I had the very distinct pleasure of attending the wedding of an absolutely magical couple, Mike Terry and Djamila Grossman.  These two are some of the most wonderful individuals on the planet, easy going, genuine and warm and I wish them the very best as they move forward as a couple.  I’m just bummed that we are going to be losing them to Germany as their move to Berlin is coming far too quickly.  See you in Germany guys!

I don’t know who the band was.  If someone could comment and let me know, I’ll put in a link as they were fabulous with a score that was totally in keeping with Mike and Djamila’s style.

The lovely couple.

The thing about a photojournalist having a wedding is that you tend to have lots of friends with cameras.  This wedding was likely one of the most photographed in Utah history as there were *lots* of cameras present.  Every time you turned around, someone had a camera out snapping pics and I’d wager that most of the shots were much more spontaneous and better than average.  Already, Scott Sommerdorf has posted his shots, Erik Daenitz has posted his shot and Lennie Mahler has posted up his shots including a cookie.  Also, Mark Johnson has his shots up here including an identically timed shot with one of those on this post.  Finally, Erin Hooley got a bunch of shots up on Heavyglow and Trent has three up on Utah Photojournalism along with Chris Detrick’s shots here.

The funny thing is that the ceremony was short and beautiful.  Words were said, rings were exchanged and a prayer was offered… Then we broke for food and friendship followed shortly by the heavens opening up and breaking themselves…

It started raining… then it *really started raining*… And then the skies opened up and things got wet.  Everybody got absolutely soaked to the bone, but the party continued on.  People stood in the rain underneath table cloths, tables, trees and laughed, talked, visited, made pictures, made friends, drank exceptionally good beer brewed by Chris Detrick, danced and laughed some more.  It really was an amazing experience that reflected the easy going good nature of Mike and Djamila and all of the people that they surround themselves with.  The fact that everyone continued to have a good time is a testament to the amazement I felt watching this wedding unfold.

Eventually the rain stopped and people dried off some in the summer evening in time to properly toast the couple, have some cake and ice cream and send them off on their honeymoon.

Thank you Mike and Djamila for inviting me to your beautiful wedding.  They are memories that you will cherish for ever I am sure, but I can also say that I am grateful for the memories as well and will always remember the good time had by all.

Edit:  Scott Sommerdorf sent this shot of me he grabbed just after the downpour when we were cleaning off our lenses.  Thanks Scott!