Gabby & Ben
Gabby & Ben
November 21, 2009
Culpeper Virginia
The Inn at Redwood
Foti’s Restaurant
What a wedding! I loved every minute of Gabby and Ben’s beautiful wedding in Culpeper Virginia. The wedding took place in the middle of a rose garden in front of a fountain with a long row of redwoods in the background. It was unbelievable! Gabby said at the beginning that her motto for the day was “no stress” and truly there was no stress! She is just so laid back and go with the flow, the wedding was really about the guests and the celebrating the strong relationship between Gabby and Ben. Here is an example: Right before the reception Gabby was told that there may not be her music playing (so no first dance music or anything). Gabby responded, well we can just dance to what ever music the restaurant has as background music. No worries! I loved that! They did fix the music, but I was really impressed with Gabby and Ben.
I remember telling Sharon (my awesome second for the night, thank you again for everything) that it was one of the first weddings I have shot where every single guest was laid back. No drama whatsoever from Gabby and Ben’s friends! It was a crazy smart group and I remember on many occasions overhearing conversations on calculus, the world’s energy policies, random phrases in French and Portuguese, oh and Mark Twain. I think my favorite was the best man’s toast. It went something like “I want start by quoting the late Douglas Adams by saying “Don’t Panic”. He may of even mentioned the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. My type of group!
So thank you Ben and Gabby, for having us be part of your day, and thank you Sharon for all the amazing pictures!
Paper airplane exit!!! I love it!
Tags: culpeper Virginia, Culpeper weddings, Foti's Restaurant, Foti's Restaurant Weddings, Kristi Odom, the Inn at Redwood, the Inn at Redwood Weddings, Virginia Wedding Photographer

December 1st, 2009 at 9:56 am
holy crap at that ring shot! I am SOOOOOOOO glad that worked out. Man I had the best time!! Can’t wait to do it again! S
December 1st, 2009 at 11:37 am
Whoa, fantastic! Been checking the blog daily in anticipation and am delighted with the results. Thank you both again for your dedication to documenting our event. Can’t wait to see the full series! -Ben
December 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Thank you Ben! It was an amazing wedding, I was so glad I was there!
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Good vibes coming out of these photos. Can’t wait to see all of them (well maybe not all).
I too find the rings shot tremendous.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
You are a phenomenal photographer and one of my inspirations! Beautiful pictures… I love all the work that you do. You really know how to capture a moment!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Wow Kristi, what a great site! If I were getting married again, this would be exactly the kind of thing I would love looking through when looking for my photographer…and you would win, hands down!