{"id":70,"date":"2008-09-28T22:52:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T05:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2008-09-29T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T14:53:30","slug":"austin-heather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Austin &#038; Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a photographer, I&#8217;m always trying to pay attention to when I do my best work, so that I can try to do it more often.\u00c2\u00a0 Austin &amp; Heather&#8217;s wedding reminded me of what some of those essential things are.\u00c2\u00a0 Basically, I love to photograph things that make me happy.\u00c2\u00a0 This wedding was full of them.\u00c2\u00a0 I shot all of these photos in someone&#8217;s back yard, in a pretty ordinary church in Tehachapi, and at Heather&#8217;s parent&#8217;s house (which was really cool). But what makes them so cool is that everyone was overflowing with genuine joy, and it made for a beautiful wedding.\u00c2\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t help to get good photos&#8230; in fact, I had a really hard time narrowing down my favorites for this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0017-preparation.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0017-preparation.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0005-preparation.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0005-preparation.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0035-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0035-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0042-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0042-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0061-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0061-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0088-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0088-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0077-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0077-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0082-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0082-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0103-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0103-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0114-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0114-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0128-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0128-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0122-bride-and-groom.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0122-bride-and-groom.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0140-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0140-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0170-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0170-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0180-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0180-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0186-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0186-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0189-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0189-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0197-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0197-groups.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0216-groups.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0216-groups.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heather&#8217;s dad passing off the bride&#8230;I didn&#8217;t see this one coming!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0285-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0285-ceremony.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a groomsman, not a ring bearer.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get them confused.\u00c2\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0304-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0304-ceremony.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0314-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0314-ceremony.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0332-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0332-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0343-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0343-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0368-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0368-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0369-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0369-reception.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their grandma made the cakes herself!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0373-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0373-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0396-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0396-reception.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel was Heather&#8217;s inspiration for wearing red shoes on her wedding day.  She was really excited to show them to her afterwards!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0400-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0400-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0420-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0420-reception.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/09\/20080823-0457-reception.jpg\" alt=\"20080823-0457-reception.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Austin &amp; Heather, thanks so much for letting me be a part of your wedding.\u00c2\u00a0 It was so fun to spend the day with you and your friends and family as you commited your futures to each other.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks for organizing a wedding that was delightful to be at, as well as to photograph.  Blessings!<\/p>\n<p><em>View all of Austin &amp; Heather&#8217;s photos <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/view\/surls\/\" title=\"Austin &amp; Heather's quick view gallery\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a photographer, I&#8217;m always trying to pay attention to when I do my best work, so that I can try to do it more often.\u00c2\u00a0 Austin &amp; Heather&#8217;s wedding reminded me of what some of those essential things are.\u00c2\u00a0 Basically, I love to photograph things that make me happy.\u00c2\u00a0 This wedding was full of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}