Paige & Christopher’s gorgeous wedding day was so much fun! And before they flew back to California, we had one more photo shoot to make happen and it was, by far, one of my favorites!

Presenting Sergeant Christopher Prior and his beautiful wife, Paige, in this stunning military wedding day after session:

We experienced a plethora of weather systems during this one evening. First there were clouds and impending thunderstorms. Then, tornado winds. And somewhere in all of that, the sun came out brighter than ever. It kept me on my toes trying to keep them dry and safe as well as changing my camera settings constantly for the ever-changing light. The hard work that it took to bring these images together though makes me even more proud of them. I’ll photograph these two any day of the week.

For the wedding, Kailee of Hair by Kailee did a beautiful updo for Paige. But I have to say, I love this free-spirit braid and waves combo that she did for this session even better. The way the wind played with Paige’s hair made for some of the most authentic images I’ve been able to capture. I love the perfect messiness of wind gently playing with loose hair.

Immediately after this image, the wind tore this umbrella nearly apart. There’s a pretty great outtake of it.