The Shields family lived up the street from me where I grew up and while I didn’t know them super well, I always knew of them! When I got Heather’s wedding inquiry earlier last year I believe it was, I was SO excited. Not only was I excited to hear from a familiar name but when she told me her wedding venue was the Seclusion, I think I used about a hundred exclamation points responding back to her. Haha! I had done a venue tour there right before Heather emailed me and that was back when it wasn’t even completed yet but I was thrilled to hear about a new fun venue around and absolutely fell in love with it. I felt like it was the classic rustic barn venue redesigned to be a bit more elegant and refined.

Heather ended up booking me and she added on a bridal session so I was lucky enough to get to photograph her in her gorgeous gown twice. I met her up at the Seclusion a couple weeks before her wedding and we got to roam around the amazing property at sunset on the most gorgeous evening. It was cool, the breeze was blowing, and Heather looked radiant. I love doing bridal sessions because I get a little sneak peek of all the beauty for the wedding day but also because we get ample time to do as many bridal portraits as we want, in as many locations as we want. Normally on the wedding day, we only get a few single bridal shots so it was really cool to start inside in the bridal suite and work our way outside to capture all the views. I think I got carried away and was taking photos for over two hours. Haha!

Heather is such a sweetheart and I have been counting down the days to get to share these images of her!! At this point, I’ve obviously shot her wedding and goodness gracious, they had a stunning day for their wedding as well. I can’t wait to share those too but here’s a little sneak peek at how gorgeous Heather was on her wedding day!

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