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In my job as a wedding photographer, I have the pleasure of meeting many engaged couples.  Sometimes it’s not always apparent as a casual observer what brings two people together as a couple until you start getting to know them a little better.  Not so with Gina and Sam!  These two are so obviously meant for each other.  There’s an easiness and happiness between them that’s beautiful to see and it was a privilege to be part of their wedding day.

Every time I’ve met with her, Gina always has the most fantastic hand bags, and even her wedding day was no exception:

Gina and three of her sisters.  It’s easy to spot the family resemblance, isn’t it?

Gina’s 5 nieces were the flower girls.  Here they’re watching as Gina puts on her veil:

Things started to get a little emotional at that point:

But then Gina’s dad had a few words with her:

I don’t know what he said, but he got her to smile:

The church, First Presbyterian in Goldsboro, was very pretty with lot of natural light.  The flower girls did an excellent job.  It was too far away to really see on camera, but one of the girls got to the end of the aisle and realized she still had petals left, so she just tipped her basket over and dumped them out.  Too cute!:

Very happy couple:

Gina and Sam took a few minutes to have some private time immediately after the ceremony, which is something I definitely recommend if you’re not going to see each other ahead of time.  It gave them a few moments to just talk to each other, which there’s not usually much time for:

As we’re doing a portrait session later, we didn’t spend much time doing any that day, but I did snap a couple quickly before we left the chapel:

The beautiful bouquet:

And then it was on to Walnut Creek Country Club for the reception and first dance:

Gina’s father organized an impromptu chair dance:

One final dance:

And then they left in a vintage mustang convertible.  I just hope they new how to put the top up, because as soon as they left, it started pouring!  And their luggage was in the back seat as you can see:

Congratulations, Gina and Sam!