- Travel and more travel
- Atmospheric venues
- Sailboats and Horses
- Weddings held either somewhere unique or meaningful to the couple
- Intentional components to weddings
- Road Trips with my husband
- Pinterest
- Shopping at local boutiques
- Couples that give each other thoughtful gifts on their wedding day – I wish I had
- Couples that treat me like a trusted friend
- Parents that love to play (and laugh!) with their kids
- The “
“ face — I over use it - Free music in the park and picnics to go with
- Grooms that are tender to their brides and don’t take themselves too seriously
- Brides who love life and make it their own
- Knitting or sewing with my mom
- Lunch dates with my dad
- Sitting on a porch and talking for hours (maybe while playing cards)
- Eating good food — particularly local and organic
- Raining days in comfy clothes
- The ballet – or maybe the idea of the ballet
- Authenticity
- Dads and grooms who cry
- Thick scarfs in the winter
- Anything on or near the water
- People who are really present
- Good conversation
- Sparking wine in the summer, hard cider in the fall, and homemade hot chocolate in the winter
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- Drama
- Sunburn and Tanning Beds – I embrace my pasty self
- Really hot days – sweaty! (see a pattern?)
- Weddings without personality
- Group shots indoors
- Group table shots – boring (though I do think photos of your guests are very important!)
- Matching clothes for family shoots
- Cranky grooms
- Being interrupted by cell phones
- Guns — I really don’t get them or the people who love them
- Too much make-up
- Taking photos at Red Rocks
- Sequins and rhinestones
- Coffee – just never got into it and figured there’s no point to it now
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