Fernando and Jaimey's Wedding on Priest Lake at Hill Resort

Fernando and Jaimey are two people with magnetic personalities. They are easy to like, quick to laugh, and have great friends. Look no further than these photos, where their smiles light up a room, and they are clearly having such a great time. But it extends beyond that, to how they treat you when things aren’t looking, maybe it’s making sure you have food, or even pouring you a small bit of Blanton’s Whiskey just like everyone else. I never once felt like “a vendor” but more like a friend. Such a beautiful wedding, with fall colors, smoke, and a lot of personality.

Priest Lake Wedding: Paul and Lela

As the wedding season gets closer and closer to fall, the risk of rain or bad weather increases dramatically. Often times, when we get rained on at a wedding, it’s only briefly, or it’s a really light rain. Things we can easily work around. Only a couple times have I ever been so limited by the rain that I couldn’t go outside at all. Only a couple times has it been so bad that going outside to take some wedding portraits would mean the couple also getting soaked. This was one of those days. The rain wasn’t so bad in the morning, and it looked like we may get lucky during the first look (it was very light) but mid portraits the rain moved from “light” to “very heavy” and my gear really started to get tested (including the couple umbrella’s I brought).

Priest Lake Wedding: David & Aly's Hills Resort Winter Wedding

Aly and David asked me to come out to the Hills Resort on Priest Lake for their simple winter wedding late last month. It was beautiful. The day before we got a fresh six inches of snow that covered all the trees and ground, giving us a beautiful blanket of white snow. The couple themselves were so kind, and I loved meeting their families. I love these small, simple weddings that have become more and more common over the last year, and I hope I get the chance to do more of them. Less people, but more time to spend with those people. It was an amazing wedding with great people at a beautiful location.

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Brent Looyenga is a Spokane wedding photographer based IN SPOKANE WASHINGTON and Coeur d’Alene Idaho area. He loves people and specializes in wedding, engagement, family and senior photography. You can like Looyenga Photography on Facebook or follow them on Instagram.