amy & lukas

you may remember amy and lukas from a couple blog's ago. amy and lukas' wedding has been the apex, thus far, of my career when it comes to the number of my couples all at one wedding... i always say... good people know other good people, and this just proves i'm right...

amy and lukas met at zu's 30th birthday party. i was honored to capture zu and colin's wedding day almost 3 years ago. colin's little sister, courtney,  is good friends with amy and jess. i was lucky to be chosen to shoot jess and frank's wedding a couple weeks before amy and lukas' wedding.. and to top it all off, i have the honor of shooting courtney's wedding next year. that's just a ridiculous web of good people!

amy and lukas had their wedding at perona farms. they opted to do things their own way by having an outdoor reception on the patio under the open sky!

 classic expression...

probably one of the only days a woman needs help getting dressed by more than one person...

love these expressions...

i love how lukas could just casually look over at the camera and, without even realizing it, strike an immediate GQ look... and i love how amy is adoringly looking on at him...

love the chemistry here...

love this...

believe it or not, this is amy's immediate family. brothers, sisters, mom, spouses and nieces and nephews. wow.

this is my kind of family photo! 

two little guys broke away from the pack and what looked like a hug....

 was really a take-down!

everything is fine and dandy with the flower girl...

until aunt amy makes her mad, hah!

...but that didn't last long...

love.

...and now lukas looks adoringly at amy...

mom and courtney reacting to amy and lukas' first dance...

freshly married jess leans into her maid of honor to tell her something... and my lip reading skills fail me... 

lukas and his dad having a moment... 

frank, looking like he just told the photo booth whose boss...

amy's mother tells amy and lukas that if they 'have half as many children as she does. stop!' hahahah.

amy's reaction to her brother talking about the first time he met lukas....hah!

i'll admit it. sometimes i worry about the younger generation as i'm sure generations ahead of me worried about mine, but when i see acts of tenderness like this, it restores my faith.

amy's brother got emotional with one of the speeches and his nephew clearly took notice. what happens next is what restored some of my faith in the younger generation...

his nephew leans closely into him to put his head on his shoulder to silently bring comfort and show compassion. seeing this out of a young man made my heart smile. 

lukas' dad can dance!

colin and zu!

if you look closely...you can see courtney and brian dancing alone on the dance floor. looking forward to their wedding next year. 

if you yell 'free candy', kids will run at you...

amy and lukas had all of their guests release lanterns to end the reception...

lukas takes a moment to himself to look on...

what a blast to shoot amy and lukas' wedding and to be surrounded by so many familiar kind faces!

thanks to brian for helping me out