Lattica and Dan’s Wedding – The Woodlands Resort

It’s been a busy, busy fall for me with bunches of totally awesome weddings, family sessions, engagement sessions, and bridals and I haven’t had much time for blogging! Now that Christmas card season is over, I’m starting to get caught up, and hopefully I’ll have more time for blogging!

I wanted to start back with a very special wedding from this summer. Lattica and Dan were married on a beautiful Friday this past June.  Dan is currently in flight school training to be a pilot with the Air Force, and since he’s had a busy schedule with the military, they hadn’t been able to spend much time together in the months before the wedding. All that has changed now, since their wedding, Tish has followed Dan across Texas, and is now living in Montana (brrrr!) to be beside her man. Love knows no distances and they’re both making great sacrifices for Dan to serve our country.

They were married at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands, Texas.

Lattica pinned these inside her dress for her “something old” and “something blue”.

She had such beautiful beading on her wedding dress!

Lattica and Dan opted to do a “first look”, an opportunity for the bride and groom to see each other prior to the ceremony. I’ll let the following photos tell the story:

Just like each couple is unique, each first look is special and different. More and more couple are choosing to break the antiquited tradition of not seeing each other before the ceremony (a tradition that comes from the days of arranged marriages), for this opportunity to make the walk down the aisle a little less stressful. It affords the couple TWO special moments instead of just one, allows us more time for photos together (and the images that you’ll treasure most for years to come), and allows the couple to enjoy their wedding reception and mingle with their guests much sooner after the ceremony instead of making them wait for your arrival.

The wedding party goofs off and stays cool in the shade.

The two photos below are of the “Silver Dollar Salute.” By surprise, one of Dan’s friends who was formerly in the military, gave Dan his first salute as an officer.

Lattica and her bridesmaids watch guests arrive.

Definitely a favorite!

Tish and Dan share their first dance together as husband and wife…

I always love a little lens flare. 

Ring shots!

Thank you, Tish and Dan!