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September 13, 2010

Shana is faithful.

Shana is a faithful friend. She is a faithful daughter and sister. She will be a faithful wife to Brian. And most importantly, she is faithful to God and her religion.

I know that kind of jumps right in to this blog post and skips over any kind of introduction, but I’ve been thinking for months about what I was going to write about my friend Shana and her new husband Brian — thinking for months about whether I have the words to describe how truly beautiful a person she is — and faithful is the adjective that came to mind over and over and over again.

I’ve been friends with Shana since 7th grade when we met in cheerleading. We remained friends throughout high school. Then in college, we hung out in Chile while she was there on study abroad and so was I. After college, we kept in touch and even met up in Madrid for a day. Her friendship has been a constant in my life and I could never express how grateful I am for her. I think I took that for granted until recently. How could I?!? But being older gives you new perspective. Scary things in your life give you new perspective. Knowing people who aren’t still friends with girls they met in 7th grade gives you new perspective.

So many more people have also been blessed by Shana. I think most of the 300 people people at Midtown Center would attest to Shana’s faithfulness in their life too. I’m not sure how she finds the time to be that good a friend to so many people, but she does and it’s amazing.

As for Brian, I don’t know him as well as I would like to — but it’s not my fault! They only recently started dating. And I live in another country I do know a few things though. I know that when we met him he was nervous — and I liked that. Not because I’m evil or anything (MWAHAHA) but because it meant he cared enough about Shana to want to make a good impression on her friends. I know that when people talks he listens — and not in a fake listen, superficially caring kind of way — he listens in a real way, a way that most people do not. And I know that he made a big impression on Seba because Seba came home from the wedding and said, “WEON!!!! El Brian es SUPER simpatico, la cago!” Since I don’t want Shana and Sarah to be the only ones at the wedding who understood that, the rough translation is, “DUDE!!! Brian is SO nice, holy cow!” Seba said he asked questions and really seemed interested in the answers again — in a way that most people don’t.

Their wedding was so happy and so emotional. Shana is always full of joy, but in this day, love and light radiated out of her and touched every single person there. Brian is blessed to have her — we are all blessed beyond measure to have her in our lives. And I have no doubt that all who know Brian feel the exact same way about him. If they are this good separate, imagine how good they will be now that they’re together forever.

I adore this photo and everyone in it!

I LOVE this one.

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31 Comments

You’re so stinking rad. These are a blast to look at. Such a creative variety of shots here. Love that!

Comment by matt shumate — September 13, 2010 @ 1:47 am

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Que hermosa pareja!!! se ven preciosos los dos ^^ me gusta mucho esa foto donde la gente los toca como bendiciÃ©ndolos q bonito
y el dibujo de la niÃ±a

Comment by Cynthia — September 13, 2010 @ 1:56 am

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Que hermosa pareja!!! se ven preciosos los dos ^^ me gusta mucho esa foto donde la gente los toca como bendiciÃ©ndolos q bonito
y el dibujo de la niÃ±a, que ternura =D â™¥â™¥â™¥

Comment by Cynthia — September 13, 2010 @ 1:56 am

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These are stunning! You did such a fantastic job. I have too many favourites out of them to list.

Comment by Adam Graham — September 13, 2010 @ 5:32 am

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These are great! I love the picture of all the girls with the chalkboards – so fun. And Shana’s dress is gorgeous. I’m glad it all turned out as wonderfully as you’d expected.

Comment by Emily — September 13, 2010 @ 6:55 am

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Kyle, you guys did an amazing job! I adore her dress!

Comment by Andrea — September 13, 2010 @ 6:58 am

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Lovely storytelling and your images are amazing!

Comment by Stefano Choi — September 13, 2010 @ 8:01 am

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Sunning images Kyle and I really enjoyed the story too. Well done!

Comment by Daniel Dunlap — September 13, 2010 @ 8:17 am

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Wow! You can tell you were majorly inspired by this couple! I can just feel how much you love them from your photos! What an emotional and touching and gorgeous wedding! The photos speak for themselves…WOW!

Comment by Lucie — September 13, 2010 @ 8:58 am

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I love the chalk board photo. So many great moments here.

Comment by Becca Dilley — September 13, 2010 @ 9:02 am

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Amazing job Kyle. Love the dress shot and the chalk board shot the most!

Comment by Amanda Basteen — September 13, 2010 @ 10:06 am

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These are stinking beautiful. I love the dramatic cake-cutting. Keep up the great work!

Comment by Zack — September 13, 2010 @ 10:31 am

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I’m so glad that I have you to document all of the events that I miss. I don’t even know where to begin; the dress, the bridesmaids I love, the venue, Mrs. Simon…all so amazing to see! Shana looks beautiful and she is just radiating joy in that engagement video.

Comment by Lindsey — September 13, 2010 @ 12:51 pm

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Seriously beautiful work Kyle – I love how many tender moments you’ve captured

Comment by Amber Hughes — September 13, 2010 @ 2:58 pm

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yeah, no surprise that you killed it. seriously stunning stuff kyle.

Comment by gabe aceves — September 13, 2010 @ 3:05 pm

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I love how full of emotions this set is. Beautiful work, Kyle.
That “first look” sequence is fantastic – you can see how madly in love they are! It’s like love is almost tangible.

Comment by Razvan — September 13, 2010 @ 3:24 pm

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That reflection shot of them both is stunning! Loving your pp too.

Comment by Ben Tomlin — September 13, 2010 @ 4:53 pm

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Preciosas fotos.

Comment by BB — September 13, 2010 @ 6:30 pm

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I am normally not into wedding dresses but I liked hers. Lovely!

I laughed at your story about Seba meeting Brian. Normally, L says little when he meets my friends and even less about their boyfriends but when he met my friend’s fiancÃ©, he blurted out as soon as we got he the car, “C is so cool! We need to hang out with him again before I leave!” I thought it was funny because he sounded like he was a little kid.

Comment by Sara — September 13, 2010 @ 7:22 pm

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Amazing work Kyle!! I love the dress shot !!

Comment by Robb Duncan — September 13, 2010 @ 9:10 pm

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Kyle, seriously!? You are absolutely amazing.

Comment by Vida Carson — September 13, 2010 @ 9:22 pm

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Wow, they look so inanely happy! I’m kind of in awe!

Comment by Jared Tseng — September 13, 2010 @ 10:01 pm

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Kyle, awesome photos!!! I too love the group shot, the perspective, angle and lines. Awesome.

Comment by fernando — September 14, 2010 @ 8:22 am

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Such a gorgeous wedding… and your compositions in all of these are just amazing. I especially love the getting ready shot in the mirror. Ahh, amazing!

Comment by Tasha Schalk — September 14, 2010 @ 9:52 am

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You make the formals so much fun!! What a fantastic couple! I know you guys had a blast!

Comment by Mark Parker - Birmingham Wedding Photographer — September 14, 2010 @ 10:33 am

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So I am totally in love with the chalkboard photo. Fabulous!

Comment by Heather Elizabeth — September 14, 2010 @ 11:55 am

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I love the shot of them dancing and if you look to the left you can see a little girl standing there with both hands on her hips..so funny.

Comment by Sherry — September 15, 2010 @ 8:24 am

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Amazing storytelling! Great job!

Comment by Joshua Gull — September 16, 2010 @ 10:32 am

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Ahhh! I love your ability to always find such a unique angle, especially towards the beginning of this post! Beautiful work

Comment by Sarah Rominger — September 18, 2010 @ 11:26 am

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Love the silhouette shots the most!

Comment by Vadim Photo — September 21, 2010 @ 9:03 pm

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I love this wedding!! So beautiful, you really did them justice. I adore the way she looks when she laughs, and the chalkboard idea with the bridesmaids is wonderful. Well done!!

Comment by Heather — October 16, 2010 @ 2:23 pm

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