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Celebrating June Wedding Anniversaries | Pixels On Paper NC Wedding Photographers

Ever heard of a June wedding? Me, either, but apparently they are really popular.

Pixels very first wedding was a June wedding – that of Sandy & Mark Sherill on June 18th 2005. That’s where it all began.

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Sarah & Jeremy Caudle, 4 years June 1st

Winters & Greg Androney, 10 years June 2nd

Erin & Brad Farmer, 6 years June 4th

Kristy & Rob McConnell, 7 years June 5th

Shannon & Lance Townsend, 8 years June 6th

Jordan & Chris Ferguson, 7 years June 6th

Jordan & Matt DeFlon, 9 years June 7th

Kirsten & Nate Smith, 6 years June 11th

Kelsey & Andy Schuster, 7 years June 12th

Amber & Clark Schlinsog, 4 years June 15th

So now to Sandy and Mark – our very first wedding shoot. Sandy and I were middle school youth group leaders together as well as friends. She watched for a few years when Ryan and I would take candid photos whenever we were with the youth group. When it came time for her own wedding she asked us a few times if we’d photograph her wedding. We kept saying “no way.” She finally put her foot down after asking four or so times. “You two are going to shoot my wedding.” She was sweet and we caved and it was on. The only complication is that her wedding was at the end of a week that we were chaperones for our youth group’s annual mission trip to the Pittsburgh Project. We left PA early to head to the wedding in Norfolk, VA with a car full of middle school girls who were also attendants in their wedding. YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! With equipment that was far from professional, packed in suitcases with our mission clothing, we made it and photographed our very first wedding together. 12 years later Sandy and Mark (just below) still love their photos and we’re still friends. Sandy even hired us to photograph her oldest daughter’s wedding years later.

Sandy & Mark Sherrill, 12 years June 18th

Katie & Tim Mahon, 1 year June 18th

Candace & Ken Bloch, 9 years June 20th

Robin & Nick Schroote, 8 years June 20th

Vicki & Brandon High, 3 years June 21

Vicki & Brandon High, 3 years on June 21

Looking through these June weddings makes me smile. Each one represents a day that changed the trajectory of that couple’s lives forever and there we were, pulling those indelible moments out of the air and making sure they made it on film. So many stories!

Erica & Andrew Walecka, 6 years June 25th

Adrian & Banks Church, 1 year June 25th

Hali & Jim Pyles, 7 years June 26th

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Sherae & David Johnson, 2 years June 26th

Neely & Eric Westbrook, 9 years June 28th

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Lauren & Patrick Allen, 3 years June 28th

Meghan & Jeremy Arnold, 5 years June 30th

By my count, that is 22 and we added new ones to the list this year. Happy Anniversary to each one of you. Thank you for letting us be a part of your lives and keep celebrating! We love you!

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What Makes a Wedding ….. A WOW

If you take an informal poll about which weddings people remember and what made them amazing, you’ll get a few surprising answers, but several themes come quickly into relief. The same goes for reading blogs and checking out WeddingWire. There are exceptions, but mostly the same categories bob to the surface.
The dancing. “Everyone was dancing. When it got late, the shoes came off, but most everyone just stayed on the dance floor.”
Amanda Walling and Bonnie Hostetler On The Windfall outdoor Wedding West Jefferson NChaley & cody |boone nc wedding photographer | river run farm | valle crucis | blowing rock | pixels on paper wedding photographersPixels On Paper Photography Charlotte NC Wedding photography photoAmanda Walling and Bonnie Hostetler On The Windfall outdoor Wedding West Jefferson NCThe details. “They spent so much time thinking about each element – from the seating, to the little gifts for the wedding party, to their vows.” The food and drink. “My dad kept saying, ‘it’s all about the food and booze and he was right. Our reception was the highlight. Everyone kept telling us how tasty everything was and how much fun they were having.”
Amanda Walling and Bonnie Hostetler On The Windfall outdoor Wedding West Jefferson NCPixels On Paper Photography Rock Hill SC Wedding Photographers PhotoAs you can see, there’s usually a little bit of everything in the course of a wedding season, especially since the wedding season has become nearly three quarters of the year.
The venue. “We LOVED the views and everyone could roam or go inside to relax and then back outside to eat and dance.”
Ryan and I have shot weddings at some amazing places.
Amanda Walling and Bonnie Hostetler On The Windfall outdoor Wedding West Jefferson NC

This and the shot above taken at On the Windfall.

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Above and the preceding photo taken at Leatherwood Resort.

©2016 Pixels On Paper Photographers. http://www.pixelsonpaper.net Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.Those last two were taken in West Jefferson at Twickenham House. The food and music and views matter, but then there is the couple. Often, this is expressed as “how much love everyone felt.” We all need love and many of us cry at weddings, because they are such a fresh, new, pure and unapologetic celebration of it. Marriage is, we all hope, for a lifetime; watching two people say “I do” is a pretty overwhelming.
Firethorne Country Club wedding charlotte NC. Whitford/Kessell wedding photography by Pixels On Paper Photographers photoAmanda Walling and Bonnie Hostetler On The Windfall outdoor Wedding West Jefferson NCPixels On Paper Photography Rock Hill SC Wedding Photographers Photo©2016 Pixels On Paper Photographers. http://www.pixelsonpaper.net Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.

The final answer if you’re planning your wedding is YOU. You make it special by bringing people you love together to watch you take an enormous step into your future. Plan well, do your homework, work with the best you can find and afford, but remember that surrounding yourself with people who love you and bringing your heart to the party will make it a WOW. We hope to be there to capture every last detail.
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Pixels is booking weddings, engagement and bridal portraits now for 2017 and 2018. Contact us! We’d love to work with you.

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 weddingsbrides, 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.

a church wedding | two cultures and two families come together

Our hearts go out to the parents of brides and grooms. I think about this every time that Ryan and I shoot a wedding. God Bless the parents. They are exhilarated and stressed, proud and nervous, but mostly in love with their kids – who are no longer kids. How do you go from diapers to driving and then big decisions? How do you go from watching them choose a sport in middle school to a spouse for life? And with grace? To the parents, this must feel like it happens in 72 hours rather than a couple of decades. We honor the parents and love watching them love a celebration of their kids.Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoThe tender moments included watching Ashley’s father place a pearl necklace around her and seeing them both in tears. The mind goes to the number of times they stood that close together as he watched her grow up and now, here she was: a bride.

Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoWhile Ashley Caudill and Oscar Orozco married young (please read about their engagement to learn how they met), their wedding showed astonishing wisdom, love and faith. Prior to the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom were blindfolded and they joined hands while Oscar prayed for them. I (Misty) was the only other person in the room and it was incredibly touching. I wish that there was a recording of the words in Oscar’s prayer for them, because they were filled with humility, grace and wisdom far beyond his years. Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoBoth Ashley and Oscar agree that the best moment of the day was seeing each other for the first time. Neither of them could hold back crying tears of joy and reflect on those moments whenever they look back and talk about their wedding day. Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoA lasso binding ceremony is part of the Orozco’s culture. A beautiful rhinestone cross lasso was placed around Ashley & Oscar by their parents symbolizing a binding unity as they prayed together and said their vows. We would love to see how the lasso will be used in future generations as an heirloom.Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photo

Another outward gesture of unity and symbol of their faith was a binding of three cords which Ashley & Oscar created and performed representing the scripture verse from Ecclesiastes 4:12 “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photo

Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOscar’s family is from Mexico, and they speak Spanish primarily, but it was amazing to see how these two families, two cultures and two language barriers were brought together in love. They combined elements from both into the wedding ceremony and the reception.Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoOrozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoWhen asked, Ashley and Oscar said there isn’t one thing that they would change about their wedding day. The most memorable moments for them that they want to hold on to forever included performing the cross ceremony during the wedding, spending time with each other during pictures after the ceremony and of course Oscar said the vision of Ashley in her wedding dress.Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoAshley and Oscar both recall laughing when seeing Oscar’s car covered in toilet paper after their reception exit.

Orozco Elkin NC wedding photography pictures by Wilkesboro Photographers Pixels On Paper photoAshley was the couple’s wedding planner and she also hand-made all of the flowers, bouquets and center pieces, but their other vendors included:
Wedding Attire: Bridal Traditions
Ceremony and Reception Venue: Thanks Be To Calvary Baptist Church, Elkin NC
Cellist for the Ceremony: Steve Holman
Caterer: Oscar’s Father
Desserts: Kathy’s Creations in Sparta

Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddingsbrides, and special events and portraits  of all kinds. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special pictures and portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms. 

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