Romantic Archives - Katrina Meyer | Omaha, NE Photographer

Golden Wedding Anniversary

5.28.2015

I recently had the privilege of photographing Mr. and Mrs. Wilson as they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the Courtyard Marriott in Warner Robins, GA. I must have cried about 3 times that day!

To be there with them and experience the day unfold as I documented it for them was so special to me. The day was filled with so much love, respect and admiration from so many people through out the world whose lives they have touched. They have inspired so many throughout their journey together and I want them to know how much their love for each other has moved me. Spending the day with them has only confirmed that nothing would be worth having if I do not have my beloved to share it all with.

Thank you so much for letting me experience and be part of your special day.

Wilson 50th, Katrina Meyer Photography, Warner Robins GA, Wedding and Event Photography

Not only was the day amazing, they introduced me to a beautiful love song that I just can’t stop listening too!

An Intimate Beach Ceremony

4.9.2014

Albert and Carolyn have been a couple for many years and when it was finally time to say their I Do’s, they decided to leave the frigid Pennsylvania winter to have an intimate ceremony on the beaches of Waikiki.

In the afternoon we spent together, it was clear how much these two loved each other. Albert couldn’t help but grin each time his eyes met Carolyn’s. It was a short and sweet ceremony, with a handful of loved ones witnessing the beginning of a new chapter of their fairy tale and the love that radiated between the two of them, could span the entire Hawaiian Islands.

Katrina Meyer Photography, Hawaii Destination Wedding Photographer

My Journey Begins Today

2.11.2014

When you’ve been married for 10 years, it’s safe to say that my husband and I know each other pretty well. It was him who knew before I did how much I REALLY love being an entrepreneur, and it was under his encouragement that I attend a business workshop in Colorado. A unique type of workshop with a unique name, Fight Club, with a goal of teaching you how to work Happily Ever After (and when the words Happily Ever After are involved I’m immediately drawn).

I was reluctant at first. Attending the workshop meant it would be the first time I would not be sleeping under the same roof with my 6 and 3 year old. I sat in the airport terminal on FaceTime with tears in my eyes, wondering how I could possibly get on that plane and miss the next 4 days of their little lives.

The plane started to board and with a heavy heart, and a tiny bit of courage, I got off the phone and boarded the plane. I arrived in Denver with butterflies in my stomach. I believed I was there to learn how to work happily ever after, so when Jeff Jochum asked the 7 of us workshop attendees to define ourselves (not our roles) in 3 words, not our business, … ourselves, I was dumbfounded. How was this suppose to help me work happily ever after?

Our final task of the three day workshop was to broadcast live via the internet, and tell all of our peers who we were and what we stood for. Was I ready? NO! We went into rehearsals and while the others went before me, I sat and stared at the pages of my notebook, trying to piece the things I had written and put it all together for a one minute presentation … LIVE! … Then, I saw it. It was staring at me the whole time. My own words, scribbled then crossed off, and rewritten again …

I AM Romantic.

I AM Intimate.

I AM Courageous.

I believe in Writing My Own Fairy Tales.

It took 3 more months of prying with Jeff and my mentor Sarah to truly find myself and to understand why I do the things I do. Why I love the things I love. Why my business is important. Why it matters. Why I matter. It all came together. My Who and my Why. I CELEBRATE DEVOTION TO TRUE LOVE and I want to celebrate it with couples who believe in writing their own fairy tales.

Starbucks and a Pepperidge Farm cookie never fails to inspire. 🙂

The First 10 Years … Writing Our Own Fairy Tale

1.29.2014

In 10 days, my husband and I will be celebrating our 10th Anniversary! 10 YEARS!!! I still remember being 22 (insert Taylor Swift, singing 22), being completely excited and yet overwhelmed to plan my wedding. All I knew for sure was that I needed to wear a tiara and needed to have the perfect Fairytale dress. I was obsessed with making sure our wedding day was exactly how I’d dreamed of it for all those years. It would be my version of the all the Happily Ever Afters that I saw in the movies.

Our wedding day came and went. It was perfect. However, I realized that while not every detail was movie perfect, all that mattered to me on that day, and all I remember 10 years later, was the love we had for one another and the overwhelming love from the people that surrounded us.

It was my perfect Fairytale Wedding.

While my life for the last 10 years probably won’t get made into the next Disney Princess movie, I still choose to see my life as a Fairytale. It is our Fairytale, one we’ve chosen to write. I choose to devote myself to my one true love, to work hard each day to see the wonderful things that our love has created for us. Together, we will continue to write our own Happily Ever After…

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Farrell Homecoming

1.17.2013

I don’t know that I will ever get tired of photographing military homecomings. Military Homecomings all follow the same format, the anticipation of the military member arriving, the moment you finally get a glimpse of them and finally the moment you can run to their arms, excited, happy, relieved. And while the format is the same every homecoming is special. Whether it is the families’ first homecoming or their third, if there are new additions to the family or just simply that the kids got bigger, homecomings are truly a special event and should be treated as such.

I always feel privileged when I get asked to do a homecoming. To be a part of such a special event and to be there to capture the first glances, the hugs and the kisses. It truly makes my heart melt.

Thank you again Megan. Your family is gorgeous and I’m glad that you have your family together again