The 2020 Wrap Up - thoughts and emotions
WHAT.A.YEAR.
As a photographer and small business owner this year had it's crazy challenges. We only photographed 18 weddings and events instead of a usual 35 - and most of them were small 3-4 hour affairs rather than full eight hour days. We lost work, had canceled weddings and events, and 2021 is looking to be PACKED with all the rescheduling.
But as I look back today and welcome a new year I remember the amazing strength and beauty that this year brought. Here is what I will remember most. I hope you enjoy the list and the images to go along with them.
A more full wrap-up is on the blog, hope you stop by and see how very celebratory these moments were in an otherwise hard year. I love my work and am so honored to document these moments.
NOTABLE MOMENTS OF 2020:
*Rescheduled and rescheduled and rescheduled plans
*Smaller more intimate celebrations
*Bridal Party Zooms as the bride/groom got ready
*Zoom receptions - with breakout rooms for bride and groom to visit
*Bar Mitzvah attending temple at home on zoom IN HIS BARE FEET
*Backyard parties and tents galore
*Protecting our elders - loving grandparents by masking up, quarantining beforehand, and special emotional moments
*Dogs ruled the day - they were around for at home Bar Mitzvah temple services and intimate backyard weddings
*Last minute park weddings - with everyone pitching in to carry chairs and park goers watching the joy of a wedding day
*Last minute wedding moved from a huge reception hall to a gorgeous AirBNB on the shores of Lake Huron in the most gorgeous spot
*Historic outdoor temple built so that the Jewish community could continue to gather safely - and special Bat Mitzvahs still celebrated with family and close friends
*Empty Detroit and Ann Arbor streets and locations to photograph stunning wedding photos
*Drive by receptions - as a surprise to the bride and groom - that caused the BIGGEST smiles
*Last minute weddings put together in days - because together forever is better than waiting apart
*Amazing WOW WE DID it feelings once the day occurred
*SO SO SO MUCH SUPPORT AND LOVE SHOWN TO 2020 COUPLES AND FAMILIES WHO CELEBRATED MILESTONES IN A SMALLER WAY WITH UNSPEAKABLE JOY
Melanie Reyes Photography // Wedding and Event Photographer // Detroit and Ann Arbor Michigan
