Portsmouth Virginia Wedding Photographer ~ Grand Affairs Chesapeake ~ Wes and Jolenda Married

Posted on November 14, 2009

Wes and Jolenda were married on the 24th of Oct. at the lovely St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Portsmouth, VA.  They were surrounded by friends and family.  After a short break between pictures at the church we headed off to Grand Affairs in Chesapeake for some more pictures and then a great reception.  I can’t begin to express how much I appreciated all the time I had to take pictures with this couple and their awesome bridal party, we ended up with some great images.

Wes and Jolenda are the first couple to have booked me from my first ever bridal show.  I don’t think I’ll ever forget when Jolenda asked me if I was available for Oct. 24th, and all I could say, “of this year?”  As you can see it all worked out.  I had a great time with ya’ll and I wish you the best of luck.  I hope you enjoy some of my favorites.

As always, I’ll start off with some details… but for those of you that enjoy my ring shots… you’ll have to wait ;o)

Make-up for the girls was done by a friend, she did a fabulous job. Glenda (aka Grandmom) walking to the church with the flower girls, and the beautiful St. Paul’s church.

I mean really, could it be any prettier?

With a first kiss like this you know the portrait session is gonna be fun!

Okay, I’ve held out long enough, the bling, oh, I mean rings

I love it when the bridal party plays along with my strange suggestions

Okay, so when I looked at these two shots the first thing that went through my mind was, man, they are gonna have some pretty babies. Don’t you agree?!?

I love the snuggle, it’s sweet everytime I see it

So while I was writing out my little cheat sheet for putting captions on photos I entitled this set, “looking down, looking up” pretty much says it all

Beautiful bride

So the sky decided to be dramatic for us when it came time for these, Thanks God for giving me a beautiful sky to photograph

My 2nd shooter Robbie said to Wes, whisper something naughty in her ear… so here you have the whisper and the reaction

First dance. I did a little cross process on the top image, I like the washed out color look, but since I know not everyone will, I made sure to give you a normal one too. Also do you see the Grand Affairs staff in the upper left corner, I think they enjoyed the dance as well.

Wes’ parents flew in from Hawaii to share this day with their son and new daughter-in-law. Isn’t that cool.

Joe had Jolenda smiling and laughing their whole dance.

Joe gave the best father of the bride speech ever.

And this is the reaction to said speech.

Yummy cake, it had raspberry filling

I really don’t think this one needs an explanation, but it felt weird not to type right here

I love that you can see they threw their respective tossing items the exact same.

Jolenda’s grandparent came from Guam, which is farther, Guam or Hawaii? I really have no clue and that’s sad.

Glenda getting her groove on.

I would usually end a wedding post with the bride and groom; however; Joe and Glenda were celebrating an anniversary so I will give them honors of last picture, I hope ya’ll had a nice anniversary.

Wes and Jolenda-
I had such a fantastic time working with ya’ll. Thanks for letting me share in your day. I can’t wait till I get a phone call saying your ready for a maternity shoot (eventually).

Best wishes,
Becca