st mary on the hill wedding — Beauty & Beard PhotographyBlog

We had the honor of meeting via Zoom with Mike and Lydia back in January of this year to talk about their wedding day. We made plans for the live stream and everything they needed for the wedding day at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church.

On the wedding day, we got to show up and say hey then get ready for the ceremony quickly before getting into our places. Being the times that we live in, there weren’t many people attending so we got set up a live stream for the family and it’s always fun to host and make sure everyone hears everything during the ceremony. Once everyone was lined up and ready, the ceremony started with the groom coming out with the priest from behind the altar and everyone else came down the aisle. Once Lydia made her way out of the room that she was waiting in, Mike had a big smile on his face. We could tell how happy they were but our biggest impression was just how sweet of a couple these two are! Once they made it hand it hand at the altar, there were a few readings, blessings, prayers and they also did communion before finishing off the ceremony with a joyous kiss. After the kiss, they made their way back up the aisle together as husband and wife along with the rest of the bridal party and family. Everyone had made it back and so we actually turned right back around and went to the altar to do some family and bridal party photos briefly as well as a few with the newly weds. Once we finished all of those, we went up stairs where Morgan had been for the ceremony to use the big stained glass windows up there for a few couples portraits and then broke off to meet them at the spot where he proposed which was at the Savannah Rapids Park on the dock (you probably know the spot). It was so great because during the original meeting, we heard about him getting breakfast for them and they watched the sun rise while sitting on this dock together and he proposed there which just sounds so beautiful and perfect. Even more perfect is that now they have photos on their wedding day there as well which turned out beautifully. What better spot to end off our short day with them. Since there was no formal exit for us to photograph, we took a few as they crossed the bridge heading back to our cars so they could go to their intimate reception together which somewhat felt like a good exit and wrap up for this blog. We congratulated them again and we all went our separate ways but, of course no good story ends there! We cannot wait to see what the future holds for this power couple!