Sunday, October 7, 2007

Brittany and Evan in San Antonio

Yesterday I had the privilege of photographing Brittany and Evan's beautiful wedding in San Antonio. We started at the Sunset Ridge Church of Christ, which has an amazing gothic revival chapel built in 1929.



No matter how many weddings I do, I always remind myself that we can't take the old churches like this for granted--they don't build 'em like this anymore. OK, I shouldn't ramble too much about history... Back on piont, let's meet the two dads.



Evan, getting some help with his suspenders.





Stained glass from Tiffany's New York.



And into the bride's room...















Is there any doubt left in your mind why they called this place Sunset Ridge? None left in mine!








This is not a typical group shot for me, but the groomsmen seemed to know a lot about building pyramids. How could I possibly say no to this?



For the reception, we ventured over to the Canyon Springs Golf Club.










Now I want to jump back and end on a random bit of the church's history... Aside from working with great people, getting to stumble across things like this exotic remnant of the Machine Age is what makes being a photographer fun.



To quote the church website: "The Carillon Tower... contains Deagan chimes, considered to be the finest make of tower chimes ever built... Unfortunately, due to the antiquity of the equipment and the expense of maintaining it in its historic condition, we are not currently able to use the chimes." We're looking at the the lost art of logic rendered in metal.

1 comment:

Stacy Cross said...

Great job, David! I especially LOVE the one of the girls praying for the bride and the two pics of her getting ready to walk down the isle. Those 3 pics in particular look like you were secretly capturing these really amazing, intimate moments without anyone knowing. :)