[wedding] jeff and carolyn

"we are eloping with our parents there" is what carolyn told me on the phone when she called me four weeks ago to see if i would be available to photograph her wedding.  she and jeff had just become engaged and decided to skip the long engagement process, and to instead go all out on a simple yet very elegant elopement.

they had known about each other for years, acquainted through family connections, and were reconnected through facebook after losing track of one another for ten years. she was living in alberta at the time, and when he stepped off the plane his first visit out to see her, "he was nervous and shy'" and she experienced the "same old butterflies, and still had a crush after all those years!"

jeff and carolyn are a good match. in her own words, "we're complete opposites, we like to think we level each other out! he's quiet, shy, yet very loud when he's with people he knows. i'm a people person." but where they are same is in their love and adoration of each other, and this was so apparent on their wedding day.

jeff and carolyn, thank you so much for inviting me to be apart of your day. i felt extra privelged knowing that i was "in" on the secret!! i wish you both, and your beautiful little boy the happiest lifetime together. i look forward to seeing you next year for your one year anniversary photos!!

love & sunshine,
shannon-may

click here to view the slideshow or watch it here.

candelabra and wedding planning: sarah redmond, celebrations by sarah [st. andrews]

decor: "just perfect" - event decor and cakes [st. stephen]

hair: tiffany mckay-pike, lux day spa [st. stephen]

make-up: judy goodine-mccarthy, lux day spa [st. stephen]

flowers: mehan's flower shop, [st. stephen]

cake: amy greenlaw

ceremony venue: treadwell inn, [st. andrews]

reception venue: the algonquin, [st. andrews]