Wedding At The Legare Waring House In Charleston, South Carolina | Alycia & Greg
Alycia and Greg... These two have lived so much life. They run a non profit orphanage, school, and other programs for at risk youths in Guatemala - called Story International. They lost one of these children to a horrific fire that took 40 other lives, less than a month before they were off to America to celebrate one of the happiest days of their life, their marriage. They have lived through hell as they watch Alycia's brother fight illness and battle for his life, wondering if he would be well enough to come celebrate their wedding day with them.
And then, again, after taking a moment to stop and celebrate all the good in their lives and join in marriage, Alycia and Greg were involved in yet another horrific accident on the first day of their honeymoon, just a few days after these images were taken. While driving to a beach picnic in Portugal, their van was struck and Alycia was ejected through the windshield, almost forfeiting her life.
Alycia recently shared these words, and I want to share it with you all, too.
"For the sake of balance, mostly. I recently posted 400 photos of our fairytale wedding (excessive, admittedly.) We tend to highlight our larger than life moments in these little boxes. And I think that's fine; it's inspirational, it's pleasant, it's a lot of good things. It seems a little off though, doesn't it? Life is a little more robust than iced lattes posing next to adorable succulents at trendy coffee shops (not against any of that, by the way. I post that crap too.) It just seems to me that these moments [the ones where nothing happened like it was supposed to and you almost die and you think you're blind and everything seems unfair and ugly and the hospital smells like smoke and your new mother in law is helping change your diaper on your honeymoon] are just as noteworthy. In a different way, sure. But what a terrible injustice to reduce our life stories to our favorite feel-good chapters, omitting the depth and richness of the white-knuckle, holding on for dear life moments."
Yes, their wedding couldn’t have been more perfect, but it would be a shame to leave out some of the rest that has shaped them to where they are - here, now, today. Their story is too rich to not to share alongside these images.
On a lighter note, here’s the testimonial that Greg shared after receiving their wedding gallery:
Jacquelyn is the best, seriously. We actually could not have asked for a better capturing of our wedding day. Every single moment on our wedding day where we thought “oh I hope she got a picture of that” is in there. Every single emotion we felt that day is perfectly captured. Every single important person is in there. Her photography even revealed a wedding crasher! I could go on and on about how thrilled we are with these. My wife Alycia literally can not stop staring at them and has done very little work since receiving the photos two days ago. We can’t express our thanks enough.
Major thanks to my second shooter, Meg Juenker - for traveling across the country to photograph this with me.
And another major ‘thank you’ to our mutual friend Jedidiah Jenkins who was the one who referred Alycia to my work.
Vendor Team:
Wedding Venue: Legare Waring House, Charleston, South Carolina
Wedding Photographer: Jacquelyn Potter
Wedding Planners: Kayleigh Hopkins / Sage Innovations
Catering / Bar: Costal Crust
Floral Designer: Christine Carter, Barefoot Floral & Design
Hair & Makeup: Lashes & Lace
Rentals: EventHaus
Tent Rental: Event Works
Photo Booth Van: Little White Box
