{"id":2732,"date":"2012-12-28T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T19:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2013-05-16T08:55:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:55:28","slug":"ryan-and-rachel-appleton-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/28\/ryan-and-rachel-appleton-wedding-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan and Rachel &#8211; Husband and Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A full historical church, decked for Christmas, sang &#8220;In Christ Alone&#8221; as Rachel and Ryan joined hearts and lives last week. \u00a0Why don&#8217;t more people tie the knot at Christmas? \u00a0Less decorating, plenty of time off&#8230; hmmm, more snow. \u00a0And 20 degrees. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Although they planned this wedding in about 6 weeks, you&#8217;d never know it. \u00a0Rachel was absolutely beautiful, family and friends fit a trip to Appleton into their holiday plans, and taadaaa: husband &amp; wife! \u00a0OK, she might argue there was a little more to it than that. \u00a0But even with a short prep time, from our first phone call I was excited to document this day for such an awesome Christian couple.<\/p>\n<p>Few brides carry themselves with a simple, peaceful grace like Rachel&#8217;s. \u00a0You could see she realized how blessed she was on this day, and feel gratitude in her smile. \u00a0Surrounded by loved ones, she walked the aisle to a man who&#8217;d say, &#8216;for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, til death do us part&#8230; I do&#8217;. \u00a0Sound nice? \u00a0It was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>No guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me. \u00a0From life&#8217;s first cry, to final breath- Jesus commands my destiny. \u00a0No power of hell, no scheme of man, shall ever pluck me from his hand. \u00a0Til he returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I stand!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"603\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"642\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Paul&#8217;s Lutheran Church, sharing the Word since 1867. \u00a0Side note&#8211; two thumbs up for morning ceremonies! \u00a0Loving this light!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel&#8217;s sister gave a maid of honor speech that made some\u00a0men cry. \u00a0The women, need I say it, were a mess. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Thank you, Sarah, for beautiful words&#8230; and the courage to speak them!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"625\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A whole bunch of adorable kiddos were at the wedding: crawling under the buffet tables, getting squirmy in the church pew, responsible for tons of grown ups&#8217; smiles. \u00a0And photographer&#8217;s smiles&#8211; and cute photo ops! \u00a0One of them got it just about right:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was freezing outside but the winter sunset was too pretty to waste. \u00a0Ryan was all about a few outdoor pics and if you have a classy satin wrap, you&#8217;ve gotta use it! \u00a0Worth some goosebumps, the happy couple:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame1001-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame1001-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame1001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame1002-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These smelled as amazing they look. \u00a0And tasted better! \u00a0When they come out with lick-a-pic photos, this one is first in line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame10271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Sommers!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full historical church, decked for Christmas, sang &#8220;In Christ Alone&#8221; as Rachel and Ryan joined hearts and lives last week. \u00a0Why don&#8217;t more people tie the knot at Christmas? \u00a0Less decorating, plenty of time off&#8230; hmmm, more snow. \u00a0And 20 degrees. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Although they planned this wedding in about 6 weeks, you&#8217;d never know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[88,86,90,89,71,92,67,87,72,93,94,91],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weddings","tag-authentic-wedding-photography","tag-brookfield-wedding-photography","tag-milwaukee-photography","tag-milwaukee-wedding","tag-milwaukee-wedding-photography","tag-milwaukee-wedding-venues","tag-natural-light-photography","tag-professional-wedding-photography","tag-shorewood-wedding-photographer","tag-wedding-photographers","tag-wedding-photographs","tag-wedding-photography-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreshFrame1017.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ie3q-I4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4256,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/4256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.freshframephotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}