An enchanting love story unfolded beautifully in Jillian Barille Photography’s most recent wedding photoshoot featuring the impossibly lovable couple, Braden and Mikayla.
Our handsome groom-to-be, Braden, is captured masterfully in the first poignant moments of the day. His clean-cut jovial face, accentuated with glasses and a well-manicured beard is the picture of dapper sophistication. Decked out in a cobalt blue and New York pink ensemble, featuring a tailored vest, matching tie, and suit pants; he rounds off his gallant look with elegant oxfords.
The excitement builds in the next set of photos, where we see the bride's family and bridesmaids assisting the elegant Mikayla’s morning preparations. She adorns a magnificent sleeved, tea-length wedding dress enriched with pearls accenting the upper half, exuding an aura of radiance and chic sophistication.
As family and friends fill the room, bubbling with excitement and joy, the ceremony commences. Mikayla’s father walks her down the aisle, an ethereal vision framed by the stunning bouquet in her hands. This picturesque moment is enhanced by the soft colors of warm white and pink, beautifully coordinating with everyone present.
Then, amid the joyous emotion and collective held breath of the room, the pivotal moment arrives. Braden and Mikayla join hands at the altar, their eyes locked in a tender communion. As the officiant's words fill the air, joy and love reverberate through the hall. A hush falls over the guests at the pronouncement - they are finally husband and wife. Their love story had entered its next enchanting chapter as they were bound in marital bliss.
Post-ceremony, the couple’s love story truly blossoms. The adjacent Buffalo History Museum provides an immaculate setting for some cherished family photos, their happiness radiating as brightly as the sun itself.
Braden and Mikayla, now lost in each other, spontaneously twirl and dance on the gorgeous marble stone steps, mirroring flowers swaying harmoniously in the wind. The charm is further amplified under the nearby cherry blossoms. This romantic interlude captured under the blossomed canopy bathed in sunlight creates a vividly fairy-tale-like setting.
Their delightful sojourn takes them next to the Buffalo City Hall, where the portraits capture the varied murals and the awe-inspiring symmetry of ancient architecture as a dramatic backdrop, enhancing their romantic narrative with a touch of dramatic elegance and history.
Hopping back into the city buzz, the celebrated couple heads to North Park Theatre, the marquee providing a nostalgic Brooklyn ambiance. A surprising photographic rendezvous lands them at a bus stop, adding a vibrant, urban contrast to their romantic tale.
With traditional cake cutting, toasts, and heartwarming speeches, the dining hall bustles with love and laughter. The couple's journey of the day comes to a heartwarming end at one of their favorite pubs. A touching picture captures them sitting across each other at a table, their arms making the outline of a heart, with their drinks at the center as they revel in the magical night, their love story immortalized in this romantic photographic journey.
![BARE is about
Being vulnerable
Getting intimate
Living free
So I want to take THIS week as an opportunity to connect with you outside of the holidays and being bombarded by a million ads and get vulnerable with you.
To ask you…
How can you give yourselves MORE pleasure, DEEPER intimacy, and LESS stress?
Does this look like more time spent in nature or slowly sipping on a warm cup of tea, tasting and feeling every sweet drop on your tongue. Or maybe it's completely changing your perspective from "I have to" to "I get to" when you are doing the chores or tasks you loath. Or, could it be choosing to let go of the friend and family that give you the most drama and heavy heart.
I did just this. Last year, I made a commitment to myself- and it was a really big one!
I decided I would no longer live with the thorn of guilty and shame around my lack of intimacy and sexuality.
Yeah, you might be surprised by that one.
But, this thorn was so cork screwed inside of me that I cried at the thought of it being gone, Bc I had no idea what it would feel like to live without it.
Isn’t that crazy?! It was almost more comfortable to live with the discomfort than to remove it.
WILD
And I’ll tell you now, a year later- that the hardest part of all this was the CHOICE to no longer live with the guilt, shame, and trauma of intimacy and my sexuality.
It took me committing to this YES in order to crack wide open and completely surrendered to my pleasure and desires. All while also removing any of the guilt I carried for being a sexual being.
[Big Deep Breath]
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