A Favorite

 

After the wedding and before the reception outside in front of the church I asked Sophie the photographer to take this photo of us. This facade is right next to the church. I asked the owners who were sitting on their kitchen chairs (to Yann's right) if we could take a photo by their house, they agreed then I quickly told Chelsea, Martin, Yann, Jean-Luc, and Alethe were to sit or stand. This is one of my favorite photos… though in my mind's eye when I asked Sophie to take this photo, I assumed she would keep the owners in the photo and especially the older man above us in his white muscle man shirt who was smoking a cigarette because I thought the contrast of the of the wedding party and the owners and the man upstairs told a bigger and more interesting story. Nevertheless, the backdrop makes the photo super cool. 

Funny, how I did not take one photo during the entire wedding, nor reception but the images I have in mind are vivid and magical. Thankfully, in the years to come the photos Sophie took will bring my faded memories alive again.

 

 

 



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12 responses to “A Favorite”

  1. Oh, this s wonderful! I have gone back to look at the wedding photos many times; love the venues, the clothing choices, the food choices. So much fun to relive watching the live feed from Sophie. Many thanks (again) for sharing this family event with us.

  2. Beautiful and you were taking visual photographs with your eyes and memories to last a lifetime. Enjoying the day as you should.
    I love all you share.
    Blessings

  3. Love this photo! And you were so right to enjoy the day and not be distracted by taking your own photos. I used to work with a photography studio and when the brides came in after their weddings to see their proofs (back in the day before digital!), they would always say how they didn’t remember things because they were so nervous on their wedding day. It taught me to counsel them in advance of their wedding to relax and enjoy every moment so that they would indeed remember it all. Here’s an idea: On the one-year anniversary of Chelsea and Martin’s wedding, gather your group back together in the same place (what you all wear will be your creative mind at work) and restage the photo and this time see if you can get the owners or other characters into the shot. Bonne chance!

  4. TEXAS francophile

    Love this and hope it’s framed in a prominent place in your home.

  5. That was a fun wedding. I laid in bed and watched it!

  6. Hope all my French blogger friends are safe from those floods I’m hearing about.😔😕

  7. WHERE ARE YANN’s SOCKS!!!!!!!

  8. Martin wanted the suits to be worn Italian style, cut short and worn without socks. And so Yann did it too xx

  9. A gorgeous photo, love the colours XX

  10. Wow! This is truly an amazing picture. I do love it so.

  11. Yann’s bare ankles were the first thing I noticed and it brought a smile to my face. I love it! I love this photo, too, Ms. Corey.

  12. RebeccaNYC

    Oh I wish the owners of the house were in the photo! I love the idea of the smoking old man in the muscle shirt next to this gorgeous wedding party! It reminds me of couples here in NYC who get their wedding photos taken on the street in places like the meat packing district, or the fish market. Such fun!

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