I am happy to volunteer!

Of course, one of the added benefits of shooting this wedding is that Hubby was my assistant for the day.  He did a fantastic job.  You'll have to watch the slideshow below to catch a few shots of him in action. 

Here is what I think is funny - you think Hubby is tall, and then you meet his cousins:

All of this microphone work is the result of the kissing stipulation - sing a song with "love" in it and the couple will oblige.  One should really never challenge the Michels to such things, we will take the challenge right over the top:

I have no idea what it must have been like to grow up with three sisters so close in age, but when I imagine it, I hope it was like this:

I overindulged in this slideshow, simply because I knew half the guest list personally, so it was hard to leave them out.  Click to see all the crazy antics of the day:

Becky & Alex | Wedding Slideshow

Comments

[Molly B.]

I've looked at these three times now - beautiful! Love the light...

[Candy Malcuit]

Coucou Becky and Alex,

These photos of your wedding are simply gorgeous, stunning actually. I hope you had a wonderful day, the pictures sure do give a good indication that everything was wonderful. See you back in France one day......

Gros Bisous,

Candice