Weddings

Sweet Spring Wedding at Emory & Henry Chapel

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Hannah and Michael’s wedding day started off like most wedding days…with rain. It was a slow spring drizzle that had everyone on the tips of their toes hoping for a miracle. Also, like most of the weddings we’ve been privileged to shoot, it stopped raining just in the nick of time! In fact, the rain brought out the vivid colors of the spring blooms that painted the Emory & Henry College campus.

Hannah & Michael said “I do” in the ch

apel, which is truly the heart of the campus. They joined hundreds of couples who married in the chapel over the last sixty years since it’s opening. She wore a stunning gown adorned with lace and he looked rather stately on the historic campus. They toasted over delicious cupcakes from the famous Blackbird Bakery and exited to a thoroughly decorated getaway car.

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