Jenni Goldman Photographs: Amber + Sterling

They were married on June 27th at Red Rock Crossing.

Their guests gracefully crossed Oak Creek on stepping stones to get to the ceremony. The procession even started with the creek crossing. I believe that it takes a courageous bride to cross the creek in a wedding dress without letting wedding jitters get in the way.

I'm always asked if I've ever witnessed anyone fall in the creek on the way to a wedding. It's only happened once. It was a grandmother of the bride, and she used the photograph on her Christmas cards that year because she thought it was hilarious.

Amber was escorted by her father.

Amber + Sterling had a big wedding for Red Rock Crossing. It is a gorgeous national park with the famous Cathedral Rock as the backdrop and the beautiful Oak Creek meandering through.

Pastor Ed Reyes of the Wayside Chapel of Sedona performed a beautiful ceremony.

During the recessional, Amber + Sterling's guests showered them with birdseed.

Birdseed ... it is a "green" alternative ... but it gets everywhere. There must have been a million little birdseeds in Sterling's hair, on Amber's beautiful face, in their clothes. It will make a really great wedding story that they will laugh about someday (hopefully) when their grandkids ask why they are covered in birdseed in their wedding photographs.

Crossing Oak Creek -- I love this photograph.

Ron rocked with these two portraits.

The way they kissed ... all I can say is that I hope every bride is kissed by her groom the way Sterling kissed Amber. He breathed her. It was very romantic, very passionate, and Hollywood couldn't ever do better.