I love all weddings, but some couples and their weddings fit more with my personality and the way I like to do things. If you know me or have checked out the website or paid attention, you probably know that I’m a pretty laid back guy that likes to have fun at weddings. Some parts of a weddings are serious, but in general, I like a group of people that are cracking jokes and enjoying life. Megan and Chad’s wedding was an epic version of this!
It’s actually really funny how I met Megan and Chad and got to shoot their wedding. So one time in St. Louis, I matched with this girl on Bumble. We randomly talked and it turns out she liked photography. Well, I was coming back to St. Louis for another wedding, so I brought her along. Probably the weirdest idea for a first date but it was pretty awesome.
Anyway, Chad worked with this girl at the hospital. I can’t remember if she told me about them or they reached out after she told them, but either way, we connected and they saw my a contest I was running as well. I, of course, gave them a session and the rest is history.
This two are so much fun. For the engagement session, we played with their dogs, they dressed up like Harry Potter, and did some disc golf. I knew the wedding would be the same.
One of the first things that I loved was Chad’s collection of whiskey and bourbon that they brought. It was like 8 different bottles. The venue was also really cool. It was an old bank and the ceremony was going to be in front of the vault. Then, they had one of their dogs involved in the wedding and kids pulling a beer cart. So awesome.
Megan and Chad’s crew was insane. There were like 10 people on each side, and they had quite the personalities. They were so wild, we were actually missing one and didn’t know for a few minutes. Before the ceremony, Megan wanted to do a reveal with Chad’s people. The funny thing was Chad was hiding behind her and popped out and Iced them (made them drink Smirnoff Ice).
After the ceremony, we jumped on a trolly and headed to the reception. This place is a big music hall, so there was a lot of space and a stage, which was perfect for their live band.
The big surprise of the night was the first dance. Megan had a special dress and they did a big reveal in the middle of the dance. The top layer came off as she was spinning to reveal this beautiful blue dress under it. I honestly didn’t even know such a thing was possible.
These two were great from the start and the whole wedding was the icing on top of the cake. I’m so blessed to get to meet such amazing people and have a job where I hang out at big parties with happy folks. Thanks Megan and Chad for letting me be part of it!