Genevieve Nisly Photography Blog – Cleveland Ohio Wedding Photographers

We first met the Brazle family a little over four years ago when we photographed Kristina’s sister, Rebecca’s wedding. We had a blast at Rebecca’s wedding and we were immediately made to feel quite welcome and wanted, so you can imagine our excitement when we were contacted last year about Kristina’s wedding at Hale Farm in the valley. We gratefully accepted the assignment and were quite honored to be able to document another wedding for the Brazle family. As the day progressed, and we got to interact with Caleb and his side of the family, we came to find out that the Meeks expressed many of the same qualities that we appreciated about the Brazles. The combination made for an amazing environment to be around the entire day.

The original plan was to have an outdoor ceremony on grounds at Hale Farm and Village, but as the rain teased right up to the start time, the ceremony was brought indoors. Thankfully, by the time the ceremony had finished, the sky had opened and we were able to use the farm grounds to capture some great images of the family and bridal party.

Here are a few of my favorite images from the day:

Love the heal click.

Just a few finishing notes for the best man toast.

Kristina’s dad, Mark, keeping an eye on the weather radar via an iPhone as they discuss making the call on the ceremony location.

I got to join Genevieve for just a few minutes of the bridal portraits and captured a few images that I really liked. For scheduling reasons, I don’t always get in on that part of the day since I am often off shooting the guys while Genevieve is working with the girls, but it worked out nicely this time that I got to be around for both.

I love this moment between Kristina and Caleb during prayer at the beginning of the ceremony.

As a sign of love and selfless service to each other, Kristina and Caleb washed each other’s feat during the ceremony. Quite possibly one of the most romantic things I have seen anyone do during a wedding ceremony.

Kristina’s siblings dropped a little surprise M.C. Hammer action on Kristina and Caleb during the reception.

And now Genevieve’s favorites:

“Stop. Hammer time.”

Congrats, guys!

James and Genevieve