24 June, 2016 CASSIE & KAYLA // VIRGIN ISLANDS LESBIAN WEDDING
This weekend we will celebrate 1 year of MARRIAGE EQUALITY! That day was such a huge one for me, my friends, my clients and the entire LGBTQ community. Many of you have seen the love stories of my LGBTQ clients. You’ve gotten a glimpse into the love in their smiles and the support that surrounds them. My hope is that by me sharing these images and stories you will be overwhelmed with happiness for these couples and celebrate with us. It seems so simple – being able to marry the person we love. That was not an option for so long. I am so happy with the progress we have made! It makes me watch to have a reunion with every couple I have photographed and have one giant shindig.
Exactly a year ago I was in Hawaii on the Big Island reading in a hammock when I heard the marriage equality news. I cried. Then I jumped into the ocean. Today I am celebrating by showing you the incredible love story of Cassie and Kayla. Just in case you didn’t catch their engagement session you’ll want to check out the cuteness. The internet fell in love with Cassie and Kayla immediately. They were featured in Glamour Magazine, How She Asked, The Way We Met and the Huffington Post.
Here’s the thing. When a wedding adventure involves 8 crazy days in St. Thomas with the raddest group of humans in a beach house you can understand why this is thee longest blog post of all times. If you were following along on my Snapchat then you caught some behind the scenes action like the brides and I almost driving off of a cliff in the middle of the night and Kayla dangling from the back of the SUV in a white lace romper. It’s hard not to want to surround yourself with these girls and their crew on a regular basis. I met them a little over a year ago at a popsicle joint here in Dallas and we’ve been best buds since (thanks Miranda!). They are driven and successful entrepreneurs and musicians, they make their friends top priority, they’re dance machines and it would be a mistake not to mention that they know how to throw parties that will be talked about for decades to come. 65 people came out to St. Thomas for their wedding and we lived it up every second (just check out the behind the scenes video below). We spent our days on our private beach, going on catamaran adventures, snorkeling, kayaking, catching lobsters and dominating SUP yoga. The smiles were constant and so were the Painkillers;) I woke up pretty early every morning to have coffee on the beach. I sat there and soaked it all in. I felt like my life was a movie. Grab a cocktail, sit back and check it….HAPPY FRIDAY!
2nd photographer: Taylor Jenson
VIRGIN ISLANDS LESBIAN WEDDING
1 YEAR OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY
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Donna Nickolay
Posted at 20:30h, 24 JuneFirstly..Steph your talent along with the person you are is incredible ??.
Secondly.. The love you feel through just the pictures is just surreal!
Thirdly.. Just a big wow. I’m beaming from ear to ear looking through and just through the story you tell it gives me the most incredible feeling!
Terry Bauman
Posted at 21:18h, 24 JuneSteph you are the best photographer ever! I was there the whole time but just relived the whole wonderful week all over again! Thank you for everything it’s a beautiful story so happy and lucky to be part of it. For any parent that has a hard time with their child taking this path that we certainly didn’t choose for them please know it is not about you it’s about your kids happiness and after all that’s all any parent really wants for their kid is for them to be happy. Every person on this earth deserves to be happy and in love!
Kalyn
Posted at 00:34h, 19 JulyI appreciate that you explained why you chose the details you did – so often I put something on and I don't like how it looks but…I can't put my finger on why. So your exanolptian about things like that help me figure things out for myself!I agree with Rita that, at least online, the color doesn't look bad on you. But if you're unhappy, maybe you could do a tie-dye sort of thing with a darker color, so you could still have touches of the red color but it would be more based in a dark color you like?
Theresa Filarowicz
Posted at 01:33h, 25 JuneSteph you completely captured an amazing wedding between two people who love and deserve each other. You can the see the joy and love that they have for each other, their friends and their family. Thank you for creating a vision..
#PromoteLove #EqualityForEveryone #LoveWins
Anastasia
Posted at 14:26h, 25 JuneThank you so much for these photos dear Steph! It feels so warm in my heart when I see so much love and joy in the pictures! You all seem to be amazing people! 🙂
Big big big hug from sunny India!
Jamila
Posted at 00:13h, 02 JulyWow! What incredible photos! And what a beautiful couple! So much love!
Assyah
Posted at 03:07h, 03 JulyHi!
just discovered your work on instagram and these wedding pictures are beyond gorgeous. love them all ! HERMOSAS FOTOS ?
Lu Polive
Posted at 01:14h, 08 JulyI felt my heart … excitement to see all this beauty , happiness and love.
Cry. Because it’s beautiful…
Tiffany
Posted at 22:26h, 08 JulyThese are the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen. Ever. Steph, you are my new favorite!
Well done!
Sarah C
Posted at 01:30h, 04 OctoberHi Stef,
Did you have a secondary photographer at this wedding? I noticed one of these on another photographers Facebook cover photo.
imsteph
Posted at 16:20h, 04 OctoberI did!! Thank you for checking though:)
JeNelle
Posted at 18:39h, 13 JanuaryAn absolute astounding work of passion, belief, confidence and love in your work Steph. You were the perfect one to shoot their wedding! Amazing moments captured to show and support marriage and what true love is all about. Thank you for your hard work and talent!
Emmanuel
Posted at 21:31h, 29 JanuaryHi Cassie and Kayla, ur wedding is good, especially lifting ur partner is very inspiring. This shows how u loves her