{"id":5585,"date":"2015-07-10T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T20:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2015-11-18T23:40:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T07:40:31","slug":"lauren-ben-wedding-at-fort-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/lauren-ben-wedding-at-fort-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren & Ben – Wedding at Fort Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle area wedding photos at Fort Lewis<\/h1>\n

On July 3 I was privileged to be the photographer at the wedding of Lauren Myers and Ben Troxell. \u00a0Ben is in the Army and stationed at Ft. Lewis, and the couple took advantage of some very nice on-base facilities for the wedding and reception.<\/p>\n

We met\u00a0before the ceremony at the reception site, a very nice conference center located on American Lake. \u00a0It was a HOT day, but we were able to do our best to hide in the shade while taking some photos of the wedding party and family.<\/p>\n

Then we headed across the freeway to the main base, where the chapel is located. \u00a0Beautiful old brick building, and surprisingly cool inside, which was a big plus with outdoor temps near 90. \u00a0Once all the guests had arrived the ceremony proceeded as planned with Father Glasgow officiating, and a short time later Lauren and Ben were Mr. and Mrs. Troxell – hooray!!!<\/p>\n

Lauren and Ben had chosen to use royal blue and white as their colors, which went great with Ben’s dress uniform. \u00a0Lauren was simply gorgeous, and her dress was incredible! \u00a0The flowers were provided by Buds and Blooms and were beautiful. \u00a0Best Man was Ben’s brother, Jake Troxell and the Maid of Honor was Jordan Matulis.<\/p>\n

After the ceremony it was back to American Lake for the reception. \u00a0Ben’s family is from Georgia, and his parents and brothers had all made the trip to the Northwest for the wedding. \u00a0After dinner\u00a0DJ Michael Ewing<\/a>\u00a0fired up the music and the party got started in earnest. \u00a0There were a lot of young kids on the dance floor to begin with, and they clearly had a great time. \u00a0As the evening progressed and the guests with younger kids headed home, the dancing really got going. \u00a0This was one of the best dancing receptions I have been to for quite some time (Ben’s brother Jake is a dancing machine, and several other wedding party members were also very hard-core), and if there hadn’t been a deadline for the party to end it would likely have continued for another couple of hours. \u00a0Ben’s parents Jennifer and Edward, and Lauren’s parents Roann and Robert were also prominent on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

The first dance by Lauren and Ben had a nice twist to it. \u00a0The music began and the couple started to dance to “Let It Go”. \u00a0 But just as the first chorus began the music changed and the rest of the wedding party ran onto the dance floor to join the bride and groom for a fast-paced boogie, first to “Thrift Shop” and finishing with “Fancy”.<\/p>\n

The newlyweds originally met through an online dating site, OK Cupid. \u00a0I’d guess that \u00a020-30% of the weddings I photograph now involve couples who originally met online. \u00a0Glad it worked so well for Lauren and Ben!<\/p>\n

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