Dawn and Brian's Wedding at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

I had the honor of shooting Dawn and Brian's wedding this past weekend at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History! What's so great too is that I met Dawn over 4 years ago when she first came to Santa Barbara from Chicago! She moved into my brother's house when they went to Europe and was an original tenant to the day they came back to the states. I actually painted her bedroom... twice!

Anyway, the wedding was beautiful, the families and friends were wonderful and with Karen 2nd shooting for me, everything was perfect. It was an emotional ceremony with many people being recognized, especially Brian's late father that had a seat dedicated to him during the ceremony. One fun fact about their wedding day is that Dawn's parents celebrated their 40th anniversary on the same day. They had pictures of all the family weddings in the reception hall and there was one picture of Dawn's parents crossing a bridge on their wedding day so we re-created the same image.

Dawn has always talked about wanting a VW Bug so... Brian stashed the car at the museum the week before and right after the ceremony, he parked it right outside the gates so he could surprise her... too much fun. Also, just like the shower that morning, so much work had gone into the details during the reception. There were pictures of them all over the place along with fun facts about Dawn and Brian on all the tables.

Here are some favs from their day!