claire & james {married} part one

claire has an amazing inner landscape. it’s like her heart is tightly tied to every part of her body. she hugs you and you feel her heart. she laughs and you hear it. she looks at james and her heart is instantly exposed. and let me tell you, this girl’s heart is big and full and life giving. she doesn’t hide it. she was so happy on her wedding day and spent much of the day squeezing the people around her and telling them over and over how glad she was that they were next to her. sometimes, when words just wouldn’t suffice, she cried. and just when you thought she couldn’t be more beautiful, she’d find her way into her new husband’s arms and she was.

these next pictures are some of my favorites ever. claire has a really special relationship with her sweet father and when he held her she wept. so did i.

we decided to put this picture in because of all of her friends peeking out the window and on the steps. yes, this girl is loved.

claire and james decided to do a first look to make sure they had plenty of sunshine for their pictures. her dad walked her down the grassy path and gave her hand to her groom. both men were beaming.

by jen

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Linda Griffin - November 12, 2010 - 11:33 pm

Claire, Just checked my e-mail and found these wonderful pictures. Nothing pleases me more than for James Bernard to marry the love of his life that God had planned. Love ya’ll Yep! I cried tooo. :)

Aunt Darlene - November 12, 2010 - 6:39 pm

I’m with Steph….crying too!

brooke - November 12, 2010 - 6:38 pm

it makes me teary that her dad was a part of the ‘first look’. and that her friends were peering over, watching, taking their own photos. so special.

Laurel Upton - November 12, 2010 - 5:44 pm

Wow. All i can say. Wow. :)

Claire - November 12, 2010 - 1:34 pm

Wow. I am speechless!!! Jen and Chris….THANK YOU! What an incredible gift these pictures are! By two incredible gifted people! It was such a joy to have the two of you there and, now, THESE… I can’t tell you how much I LOVE them! Thank you, and thank you for your words, which together capture the day so well! A whole flood of memories was brought back, and I get the good kind of chills mixed with tears. Thank you! I love them!

amy free - November 12, 2010 - 11:49 am

AHHHHHHHHHH! So amazing to see how you captured Claire’s beauty and the love between she and James. Amazing-ness.

stephanie - November 12, 2010 - 10:15 am

wow, i don’t know her or her dad and yet i am crying. stunning

Lauren Jackson - November 12, 2010 - 10:00 am

Holy wow. these pictures were more amazing than i could have imagined! jen you did such a fabulous job capturing claire’s heart & their love for each other! i LOVE the first look session!!!

Lynn Whitehill - November 12, 2010 - 9:00 am

jen, they are gorgeous! so gorgeous! what an awesome way to start my day! thank you so much!

Rebecca - November 12, 2010 - 8:20 am

Stunning pictures – I love her dress!

julie s. - November 12, 2010 - 7:28 am

Your storytelling is fantastic. I cry every time I see and read one of your posts. Lots of people take lovely pictures but you are a true artist, Jen. Love it!

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