2nd Chance at Love

Jim and Sue Camp, married February 10, 2009

Kissing like Teenagers
Just because you're not a teen, doesn't mean you can't make out...
February 19, 2009

So it's February 10, 2009, well, not now...but back then, and it was another day of two weddings. My first wedding was actually a surprise vow renewal for a really young couple who had just been married a few years. My second wedding was between Jim and Sue, an older couple who managed to find love for the second time. Yes, it was a long day...but running into awesome couples made that long day, a lot easier.

I have to say, meeting Jim and Sue was completely awesome. Their love story was one which I considered, a second chance at love. For both of them, this was their second marriage. Jim was a widower, and Sue had jumped back into the dating scene after being divorced for some time. They had been friends for over 30 years, worked with each other, and just by luck, a friend of theirs had set them up. Sue recalls, that when their friend set them up, she had no idea that she was being set up with Jim, her long time friend. Well, you know how the story goes, one thing led to another, and they ended up getting married on the beaches of Hawaii.

Yes, they hired a wedding singer...always adds to the moment.

Sue and Jim tied the knot at Ko'olina. Their wedding was short and sweet, like all of my ceremonies. I think they run just about 14 minutes or so. But what was cool about the entire thing is how much Sue and Jim wanted for their wedding. They got leis, the eloping package, extra rolls of film, and a wedding singer, something most people don't do for their second wedding. A lot of these second wedding couples tell me, they've been down that road before, they want the cheapest package I have out there...but Sue and Jim wanted great pictures, and music, really the works.

Jim and Sue share their first breath together...
A Hawaiian tradition...

But it really wasn't how much they spent on their wedding which really surprised me, it was their passion.

Their first kiss as husband and wife

and then...their first dance as a couple...on the beach

I want to add a side note here about my wedding singer, Van. He's great. I think he's the best. This guy has a perfect voice for singing at weddings. I wish most of my couple would book him more. Whenever he's there, the romance just gets kicked up a notch. He sings before the wedding, during and after...and then he shadows me as we take pictures.

It wasn't very hard to get a smile out of these two...

Walking on the beach..

The stare...

Sunset shot...