Wedding on a mountain

Brundage Mountain, Idaho.

Cheri Pearl and I set sail for our next destination wedding in a growing series thanks in part to her increased popularity and editorial fan-base. Through her wedding photography company we've shared the publication limelight in such magazines and online collections as Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Style Me Pretty. I LOVE working with Cheri and having the freedom to accentuate the collection of her stories. We've been working together for nearly 3 years now and the fluidity of our working relationship on the job doesn't go unnoticed by the hobbyist photographer's critical eye. McCall, Idaho was our next opportunity to wow and dazzle with the subtlety of a couple of cute flies on the wall.

On Friday we headed up Brundage Mountain- via ski lift- where the ceremony would be performed. The views, the wild flowers and rocky cliffs were breath-taking. We scoped out the next day's tasks and jumped back on the mountain bike ready chairs of the summer season. There was a moment when Cheri and I looked at each other and began to laugh, "This is my life?!" The smell of balsam and the purity of the air were truly clarifying. I felt more at home in my birth state than I ever had before.

Friday evening's pre-wedding BBQ on Payette Lake was perfect set to the sounds of local Bluegrass bands. The children skipped rocks, the guests enjoyed "Grandpa's Margaritas", and I simply enjoyed my job.

Saturday couldn't have been any more beautiful. We headed up the mountain with plenty of time to make Almond Butter and Jam sandwiches on the hood of the rental before taking on the task of visually telling the day's love story. With a mountain bike race in full effect, the wedding party and guests blended with the scattered-about, dirt-laden individuals crazy enough to take on the steep challenge. There was no shortage of wrapped knees and freshly cut appendages. All the reception had to offer the extremists of the group was a blown-up "Bouncy" castle plentifully enjoyed by the large number of young attendees.

As soon as Cheri's processed all of the images, I'll post some of my favorites. For a sneak preview, this has to be one of them.