Vow Renewal with a Bang

Charlie and Jennifer asked me to photograph their vow renewal on the day that they were married, 11 years ago. When we discussed what the day would include, Jennifer told me “Catholic and noncatholic mass, photos at the house afterwards, arepas for everyone.” You had me at arepas. 

Jennifer and Charlie on their wedding day, 11 years ago.

The ceremony took the proper precautions with a highly qualified security guard. 

The bridal party was small (in numbers of people and size of the persons,) but skilled with flower distribution.

Several members of their family and friends came out to be a part of their day. Jennifer’s mother and brother came from Colombia.

Jennifer just had one request of their guests, that they wear bright colors. “Because that is me.” she explained.

Speeches were read.

Prayers were said.

Rings were exchanged.

With minor difficulty.

I can’t speak to how they looked on their wedding day. But 11 years later, they look happy.

Another security guard. This time I’m under close surveillance. 

Back at the house, the festivities continued.

And margaritas.

And then the grand moment came to fulfill a photo request from Jennifer.

She had seen a video of a wedding ceremony where the moment the couple had their kiss, bright jets of colored smoke exploded in the background. She wanted to duplicate this for a photo.

So family and friends gathered to cheer them on.

The funny thing was, she didn’t share with Charlie that the colored smoke bombs were also fireworks.

It didn’t take long to figure this out.

Jennifer made sure they stayed on task.

And the fireworks kept on task too.

Grand finale?

Nope. Still going.

After the fireworks subsided the guests returned to the house to eat.

While everyone eats, Jennifer and Charlie share a dance.

This was a renewal ceremony that had everything.

Friends, family, dancing (and arepas! )

And love. There was no shortage of that.

Thank you Jennifer and Charlie for having me be a part of this lovely celebration.