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Sarah and Daniel Faithfest
Daniel and Sarah’s wedding was lovely, but once it was over and we shot all the images we could, we four (Daniel, Sarah, Ryan and I) all skeedaddled to attend Faithfest. These two are huge Christian music lovers who travel to attend countless live performances each year. When it came to planning their wedding, the date and the entire day was planned around Faithfest, a Christian music concert in Wilkesboro.
The early morning Ceremony time of 10:00 am was selected in order to have all of the formalities of the wedding completed allowing them to get to the music venue along with guests and friends in time to hear their favorite bands. Included in the wedding program was an invitation for their guests to celebrate alongside them at the music festival.
Early on they asked if our wedding day photography could include going with them to Faithfest and photographing them while there. While this was certainly not the norm for us to be asked, it was a no brainer to say YES. We are official photographers at Merlefest every year and Faithfest was held at the very same venue. We love music, we know our way around every stage, nook and cranny, so we were in to play the roles of their very own paparazzi.
Daniel especially loves photography and knew that he wanted photos of the moments they would share at Faithfest, but he didn’t want the distraction of taking them himself or of having a non-professional lurking. Ryan and I are pretty stealthy. We know when to be poised and at the ready, how to move quickly and how to stay out of the way of a great moment. We document and this was so much fun to do.
Fun fact: the coordinator of the festival found out about their plans and arranged for them to be brought on stage and an announcement was made to the audience of 20,000 people that this couple had JUST gotten married. It was pretty fab.
They were greeted, congratulated and shared photo opps backstage by some of their favorite performers including headliners Casting Crowns and Mandisa. The lead singer of Casting Crowns even recalled being asked to perform at their wedding during a prior conversation with Daniel. Both Daniel and Sarah later shared that these moments and photos are some of their favorites and most exciting memories of the day.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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