Jake and Natalie asked me if I’d take photographs at their wedding rehearsal dinner last month. I know Jake from when I worked at FeedBurner and Google and had met his fiance, Natalie, a few times before they asked me. Their wedding photographer, of course, was too expensive to have come out for the rehearsal and they didn’t want to worry about photos, so they asked if I’d be willing to do it. I agreed. They’ve actually been married for more than a month now, but I didn’t want to post anything until they were back from their honeymoon (to Hawaii) and got the photos I took. I took many, many photos, but these are just a couple of my favorites.

I think Natalie designed most of the wedding and Jake got to do the rehearsal. Jake’s very into politics and this being an election year, they went with a political theme. Their invitations (below) were really neat and then they got napkins and banners and pins for people to wear that all completed the political theme. I had a fun time. Jake kept telling me to drink more and eat more so it was kind of like I was a working guest at the party. At the end a lot of the family and friends made toasts and roasts to the couple. Funny that a common theme was “Natalie and Jake have been together for 4+ years, it’s about time they got married.. what took so long!?” I felt like I should go hide under the table lest they should start yelling at me to get married already!