John + Maree, Part 1 - Manti Temple Ceremony

I've said it before and I'll say it again, we work with the coolest people! John and Maree came to us as a referral from another really amazing couple, Summer and JD. (Take a fond look back at THEIR engagements and wedding.)
From the very beginning John and Maree did something pretty amazing...they trusted me explicitly. They recognized early on that when we work together to come up with concepts and settings and ideas that are unique to them we end up with amazing work.
The best images come from collaboration. If the photographer does all the work, the images will be very strongly his/her style and most likely resemble closely other work he/she has done previously. Not necessarily bad but it's not how I roll.
If the bulk of the work is done by the client that removes the photographer from the mix and negates their wealth of knowledge and experience to a certain degree and lowers the overall quality and magic of the images.
When the client and photographer work together the vision becomes something that reflects and represents both parties and the product is something that could never have been achieved in any other way.
This formula in action is demonstrated in John and Maree's engagement session and Maree's bridals which I posted previously.
Anyway, John and Maree got married in the Manti LDS temple and had a small open-house that night. The next week they had a more formal reception (Can you say, awesome? I knew you could.) in St. George. Those images will be in Part deux tomorrow, so set those bookmarks!

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