When Amanda and Allen asked if I would travel to St. Louis to photograph their wedding I was thrilled!  You know I love to travel AND to get the chance to photograph at an entirely new location to me is always exciting.  One of the neat things about a "Destination Wedding" is being able to spend so much time with the Bride, Groom, Their families and everyone attending the wedding.  I brought Alison along with me to help cover the weekend.  The day before the wedding we went out to Golf course where a large group of those attending the wedding were playing a round of golf at The Courses at Forest Park. I think we made them more nervous than anything, but it was a gorgeous course and such a fun memory to have captured.  The afternoon we had some downtime and Alison and I walked to the St. Louis Arch. It truly is an amazing structure, I have been up in in before but Alison was a first timer to St. Louis so we went up and saw the view of the city (I even face timed with my Mom up there :) All day the sky looked like it was going to pour on us (loved the drama it created) but it held off until that night when their were reports of tornado's just outside the city while we were at the rehearsal dinner.  The rehearsal dinner was held at 15 steakhouse, they had an amazing set up and the food was delicious. The tornado warnings didn't phase the Bride and Groom and they enjoyed being with all the guests that came to celebrate their wedding.

Check back soon for Part 2 of Amanda and Allen's Wedding weekend.