Marilynn & Larry — Not the first time, not the last

To Marilynn and Larry —

There's something the late-in-life weddings know that the young ones haven't learned yet.

You knew it. The park pavilion. The pink. The whole family coordinated like a watercolor on purpose. The picnic tables, the folding chairs, the wedding cake from the local place. Not a vendor list in sight. Not a planner. Just the people who had been around long enough to make it home — and the two of you, finally getting around to saying so out loud.

I have photographed cathedrals and cliffs and Iceland. I have photographed mansions on the coast and old vineyards in the south of France. The truest wedding I have ever shot may have been yours, under a tin roof, in a Tuesday-afternoon kind of light, with the family laughing at every other line.

Some weddings are about getting there. Yours was about already being there.

— Stephanie