MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - QUICK TIP: HAVE A MOMENT

Quick Tip: Take a few minutes to have a moment!  Your wedding day goes by fast and there are so many people that want to see you that you might just run out of time to spend with the most important person of all on your wedding day.  This photo from Rachel and Ryan’s wedding is a good example.  We quietly slipped away during the reception when the light was just perfect outside and made a few intimate portraits while the newlyweds had a little fresh air and a private moment to themselves.  Savor those moments!

Click here or click "read more" below to see a few more of my favorite wedding photos of couples taking the time to savor a private moment on their wedding day.  

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - HAPPY ENGAGEMENT SEASON!

Congrats to all of the newly engaged couples out there!  I hope you had a very special Valentine's day! My wife and I celebrated our 6th year together last weekend on Feb. 8, and our 4th anniversary in marriage.  It took a four years, but I finally took a few photos of our rings.  I hope you like them and that you'll have as beautiful of a marriage as I do!  I love you Nini!

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - HUSBAND, WIFE AND DOG

For my wife and I, our pets are our family.  I knew that Kona is a huge part of Jeff and Mary's family as well.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - NEVER LET YOU DOWN

Jeff is as steady as a rock and braced for the future.  He’ll never let Mary down.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - FASHION BRIDAL

The beautiful Mary posing for some bridal photos a few days after the wedding.  Jeff and Mary were kind enough to hike to a beautiful lake near their home in Truckee CA for some after wedding portraits.  I love it when my clients want to do adventurous shoots like this!  Doesn’t she look like a model?!

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MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - ARTIST SIGNATURE EDIT?

Here is a great example of an artist signature edit from Jeff and Mary’s first dance.  As you can see, I did quite a bit of work to this photo to transform it into a work of art.  But what exactly is a signature edit?

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - JEFF AND MARY'S TAHOE WEDDING!

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - LIVING BIG

Jeff and Mary live life colossal!  They are like action heroes!  They're always skiing, or paddle boarding, or going on a run for like an hour.  For someone who lives as big as this, I really wanted to make a huge photo for them.  So I scouted this location they showed me a few times and begged them to make the 30 minute drive and 30 minute hike up to this pristine little lake for our post wedding shoot.  Mother nature was getting jealous and had step up her game.  She came through colossal for us!  It was awesome!

Montana wedding photography by Billings Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger.  An artistic vision for dramatic fine art photography as unique as your love story.  How do you dream of being photographed?  Contact Billings Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger for any wedding destination.  www.paulbellinger.com

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - DANCING IN THE STAIRCASE

Rachel and Ryan took a moment to dance in the staircase by themselves after their wedding ceremony.  Well they felt like they were by themselves, but we were there too, patiently waiting from a distance for the moment to occur.  I love seeing a couple so in love that they can enter their own little world at any time and be complete alone together, even if they're surrounded by people.  I’m glad they took a few moments for themselves because this is one of my favorite photos from their awesome wedding.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - VINTAGE LOVE IN THE VINEYARDS

Lindsey and Justin had a beautiful vineyard wedding in vintage style.  I’m not sure if they planned to have such a vintage look, but Lindsey's classic beauty is a perfect fit for vintage styling.  Justin is a Volkswagen Bug man, and had a classic bug at the wedding as a getaway car.  He also had VW cufflinks!  I had so much fun with these two, despite the insane heat and humidity.

This photo is part of my photojournalism collection to show off some of the wedding photos that I take to tell the story of the day.  This part of the story is running from the ceremony, through the gorgeous vineyard, to Justin’s classic Bug getaway car.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - FANTASY ARTWORK

Fantasy artwork for a fantasy wedding love story.  Colleen and Jonovan’s wedding was like a beautiful dream.  It was filled with huge floral arrangements and set in an ivy covered and green hedged venue that was perfectly groomed for their day.  I wanted to created a work of art that matched the dream like setting of their fantasy love story.  Aren’t they gorgeous?

BILLINGS MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - A ROMANTIC DREAM

Julie and Carsen had a vision for their fantasy engagement session.  They wanted an airy, bohemian, sun-filled, romantic dream.  This is what we gave them in return.  How do you dream of being photographed?  Contact Paul Bellinger Billings Montana wedding photographer for any wedding destination.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - THE EMBRACE

This is one of my favorite wedding photos.  Lindsay and Kevin had just tied the knot and walked down the aisle as a married couple.  They didn’t make it very far past the aisle before they turned and hugged each other in tears for a few moments while everyone else was gathering their things to head for the reception.  They are so in love that they had their own private bubble despite being in front of about a hundred people.  I was lucky to be in position to get a few shots framed up by Lindsay’s bridesmaids.  Moments like these are my favorite to capture, despite the fact that from photographic perspective I prefer the more dramatic wide landscape style photos.  But these are the moments that bring back the emotions that were overflowing on that special day.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - SUPERWOMAN BRIDE!

It’s hard to put my finger on why, but this photo just screams “superwoman” to me.  Rachel is indeed a superwoman.  She could literally fly during her undergrad at Rice as a pole vaulter on the track team.  She went on to earn a Ph.D. from TAMU in veterinary medicine.  And on Saturday she married her very own superman, Ryan.  It was a beautiful and fun wedding and I am very happy to have been a part of it.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - TENDER MOMENTS

A bride and her mother in the dressing room.  These are the moments I love the most about weddings. I tend to post more of the wide, dramatic art pieces fit for printing large and hanging on the wall, but these photojournalistic moments are the most rewarding for me personally, even if they're never printed large. They tell the story of the day, of the relationships involved, and hopefully bring back a small trickle of the emotions that were overflowing. I enjoyed every second of my time with Rachel and her sweet as can be mom. I wish we could do it all over again!

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - MR. BADASS

Yes, we can make guys look good too!  Well in this case Hector was already looking good, I just made him look like a badass!  I set up the lights for an end of the night cigar smoking celebration, and a few of the groomsmen wanted individual portraits.  Guys always like the look of this lighting because it’s what’s in all of the sports magazines.  I had a blast with these groomsmen, they really know how to have a good time!  Thank you Hector, Randy, Raul and the groom Jonovan, for letting me hang with you!