GOD'S FAVORITE SHOES™: Nathan Russell Photography

(Picture Heavy Post)

Here is the wedding post that I promised you:) For the newbies on my site...I got married July 30th and I didn't have to sell a lung to pay for it.

These are my official wedding pics by the great NATE...I call him that...in my head:) I met Nathan and his fabulous wife Amy last year at a blogger event in Austin. I had no idea then that they would be a huge part of my wedding day.

Long story short...we had a non-traditional wedding. And by non-traditional...I mean it was a surprise to everyone. Most thought that we went to the courthouse and invited them to the wedding reception. That's what the invitation said atleast. Only a select few knew the truth. My own mother didn't even know.

Basically...we got married at our reception:)

We wanted to skip all of the wedding hype and focus on the things that mattered to me us the most.

The venue. My shoes. The pictures. The DJ. The cake. Fun. Never underestimate networking. That's the only reason we were able to pull this thing off. Matter of fact, I had just gotten the news that I was laid off when the countdown began for the wedding details to come together.

The truth is that the Hubby and I saw each other before the wedding/reception. We wanted it that way. We wanted to take as many pics before the wedding so that we can honor everyone's time.

That's where Nathan and Amy of Nathan Russell Photography come in. He and his ~~team~~ wife/business partner drove down from Austin the night before so that we could have enough time for pics.

We scheduled about 3 hours before the wedding to be picture time. Nathan was waiting in the lobby with my then fiance' to take pics in The Magnolia Hotel and surrounding downtown Houston area.

It was unpretentious. Relaxed. Fun. And just what we wanted. Nathan even shared cocktails with us as the time got closer to leave for the venue. Yes, we drank with our photographer before the wedding and enjoyed every bit of it.

By the time we got to the "surprise" wedding venue...let's just say we were all HAPPY!

These are the shots before the surprise wedding.

Nathan was more than accomodating and absolutely honored my every request! Professional and fun and doesn't shun those who choose to partake in pre-wedding jitters cocktails...that's what every photographer's profile should say.

I could not ask for anything more from Nathan and Amy.
I stressed that I didn't want stuffy pictures and that I didn't want to spend time taking pictures instead of enjoying our guest.
He did that just that. Took our pics organically and kept it moving.

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