A branding and a wedding all in the same day.....

A few months ago I booked the wedding and branding for Kathleen and Craig. About a month later Nell's mother, Jackie called to see if I could shoot her daughter's wedding on the same day of the branding. Originally we made arrangements to fly Cindy, one of my associates, up to shoot the branding and then I realized I could shoot both events because they were spaced far enough apart during the day. So yesterday morning I photographed this wonderful branding at the ranch. The ranch is beautiful and the branding pens were covered in mustard instead of the mud that I am accustomed to so my job was EASY. Everyone was very friendly and everyone who wanted to help was welcome. Here are some of my favorites:

After the branding, I made a quick change of clothes and FLEW from Billings to Big Timber. The McKight ranch is located at the foothills of the Crazy Mountains a LONG way down a couple of dirt roads. (My car, which by the way is a great Toyaota Highlander, wanted to blow up because I was going way too fast.)

Anyway this was the first time I was meeting Nell, Andrew and their families and everyone was so happy and excited. They are a sweet couple who did a unity ceremony Montana style which was sharing a gun shot on an antique pistol that the minister had under his jacket. Everyone had a great time celebrating and enjoying the beautiful weather.