Weddingbee PRO

going in blind // aaron + jess’ sde from stillmotion on Vimeo.

When Patrick and I were planning our wedding, we knew we wanted to keep it small. We knew we wanted to have only the closest, most loving people around us and to have nothing but an amazing time. Among our small group of guests were Aaron and Jess, close friends of ours who grew up in the same small town as Patrick. Actually, Aaron and Patrick have been friends their entire lives.

Patrick and I did a first meeting before the ceremony. Justin suggested to us how wonderful it might be for Patrick to walk up the mountain to meet me blindfolded, and to be able to do a shoot together without seeing each other, in part to prolong the anticipation, and to be able to have a very different and emotional experience.

This was probably the best part of the wedding for me. The anticipation, knowing that Patrick was behind me, touching my shoulders, without us being able to see each other… it almost killed me! But once the blindfold came off and I turned around, it was the most amazing thing to finally see each other.

Aaron was the person to walk blindfolded-Patrick up the mountain.

And now, it was Aaron and Jess' turn last weekend, and we thought we would pass the experience onto them. Only this time, they never actually saw each other. They stayed blindfolded the entire time, except to open gifts from each other back to back. By the end, Aaron knew the texture of Jess' dress, the feel of her veil, the tears on her face, but only put the fragments together when he finally saw her coming down the aisle.

Here is their wedding from Justin's and my perspective.