From the moment Rayna at Always Planned told me that Mallory and Kyle were getting married on a family farm in Carlisle, I knew I wanted to be their photographer.  Why?  You’ll have to check back.  There’s a lot I want to say, but I want to give this slideshow the attention it needs first.  Please come back to my blog later today.  I’m going to post a follow-up, pics included.  I found an old photo album with childhood photographs and scanned some in. 

Mallory works with Rayna, who owns and heads up an impressive wedding and event planning company here in Lexington.  I knew going into this wedding that it would be gorgeous—and it WAS!  Really.  I grew up in Mt. Sterling with Rayna, so getting to work with her in the wedding industry that we both love so much is exciting for me.

Mallory, too, is an asset to the Always Planned.  It was fun to see how that dynamic played out on the day of the wedding.  I’ve gotta say, I think she did a great job of balancing those feelings of wanting to jump in a help out with the need to just sit back and enjoy the day.  She was smiles all day, and I mean real smiles. 

That’s just the way she and Kyle are.  They’re friendly and genuinely nice people.  Not only are they high school sweethearts, but as luck would have it, they were sweethearts in second grade, too.  They adore each other.  There are times that they lock in on each other and I swear, it feels like time stops.  There’s one particular shot on the slideshow where this happens, right after the ceremony, when they’re inside the house sitting on the couch together.  Look for it!  It’s crazy how in love these two are.

To Kyle and Mallory…Let me get personal here for a bit.

For you to choose me as your photographer, for you to trust me to tell your story with images, it means everything to me.  Each photographer sees the world differently.  You chose my view of life, which I have a feeling is your same view.  One with trust, optimism and honest affection for people.  I feel lucky when I get to work with people like you.  This is why I am a wedding photographer! 

Below, you’ll find the slideshow.  If you enjoy it, please leave me some comment love in the box.    I always appreciate it!  All of my facebook, twitter and blogreader info is at the top of the page, so I hope that each of you will hook up with me and stay in touch.

To see the rest of the images here in a couple weeks (there are a ton!), please go HERE and preregister.  You’ll get a $5 gift certificate toward prints when you do, then you’ll be notified once everything is ready.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  -shaun