Lacy and Jeremy:
Wedding in Lake Charles, Louisiana

This bride’s Lake Charles, Louisiana intimate wedding took place at Cajun Cafe, a very nice wedding venue that was a pleasure to photograph at. The venue features a suite for the bride to get ready in, and in addition to an outdoor space for ceremonies, has both an upstairs space for indoor ceremonies, and a downstairs area for receptions. I loved the ambiance of this venue, with lots of brick and exposed beams, and we captured a great series of photographs of the bride in this space. This was an emotional moment for the bride, as COVID had thrown some speed bumps in her wedding’s path, but the venue’s staff worked with her to enable the event to proceed safely, and she was grateful.

I also really loved the photograph taken in this same area of the groom helping his little boy get ready. Wedding days, especially the pre-ceremony portion, are full of fleeting scenes like this. While these kinds of photographs are typically going to be considered secondary to the wedding ceremony and reception, I still have no doubt that the family will cherish this image of this small but precious moment.

Though much of the pre-ceremony attention is focused on the activities surrounding the bride getting ready, there also are often memorable moments occurring on the groom’s side as well. If your package includes a second photographer, typically they’ll be with the guys while I stay with the girls. But even if you don’t have a second photographer, if the groom is getting ready in a different area of the same location, I can usually pop into that room for a bit and get some pictures, as was the case with this image.

Other times, I’ll catch some candid shots of the guys when they arrive at the venue, as they’re usually mingling around, fixing each others’ ties. Such was the case with this wedding in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where the venue itself had a spacious room for the bride to get dressed in, with the groom arriving mostly ready.