Kyndra & Matt {Hoffstadt Bluff WA Wedding}
Posted on July 25, 2010
Gorgeous day, handsome couple, beautiful location=that is a sure recipe for a fun wedding.
Yesterday I was honored to work as an assistant shooter to Jenica of Lemon Drops Photography, capturing a lovely wedding of two beautiful souls: Kyndra and Matt, at Hoffstadt Bluff Center, near mountain/volcano St. Helens in WA. You will see from the images that the event was a perfection, but I have to tell you a little story first.
At the end of the day, when all was said and done, I packed up my stuff and headed down toward Longview. The road was passing through steep mountains and a lot of forest. I stopped at a gas station, got my tank happy and was looking forward to putting my feet up when I got home. As I got close to Toutle, out of nowhere [it was quite dark], in a moment of split seconds, I saw a deer jumping in front of my car. There was no time to step on my brakes, swerve to the side or do anything else of sorts. THUMP… I held on to my steering wheel for my dear life. First time for everything… I pulled over as fast as I could [remember it is pitch dark outside now]. What to do? I got out to inspect the car–I still had over 25 miles to go to get home, at least 10 of which were on a freeway. Then God send me an angel. A local burly biker was riding behind me. He pulled over to make sure I was ok. He gave me his name [angels have names sometimes 
] and a number and offered to follow me to the Longview exit to make sure I got there safely. Thankfully the tire did not blow up. I drove as carefully and slowly as I could without ticking anyone off.
I was even brave enough to pull over at a gas station and snap pictures of the damage to send to my insurance agent. But the morning showed how much bigger the damage was than I thought…
I am yet to look under the hood to see that is going on there.
I feel bad for the poor sucker… I don’t know what happened to him. It makes me really sad to think that that deer had to lay somewhere on the side of the road suffering. But I’ll leave all worries for tomorrow. Today I am grateful to be alive.
Now, let’s have fun!
Kendra and Matt
First dance as husband and wife
Spectacular landscape with Mt. St. Helens in the background [still an active volcano]
Lovely details
I have to give a shout-out to my next year’s bride Tiffany [see her engagement images here]. I was surprised to have run into her at the wedding. Can’t wait for hers–she is a doll to photograph, along with her dapper fiance Greg. 
I wish all the best to the bride and the groom! May the celebrate many years together.
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The pictures are amazing!!! I cant wait to see the rest of them!!!!
I’m also so happy that your ok…..
Thank you, Tiffany
on both accounts. Jenica of Lemon Drops Photography will have the rest, as she was the primary photographer, and I know you and Kendra will enjoy them very much.
Thank you for sharing the gorgeous photos!!!! It was truly an amazing night!!! I am soooo sorry to hear abut the deer incident
. Kyndra was really excited to have you there in addition to Jenica, thanks again for all of your help and support (cake). I hope that the guys did not give you too bad of a time. ~Kathy
Kathy, it was my pleasure to help. Loving family and the gorgeous couple made it fun