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And now for a little lesson in thinking on the dime, brought to us by David: you’re in love with a woman and want to spend your life with her. You can’t wait to pop the question to her. You don’t have the engagement ring on you, but the moment is ripe and the moment is now. One by one, very discreetly, you remove the keys from your key ring and whammo–  instant engagement ring. You propose with said engagement ring. She laughs. She says yes.

Well, it wouldn’t be an Italian wedding without tears (enter Joe), and it wouldn’t be a Mexican wedding without laughter (enter Nicole). And it wouldn’t be a Catholic wedding without the priest getting his boogie on at the reception dance floor for a full straight hour (who says priests can’t get down with their funky selves?). Our previous engagement shoot with Nicole and Joe was marked with plenty o’ passion (these two couldn’t keep their hands off each other), and their wedding contained no shortage of emotion. We had soaking wet handkerchiefs, wet bars (including an instamatic one  in the guys’ getting-ready room, though Joe maintained himself nicely), band musicians performing on top of chairs, a father-of-the-bride in gold sequins, a pregnancy announcement (no, silly, not from Nicole), and not one but three  priests officiating the ceremony (one cracking jokes during ceremony, another asking for many pictures to be taken of himself, and the third performing what looked like the ‘running man’ on the dance floor and making it look absolutely fresh). In short, Nicole and Joe’s wedding was a lot of fun!

There are some people whose hearts are treasure chests of gold. If you were to x-ray them, no doubt you’d find all kinds of good things inside. And the nice thing is, they don’t keep it to themselves but share it with you (as well as sharing numerous unsolicited Starbucks goodies after a photo shoot). Who are these people? Well, you’re looking at them right now. We had the pleasure of doing a ‘day after’ shoot with Mari and Matt. Well, actually, it was more like a ‘hundred-and-something days after’ shoot but who’s counting? Capturing marital bliss in the ceremonial suit and dress (while they still fit) is timeless.