Fern & Jeff opted to see one another the morning of the wedding for The Big Reveal. Fern was excited to have Jeff see her in the dress for the first time and to be able to see his face and get his complete reaction. I think Jeff was excited to get pictures over and done with so they could party and eat cake right after the ceremony 🙂
I had Jeff stand in the lawn area of Marie Gabrielle with is back to the building and Fern started to approach from inside.
Fern took a minute to adjust her veil and took a deep breath.
This is right about where Fern threw her shoes off and started running …
See the lonely shoes?
I gave them a few minutes “alone” to talk. When they stared back at me and asked “what’s next?!” I knew they were sufficiently ready to get going on pictures! We started with some images at the ceremony site under the trees.
As Jeff said, what UT Dallas wedding would be complete without a chess set?!
The families were up next. We started with Fern’s family, which included her grandmother who had flown in from Malaysia.
Then it was time for Jeff’s family.
And his lovely and smiley grandmother.
All of the parents.
Then we threw in some sibilings.
From there, it was bridal party time!
We had all of the pictures done before the ceremony started which meant that everyone got to sit around and drink champagne before the ceremony started. It also meant that after a little bustling we were ready to party right after the I Dos!