chelsey and wesley wed | raleigh wedding photographer

Posted on May 5, 2011

and now for the full blog post of chelsey and wesley’s wedding from last weekend!!  and i must share with you the scariest/sweetest story about them…. when they were dating, one rainy day they were walking in their neighborhood in DC, and as they went to cross the street, chelsey was more worried about her hair than where she was going (SO something i would do!!) and as they stepped out into the street wesley yelled “watch out!!!”   and as chelsey looked over to her side, BAM, she got hit by a car!!  as chelsey came to, and opened her eyes and saw wes standing over her, she knew this was the man she was going to marry…  and she did!!  a stunning couple, a gorgeous day, an incredible venue, and all their closest family and friends…. all came together for a PERFECT day! oh, and by the way, minus a few scrapes, chelsey was ok after the car incident!  wesley took perfect care of her… and i know he Always will…  <3

venue:  berry hill estate in south boston virginia

makeup/hair:  emily hudspeth, richmond va

flowers:  gregory florist, south boston va

DJ:  kent @ joe bunn dj company, raleigh nc

videography:  southern video design, raleigh nc

the Gorgeous berry hill... and that hawk/falcon type animal in the shot was completely on purpose... trained actually... all part of the set-up... haha

gregory florist did a fantabulous job with all the flowers!! and tied to chelsey's bouquet are her grandmothers rings... <3

we have been So lucky to have couples who totally trust our direction and advice and who have been completely excited to do a “first look”!  chelsey and wesley were so happy with sharing that time together when they first got to see each other as just a couple, and not in front of all their friends and family.  and after doing pictures of the two of them, we did All their family shots and group shots before the ceremony which made it so they could spend time with their guests during the cocktail hour.  first looks change the flow of the whole day, all for the better!  we haven’t had one couple yet who wasn’t thrilled about their first look!  before long, i think the first look will become standard across the wedding industry, pushing to the side a tradition that has been in place for hundreds of years that was directed towards arranged marriages and fear the groom would not marry a lady who he thought was unattractive…. def NOT applicable to todays marriages!  here are a few shots from chelsey and wesley’s first look….

we chose to do their first look in the grove where they were initially going to be married! but a 100+ year old oak tree decided it had been around long enough and died this winter. so instead of getting married under a dead tree, they moved their ceremony to the front lawn! : )

this was our gift to chelsey and wes... we wanted to call the grove "winn grove" (their last name) instead of "cemetary grove". i loved how it turned out! :)

after the ceremony, we took advantage of those few mins of warm light to get a few more shots of them! love these!

"the moms"... love this shot of them!

berry hill's grand ballroom is soooo UHmazing!

but what would a posting be without a shot of richie and i and chelsey and wesley???  well we’d hate to disappoint… so here goes!!!!

chelsey and wesley, you know the massive amounts of love we have for you guys!!  we are so thankful you ran across our names last year!  congratulations on becoming mr and mrs winn… you look aMazing together!  and we will def be coming to see you in DC!  much love, us.  <3



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  • Chelsey says:
    May 5, 2011 at 10:50 am -

    I <3 u guys! I'm all choked up….tears r'a flowing! These are AbSoLutelY beautiful! I am so happy that Wes and I got to spend the weekend with ya'll….It was the most fun! Smooches!! ; )