A New Year’s Eve to remember…
This last New Year’s Eve was really one for the books.
Suzanne and Patrick are a very exciting, energetic and eclectic couple who’s wedding had a clear penchant for… non-conformity, shall we say?
It was an outdoor ceremony. In December. At night. And candle-lit. Oh, and did I mention it was possibly -7 below zero?
In all honesty, the ceremony really was beautiful, and the amazing thing to us was how many friends and family from Denver (at least 100 or more) braved the weather (I-70 was shut-down that day) to arrive at this tiny little night-time wedding at the Salida Golf Course. I don’t have many friends like that: it’s sad but, it’s true, and it speaks volumes as to the kind of people Suzanne and Pat are.
The cermony was short and sweet, but I was shocked at how hard it is to move around and get shots when it’s that cold out. We were all standing in snow, and when it’s that cold the snow squeals and squeaks almost like Styrofoam. The couple would be in the middle of the vows and I would try and move and… not good. So Char and I apologize to any wedding guests who couldn’t hear anything because of my awkward-self making all that unavoidable noise. Maybe it really wasn’t loud at all, but to me it sounded like it was amplified!
On top of that, the liquid crystal displays on our camera’s didn’t seem to like the cold. Everything ghosted a bit on the back of the camera, but amazingly the image sensors functioned normally (I think the Nikon sensors are designed to withstand up to -30 or something absurd like that). And we had those hot-pack hand warmers in our pockets that we would periodically press against the cameras, so they were just fine.
Then came the dance. Suzanne and Patrick didn’t want to do just any dance, so they did a live interpretation of what seemed straight out of the opening puppet show from “Being John Malkovich”. It was hilarious, and all of the guests were floored with laughter. It was satirical ballet at its best, but in the midst of it all we still managed to get some really sweet shots of the couple, too.
Overall, it was the biggest small wedding we’ve seen, the most challenging, and the most fun.
Congratulations Suzanne and Patrick!
