A Quarantine Wedding: Love Conquers All

The pandemic has caused a whole lot of upheaval in every single human being’s earthy existence, adjusting all of our expectations, plans, and routines, throwing the world into chaos and shifting our worries from small things to things that seemed impossibly big and terrifying. And inside of that, many couples have been forced to make difficult decisions around the most IMPORTANT day of their lives: a wedding. Way back before Covid-19 was even a word in the lexicon of our current everyday world, Madison + Zach asked me to photograph their wedding set for May. Madison is a girl with the biggest heart, a talent for creating beauty with her hands at embroidery, and leading my boys on many an adventure and making movies with them over one magical summer when she was their babysitter (many of which involved her playing several roles, most of which involved drawn on mustaches with magic marker) while Zach is a talented musician and graphic designer. I knew their wedding would be creative, intimate, and personal, but I could never imaged at our first conversation how those three things would be critical to pulling off a wedding in a pandemic and quarantine. At the time of their wedding, our state was limiting in person gatherings to just 10 people, which ended up including the bride and groom and their immediate families (the ceremony was performed by her dad, a Pastor). While 2020 hasn’t handed us the greatest lot, the technology of today allowed Zach and Madison to livestream their wedding t

o their family and friends, many of whom were several states away. And at the end of the night, cars lined up as a “receiving line” of sorts to throw rice, hand flowers and gifts, and even dance at a distance, while cupcakes were handed out to their “guests.” It was hard for me to hold back tears at their ceremony, not only because I know and adore these two people, but because of how they made this day about one thing: a commitment to one another in love, despite the circumstances. And that is the most beautiful thing of all.

Thank you so much, Madison and Zach for including me in your day!! Click here to find Madison on Etsy and Instagram, and Zach’s music, design, and Instagram.