A late-summer wedding at Ava's Place in Florence, Alabama. Aleah and Jackson Kennedy gathered family on a still September evening for a ceremony under the oaks, a long-table reception, and a first dance that lasted well after dark.
September in the Shoals is when the light gets good — golden hour comes earlier, the air finally lets up, and a ceremony under old oaks films like it was staged for a camera even though nothing about it was. Levi Crittenden flew drone for this one, which gave the film those wide establishing shots of the property that a single camera on the ground can't get, and HB Photography worked the same moments from the other side.
Aleah didn't wait for the full film to text me. She saw the first piece and sent back: "Rowe that is so good!! I can't wait to see the rest!!" A bride impatient for her own wedding film is the best review there is.
“Rowe that is so good!! I can't wait to see the rest!!”