Mark and Silke are married!
Some pictures (and commentary) of their wedding day.
After a beautiful weekend, Monday morning we woke up to gray skies and rain. I have to admit I was panicking a little, since every place we planned to take pictures was outside. Oh well, not much you can do to control the weather! Matthew dropped me off at Silke's mom's house to start photographing Silke getting her hair and makeup done.
Petra arrived and it was time to get Silke into her dress!
Following Dutch tradition, Mark arrived to pick up Silke. Silke waited in her mom's backyard while we brought Mark, with his eye's closed, to the back door. It was such a sweet moment to watch Mark see Silke for the first time. This is one of the best things about being a photographer- not only do I get to capture special moments like this for people, but I also get to be there and share them (although I don't think they even realized I was there!). This is also one of the most stressful parts of being a photographer...there is no way to re-create moments like this. That is a lot of pressure!
Mark seeing his beautiful bride for the first time.
The theme for the wedding was inspired by the famous Dutch blue and white ceramics from Delft. And wooden shoes, of course! The florist added these adorable little porcelin blue and white shoes throughout the wedding- in the bouquets, on the boutonnieres, in the centerpieces. (I might have stolen a few from the centerpieces at the end of the night for my Christmas tree, only because they will go so well with the Delft blue and white Christmas tree ornament that were given away as favors...)
Oh, by the way, did I mention that by the time Mark arrived, the skies had cleared and the sun was out?!? I was so happy I could hardly stand it! Now that we had picture-perfect weather, it was time to take some pictures of the happy couple. Mark and Silke got into their amazing ride for the day- a beautiful silver vintage Mercedes.
I can't take credit for this next photo- Matthew took it.
We followed Mark and Silke to a nearby park to start our pictures. There had been a huge storm the week before, so there was a lot fallen trees and debris on the ground, but we were still able to find some beautiful places.
We actually finished pictures with a few minutes to spare, so we drove to a wheat field that is right beside the castle (yeah, that's right, castle) where the civil ceremony was to take place. By this time the clouds were rolling in, but I thought it just made the sky beautiful.
The photo from the top of the blog, one more time, because I just love it!
Just like in France, in Holland a wedding consists of a civil (legal) ceremony and a church (religious) ceremony. First up- the civil ceremony.
Mark and Silke's bulldog, Tango (also known as le chien cochon, "the dog pig" by Bertrand's daughter, Lisa), was the ringbearer (and Bertrand was the dogwalker!). Apparently the stress of carrying the rings tired Tango out. He started snoring during the ceremony!
Next- church wedding.
After the church ceremony, Mark and Silke served the guests champagne. We toasted the newlyweds, and then it was party time!
Congratulations Mark and Silke. It was a beautiful wedding, thank you for sharing it with us!
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