Nicole and I have been so excited to photograph this New Orleans wedding! Our good friend, Anna, was the wedding planner for this event, and she did an amazing job! Everything about this wedding was simply gorgeous and fun! In fact, we have so many awesome images we are having to break this wedding into two parts!

We first met up with our couple, Jessica and Michael, at K-Paul’s where they held their rehearsal dinner. There were some great speeches and lots of laughs at the rehearsal dinner, but it was the second line from K-Pauls to the Royal Sonesta Hotel that had us super excited! This group of friends and family had a great time dancing through the streets of New Orleans! Locals even jumped in to play! The second line ended with everyone a sweaty mess, but everyone was just so happy to be celebrating Jessica and Michael’s big day that no one cared about the humidity.

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I loved how the light from the police escort gave this image a pop of blue!

The next afternoon, we headed to the bridal suite at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans to start photographing Jessica and her details! We really loved the sequin dress hanger!

It’s always such a joy to see how happy the father of the bride is on his little girl’s wedding day. Jessica’s father had such a wonderful reaction to seeing her in her wedding dress for the first time.

The wedding ceremony was held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Old Ursuline Convent. It is such a beautiful church!

This image was just too fun not to share…the happy bride and the father looking somewhat sad about giving her away.

This next image is probably my favorite ceremony picture of all time!  I was shooting through the side door near the altar and caught the couple’s eye…so I gave them a smile and a thumbs up! After giving Jessica and Michael a thumbs up, they gave me a rings up! Such a fun moment!

Lucky for us the building right across the street from St. Mary’s just so happened to match the wedding colors, so we made sure to snap a few couple portraits!

That’s it for today! Come back tomorrow for the reception details and party images! We’ve got tons of great stuff from The Civic Theatre!