I commonly think and wonder what’s going through a bride’s head as she walks down the aisle, but as I was looking at this image I sat and wondered for the first time what Dad is thinking. What a crazy feeling to “give” your daughter away…

One of the (few) benefits to Michigan winters and the small number of weddings is that I get some availability to shoot weddings with other photographers. This frame is from a great wedding in Grand Rapids that I second shot with my friend Melissa.

I love kids. It started when I got a baby sister when I was 12 and it has continued as some of my good friends have great kids I babysit regularly. Kelli and I have been married for less than two years so we’re waiting a little while to have our own, but it’s something I really look forward too. In the meantime, I have a lot of fun at weddings watching and photographing the kids. Sometimes they’re running around or dancing, they’re constantly goofing off, and I’m not opposed to breaking from “photojournalism” mode to stick my tongue out or make a funny face to get a reaction. Here are a few of my favorite kid moments from weddings in the past year or so.

Back in October I had a free Saturday and connected with Chicago wedding photographer Nate Mathai to shoot a great wedding with him in Troy, MI. I don’t get many opportunities to second shoot, but I absolutely loved photographing this Indian wedding (with an Orthodox ceremony) because the food was awesome, it was really colorful, and they knew how to party! Nate put up his post of the wedding last week here, and I’m happy to see that a lot of his favorites from me were my favorites also.

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Shanyn and Steve got married today in Gun Lake, near Grand Rapids, and it was a great way to start 2010! The wedding party even braved through some outdoor photos in the snow and freezing cold, but I’d say it was worth it:

It’s been a long night (I made it back to Lansing to catch the tail end of a good friend’s wedding) and I’ll have to put a blog post up with some more of the great stuff we got today, including the photobooth, which was again a blast. I think I need to come up with a prize for photobooth picture that gets me to laugh the most, tonight as I scanned through it was this one:

Update: Lots more photos on Facebook now!

Judy and Michael got married today at Holt Presbyterian Church with a reception at The English Inn, and then a traditional Chinese tea ceremony at Michael’s parent’s house. It was my last wedding of the year, and a really great one to end on! But seriously, who gets married in December in Michigan? Oh wait, I did too!