Captured By Kendall

Chassity and James

10~20~2012

Several months ago I got a phone call from Chassity asking me about photographing her wedding on 10-20-2012. Instantly I knew Chassity and I were going to get along. I remember when I got engaged and I wanted everything planned that night and went and bought bridal magazines and books the next day. Within the first few minutes of our phone conversation I could tell that Chassity was the same way.

We met for the first time when her and her fiancé came to the studio to go over a few things. Chassity and James set in the chairs next to me and her mom was on the sofa behind me. From the moment on I knew I was going to need to change how I had my office set up for consultations. I could feel the tension between Chassity and her mom. James was just sitting there like any typical fiancé would do. After two hours we finally had finished everything up including me calling and setting up the DJ for her. 

Everyone that comes over has to meet the girls, Chloe and Annabelle that is. Chloe, Annabelle and I walked out to their car to say Goodnight. They got in the car and it would not start. The laughter just continued and I knew it was only going to get better from there. Chassity had left a light on in the car. I immediately knew James was a saint, he never raised his voice or even got upset with her. All I could say was there was a first time for everything.

Chassity and I had been emailing about places to do engagement pictures. To get on with this I am just going to tell you, from now on if my clients ask me to go three hours from Greensboro to do engagement pictures and be in the car with them for a total of 6 hours I am going to need xanax and charge additional fees.

The day was here and we were headed to Natural Bridge, Va. We got off to a late start and looked like we were going on a week long vacation. Chassity was driving and I did make sure that we had jumper cables in the car since her prior dead battery experience.

I sat in the backseat with her mom and edited pictures. Chassity was driving and wanted to see every picture that her mom and I were talking about. I forgot to tell you that several days before the shoot Chassity sent me an email with about 20 things she would like to do for pictures. Every tractor and old car we went past Chassity wanted to go back and get a picture.

We encountered state troopers with road rage, a gps that sent us the wrong way, a Virginia state police officer who thought we could actually hear his whistle inside the car and was waving his arm like a checkered flag and curvy roads that seemed like we were on a road to nowhere.

Several outfit changes, makeup retouches, bottles of water, irritating people that would not move for me to take the pictures , Chassity worrying that I was going to fall and get hurt, standing in the water barefooted with snakes, cuts on our legs, walking several miles, James almost dropping my camera in the water, eating, finding the bridge that Chassity had seen 6 hours ago, Chassity peeing between two open car doors, a kitten that scared me, people thinking that James and Chassity were celebrities, near death experiences with deer, learning what the phrase "between me and a tight squeeze" means, Chassity and James kissing 124 times and saying "I love you baby" and 14 hours later we were done with part two of this four step process.

Consultation.Engagement Pictures. Bridal Portraits. Wedding Day

I am half way done with these two but I have honestly loved every minute of getting to know them more.

The one thing I can honestly say is that these two are so in love with each other and I hope God blesses them with each other until death does them part.

Chassity and James thank you for allowing me to be a part of this special occasion and I hope to have the privilege of photographing your family as it grows!

The lasting memories from the day including James jumping up from a picture to inform us that there were deer crossing the water.

Everlasting love!

Much Love,

Kendall/Kendra

Don't forget that Chuck and I are friends and I just might get him to read this at the reception!