Being a wedding photographer can often times mean going far beyond taking photos. Sometimes it’s knowing how to bustle a gown. Other times it’s as simple as carrying a pair of tiny scissors in your bag because lord knows how many times in one day a group of people needs a pair of scissors!

On this particular wedding day we carried another tool that just so happened to be bolt cutters. Yes.

Bolt cutters.

Why you ask? Because of a long standing tradition on the grooms side of the family to padlock a chain around the grooms neck with no key and no intention of taking it off until after the festivities were over. We were warned, and we came prepared.

Leslie and Parker’s wedding day was just pure fun. From getting ready, to photos on the trolley and an INSANE reception, we had a blast and it was truly one to remember.