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{Featured Montana Bride Wedding} Christina + Ryan
Christina, a Montana native, is a very talented painter and
ended up getting her degree in the Fine Arts. From there, it was off to New
York City for her where she eventually met her fiancée Ryan randomly at a
friend’s apartment. Oddly enough it turns out that they both were from the same
western Montana town of Whitefish located up close to the entrance of Glacier
National Park. I’m always amazed at the curveballs of coincidence life can
through at people sometimes. Two years apart in age, Christina and Ryan never knew
one another growing up but found each other in one of the biggest cities on
earth. Go figure. As they grew closer in their relationship, the two parted
ways with the “Big Apple” and have since made a life together living and
working in Portland, Oregon. When it came to plan their summer wedding the
location was an obvious choice.
On their
wedding day, I awoke early to drive north of Missoula (where I had been
visiting my parents) past the cherry orchards along Flathead Lake and
eventually made my way northeast towards the entrance of Glacier National Park.
Christina and Ryan chose a cute little 40-acre ranch just outside of Coram,
Montana called Glacier River Ranch that was bordered by the gin clear blue
waters of the Flathead River. There are few things in life more picturesque
than a Montana backdrop and that day I couldn’t think of any. I arrived early
so I could scout around the area and get a feel for the place. As family
members were helping to set up, I decided to walk around the grounds for
possible portrait locations. As I came around the side of a big ponderosa pine
tree I startled a young black bear (about 30 yards away from me) and he quickly
stood up on his hind legs to get a better view of the blond haired photographer
that had interrupted his mid morning berry feast. Soon uninterested, it
sauntered off until the delicious smells of a wedding reception food brought it
closer to the wedding location so much so that the ranch owner had to scare it
off with some warning shots of her deer rifle. Only in Montana. Love it.
The rest of the day mimicked the visions of a good Norman
MacLean novel. The late August weather was perfect and their afternoon
streamside reception was stunning as the golden Montana light lit up the trees
as it slowly made its decent behind Teakettle Mountain. Like any proper Montana
wedding the rest of the evening was spent eating roasted pig, drinking fine
wine and Montana microbrews and dancing to live music from a local string band.
It was so great to spend the day photographing such a fun couple and an honor
to be asked to photograph the wedding of a old friend. I wish them all the
best."
Photography and Text by
Greener Visuals
Venue; Glacier River Ranch, Coram MT
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