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what’s hotter than smashing your face against a paved road in Florida at high noon

after running a marathon?

this wedding! ;)

we will explain as we go on. – jonathan

matching bridesmaid rings.. adorable.  -tif

so i was kinda nervous with this wedding.

taking pictures of another photographer can be scary.

I imagined Jon scrutinizing my every move on the wedding day.

i imagined him saying, “just give me the camera, I’ll do it the right way”.

On the contrary though.  Jon rocked!

Although next i imagine he will go through the photos

with a fine tooth comb looking for all of our flaws :) – jonathan

let’s talk about the hot hot hot.

their wedding day was a high temperature awareness day, or something like that.

the city was opening up cooling shelters for the public if that says anything. – jonathan

KILLER SUITS!  these were some awesome suits that they bought instead of renting!

Sorry rental industry. these guys definitely made the right move. – jonathan

everyone was laughing at Michelle

when she had to use both sides of the card to write what she needed to say.

the best part was that when she got jon’s card it was just as lengthy.  -tif

hot #1

A old school church with no air conditioning.

the basement of the church held the only minor relief in sight.- jonathan

i love this jon! -tif

Hot #2

yeah…. that’s the temp inside the church.

the program/fans was some smart thinking, – jonathan

Hot #3

Taking pictures in close to 100 degree temps

after dropping 10 pounds of water weight inside the church,

was only comforted by the fact that we’d soon be in the air conditioned reception. – jonathan

yeh hat’s off to you guys for tramping around in full wedding garb.  -tif

don’t remember who took this one but i dig it. – jonathan

Hot #4

Jon gets a call.

“what?! the air conditioning broke in the reception hall?!”- jonathan

Hot #5

The reception.

Walking up three flights of stairs to a windowless room

with no ventilation and over a hundred people is a feeling i can’t quite describe.

it just hit you like a brick wall when you got in. – Jonathan

the heat seriously didn’t affect these guys at all.

When I was editing, i almost forgot about how hot it was. they had an amazing time.  -tif

umm…  i wish i was this cool to be able to do a choreographed dance routine for my wife.

these guys learned this whole dance in just a day or two! – jonathan

i think it’s probably best you don’t dance.  -tif

oh.. so close!  -tif

but a groomsman ended up with the bouquet. -tif

Hot #6

Much like how i drove when i was 16.

that needle is buried! – jonathan

hot #7

The venue operators bought at least a dozen fans to cool things down.

it didn’t really do much.

Props to them for doing everything they could about it though. – jonathan

So why did i talk about all this heat?

Cause i saw something incredible happen through my sweat stung eyes.

when it felt like everyone was going to give up, and the night may be a wash,

Jon and Michelle’s friends rallied together.

a groomsman got up and announced that despite the choking heat

they were their to celebrate their friends wedding.

And that they did.

you two have some great friends. -jonathan

your wedding was one that we will remember for a long time.

check back later to see Jon and Michelle’s  steamy cheesebox! -coopers

first of all yea for the center for the arts!

jon and talia had an amazing wedding filled with bright yellows and fun times.

remember their e-shoot ?

All those sweet murals were painted by their wedding planner, no joke.

that’s just how cool these guys are.  -tif

i love the bathrooms here!  -tif

ha, this is the complete opposite of a first look,

it’s a first don’t look :)  -tif

i don’t always notice things like flowers and such, i’m learning,

but this wedding had some great flowers.- jonathan

these balloons were so fun,

they could have actually let go and the weight of the ribbons would hold them down.

plus, jon looks like he is going to the circus.  -tif

love the shot tiff! – jonathan

inside the center for the arts we got to play in front of the movie screen for a while,

and since jon is obsessed with film

i thought it pretty appropriate.  -tif

love this one  -tif

tiff you are________! ;)

sorry.  i’m not sure what to say to this one.- jonathan

the DJ was killer. he was definitely not the standard wedding DJ. – jonathan

talia told me he wasn’t a wedding dj at all.

She actually sent me a list of the killer songs that

she and jon picked out for the wedding.
in case you were wondering…

DINNER

God Only Knows    2:53    The Beach Boys
Across The Universe    3:38    The Beatles
Strawberry Fields (version from “love” album  4:32    The Beatles
When I’m Sixty-Four    2:40    The Beatles
Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying    3:40    Belle & Sebastian
I Want You    3:08    Bob Dylan
Everyday    2:09    Buddy Holly
Time After Time    4:00    Cyndi Lauper
1234    3:04    Feist
I Feel It All    3:42    Feist
O-o-h Child    3:15    The Five Stairsteps
Ring of Fire    2:40    Johnny Cash
This Magic Moment    3:24    Lou Reed
Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow    2:32    Mitch & Mickey  (A mighty wind soundtrack)
Heart Of Gold    3:07    Neil Young
Feeling Good    2:57    Nina Simone
You Got It    3:33    Roy Orbison
You Belong to Me    1:53    Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters    The Jerk    Soundtrack
As    3:29    Stevie Wonder
Biomusicology    4:18    Ted Leo/Pharmacists
I Won’t Back Down    2:57    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Paris    3:08    Yael Naïm

after dinner and the toast jon whipped out his guitar

and sang Jeff Buckley’s version of hallelujah to talia and the guests.  -tif

This was a seriously amazing moment jon!

I’m pretty sure everyone in the tent was speechless followed by tears. – jonathan

…and the second half…

DANCE
Crazy Love    2:37    Van Morrison    (1st dance)
Imagine    3:05    John Lennon    (Father-Daughter dance)
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
Hava Nagila   (hora)
Lebedik un Freilach   – The Wildkatz
Take On Me    3:49    A-Ha
Something    3:02    The Beatles
Yesterday    2:09    The Beatles
Twist And Shout    2:36    The Beatles
I Gotta Feeling  Black Eyed Peas
Move On Up    3:42    Curtis Mayfield
Rock your body  4:27 Justin Timberlake
Bohemian Like You    3:32    The Dandy Warhols
As Time Goes By    2:45    Dooley Wilson
Can’t Help Falling In Love    2:58    Elvis Presley
Dragostea Din Tei    3:35    Haiducii
Ready For The Floor    3:53    Hot Chip
I Want You Back    3:01    The Jackson 5
A.B.C.    2:59    The Jackson 5
La Camisa Negra    3:37    Juanes
What a Wonderful World – louis Armstrong
Don’t Know Why    3:06    Norah Jones
Hey Ya!    3:55    Outkast
For Once In My Life    2:51    Stevie Wonder
You Can’t Hurry Love    2:52    The Supremes
Free Fallin’    4:16    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers )
Kanye West  Faster Better Stronger
Kanye West Flashing Lights

classic. – jonathan

you see, i told you he was awesome! – jonathan

thank you two for the wonderful art filled evening full of surprises and great entertainment. – coopers