UPDATE: View Holly & Jordan’s full album design online now here: http://charlestonwedding.com/#/bussard

Holly and Jordan were married on October 24, 2009 and had both their wedding and their reception at The Wickliffe House in historic downtown Charleston.

I adore their style! The color theme was based on peacock feathers (my favorite!) Holly made the most gorgeous bride, and there’s no doubt the love between these two. Thank you for choosing us to be such an important part of your big day!

UPDATE: View Cara & Chet’s full album design online here: http://charlestonwedding.com/#/swinden/

I enjoyed every moment with Cara and Chet! They are such a sweet, loving couple perfectly matched for each other.
Their wedding was beautiful, well organized, and both Cara and Chet’s families were so wonderful, supportive, and fun to be around.
I am always impressed with the quality and service of everyone at Wild Dunes Resort. Everything is top knotch!

Alan and Megan are both violinists for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and their wedding was full of beautiful music!
The rainy & cold weather couldn’t stop Alan, Megan and their family and friends from celebrating their happy occasion indoors. The Rice Mill is such a beautiful indoors, so that was no problem!
Megan is from New Zealand, and had many family and friends travel all the way here for the wedding. They even joked that they brought the typical rainy Wellington weather with them. I enjoyed meeting everyone and am thrilled I was able to capture gorgeous pictures on their special day!

UPDATE: View their full album design online now! http://charlestonwedding.com/#/seagraves/

I knew from the first moment I spoke to Cheri on the phone that this was a wedding I was going to have fun shooting! Cheri has a vibrant, animated personality….like me. So I knew it was on!

It was such a treat to meet Bob and see how well he and Cheri compliment one another. And they’re so in love! Their family and friends were thrilled for them, and were also a riot to be around!

Awesome congrats to Yoj Events for planning & designing this indeed “fabulously flawless” wedding! We love us some Candice!

Their wedding ROCKED….no quite literally, since they booked my dear friend Wilton’s band, Super Deluxe. They know how to get everyone on the dance floor & singing along!

Here are a few of my favorites!

Ashley and Jonathan had an evening wedding at St. Luke’s and then on to the Francis Marion Hotel.  Since we are in the middle of the early evening time of year, that meant most of our portrait time was in the dark.  But we aren’t afraid of the dark around here, and got an awesome collection of evening shots — especially in Marion Square, decorated for Christmas.

My Grandma or G-ma is quite a spit-fire. She told me in 2008 that she wanted to ride in a motorcycle sidecar for her next birthday. (She also told me not to tell anybody).

So a little birdie told my mom who told my uncle who had a friend, etc  Long story short, my uncle found someone who was kind enough to grant my G-ma’s birthday wish.

The slightly overcast and rainy day did NOT stop my determined G-ma from her wild ride. After her short jaunt, we arrived at the Golden Corral parking lot for a family dinner. G-ma’s choice as it was her birthday. Before we could get inside the building, a stranger stopped us, hugged my G-ma, and said, “You do it, girl!”

So here’s a taste of just how hard-core my G-ma is.  Check out more photos on her webshow:  http://www.charlestonportrait.com/#/grandma92/

Did you see it? It was absolutely incredible! Textures of yellow over blue, with spikes of bright orange and towards the south, whisps of cotton candy pink over purple!

I couldn’t get a high enough angle to do it justice, and in retrospect, I regret not taking MORE pictures of it with my 5D MkII. (But I got a few great artsy shots, so stay tuned!) But for now, here are my favorite three pics I took with my Palm Pre.

5 minutes later:

and, 5 minutes after that it kept getting better:

View their full album design here: http://charlestonwedding.com/#/brock/

What a unique wedding for a wonderful couple! (Especially don’t miss their rehearsal dinner photography by Betty Boop (aka Mell Bell).

Jean Marie & Adam’s wedding was unique and classy all the way. St. Mary’s Catholic Church in downtown Charleston in the historic district is one of the most beautiful churches in this area!

Though their wedding was scheduled in October to avoid the Charleston summertime humidity, it was a freakishly humid day with heat index over 100F! Everyone was such good sports about it, I mean, what can you do, right? This is Charleston, afterall.

Krissy and and her new mom-in-law used to work for years at SIB, a company who shared office space with us for over 8 years, so there were a lot of familiar faces at this event, and it was a happy thing to be a part of.  Cypress Gardens is such a beautiful place for portraits.  Krissy arrived at the ceremony via boat, which provided some awesome picture opportunities.

See their album design and photos at:  Krissy and Brian

Christy and Dan are happy and classy and had a wedding that reflected that very well.  Starting out at the Dunes West Country Club where they had a ceremony under the Spanish moss by the marsh.  The rain managed to hold off until about half way through the ceremony, at which point the minister seemed to talk a bit faster.  But it didn’t rain too hard, and everyone laughed.  After a dinner in the Club, they went to a spectacular neighboring home where they had an ‘after-reception’ out by the pool.  Small, comfortable, and very enjoyable, this was one of the more unique, well-planned, decorated, and accomplished weddings I (Nathan) have attended in some time.

See their album design and wedding photos at : Christy and Dan