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).

Wedding in Spokane: Jaron & Paige

Jaron & Paige are two people that had to move their wedding for 2020 to 2021. They ended up with a beautiful - and rainy - wedding day filled with friends, beautiful moments, and an awesome location. Jaron and Paige are two people i’ve really enjoyed getting to know, not just during their engagement session but also at their wedding. Them and their new family of four is something that is so beautiful, and I love that I had the chance to be there to capture them, to capture and photograph these memories that they’ll be able to share for many years to come.

WeddingsBrent LooyengaJanuary 6, 2022Jaron & Paige, Looyenga Photography, Wedding

CDA Photographers: Zach and Abbie's Montana Wedding

Zach and Abbie are two quality humans. They are one of the (many) couples whom had a wedding in 2020 and moved their wedding to 2021. They are also notable for changing some big things about their wedding (such as where it was). But one thing that is true about their wedding, the friends and family that came out to Montana to celebrate with them, the long wait between engagement to marriage, didn’t slow these two down. They were clearly in love the day I met them, and the day we did their engagement photos, and almost two years later that love had only grown. Zach and Abbie are just thoughtful people, and I saw that not just in the way they treated their friends and family, but the way they treated me. It was such a privilege to be out in Montana to celebrate with them, and capture these memories. I hope you love them as much as I do.

Engagement Photos in Leavenworth, WA: Dylan & Sam

Dylan and Sam met at a super bowl party. It was the one a couple years ago when the Patriots went down to the Falcons some 27-3 at halftime, then came back to win it in the second half. The one that saw half a house talking mad trash followed by complete silence the second half as they ate their own words - yeah that one. Anyway, Sam remembers it because Dylan walked in rocking a bunch of Pats stuff, and he was the only one. Dylan noticed her too, she was beautiful and super easy to talk to - they felt like old friends right away. She would make fun of him (the Pats were losing after all) and he would go along with the jokes and bring back some of his own.

Coeur d'Alene Photographer: Davis Family Photos

I only had the chance to spend a little bit of time with this amazing family. Not only are they beautiful, but we got an incredible day as well. I would say these photos look deceptive to how cold it actually was, but the day was beautiful, and I loved visiting with them. Family photos are always something I really enjoy photographing and the Davis Family helped remind me why.

Family Photographer: Epperson Family Photos

One of the coolest things about being a wedding photographer is that so often you get to be there when it all starts. Doing engagement photos you get to hear the couples story - how they met - and the journey that led them to say “I want you and no other”. Then you get to be there for that commitment, that wedding, the joy and family. But then, a couple years later you see on social that that incredible couple is expecting a child, and it’s so great to see that family grow. Then, if i’m really lucky, I get to photograph that family as it grows. Kevin and Alex are this family. Being able to be there for their engagement photos, wedding, and now their growing family has been an incredible honor for me, and it’s always so great every time I get to see them.

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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.