Von DeVore Photography: Married: Kaetlyn + Francesco

Winter weddings are unique.

I was particularly excited to shoot this wedding for Kaetlyn and Francesco. Not only are they a simply beautiful couple, they were delightful to work with!

They have a truly romantic love story. She was a college student taking a course in Italy (how cool is that right?). They met and fell in love and she ended up staying there.

I always start with my favs...

It's winter. When the sun goes down, we have a very limited time to get some great photos.

I am mainly a natural light photographer. I prefer shooting WITHOUT a lot of extra lighting equipment so it's very important to me to be outside or if we are inside we need someplace with beautiful light.

SIDENOTE: No worries though my dear clients, I DO know how and when to use my flash and extra lighting when needed.

So it being winter, it gets dark fast. We had to hurry, and in fact, took this series of shots in 15 minutes or less. We photographers can rise to the challenge when necessary.

Another favorite. The lighting in this room was fantastic.

Kaetlyn and Francesco were adorable!

I think this one needs to be on a 20"x30" canvas on their wall.

LOVE IT!!!!!

I've always wanted to get an image like this.

OK....so here we are back to unfolding more of the story of the day.

Kaetlyn and her beautiful mom...getting all dolled up.

Flowers by Tina Barrera - The Special Event Florist (314-845-3362)

I LOVE "First Looks".This is when the bride and groom make time BEFORE the ceremony to see each other.It's a very special time.Only the two of them.It's an opportunity to slow down from the wedding day crazinessto take a deep breath and re-focus back on to each other and the meaning of this day.We set it up and then step back to let things happen naturally.We position the groom somewhere that has great light.

Then we have the bride come in from behind him.

That first time he sees her and she gets a good look at him. ....It's magical!!!!!

We leave them alone for several minutes for them to talk and just re-connect. Some couples also use this time to give each other their wedding gifts.And then afterwards, we have time to get some relaxed pictures. SIDE NOTE: This is also great for the wedding day timeline. If you do a First Look, there's less lag time between the ceremony and reception since a good portion of the pictures will already have been completed. This is particularly important during a winter wedding since we have less daylight for picture taking.We then did some of the wedding party pics.