Lora + Larry’s Intimate Mountain Wedding in Centennial, Wyoming

There are beautiful places to get married, and then there are places that already mean something before your wedding day even begins.

Lora and Larry got married in the mountains of Centennial, Wyoming, in the same place her parents were married years before.

And somehow, that wasn't the only piece of her parents' wedding that made its way into theirs.

The same band that played her parents' wedding came back to play Lora and Larry's, too.

I KNOW.

Surrounded by their closest people, ridiculously blue water, mountains, colorful wildflowers, and so much family history, these two basically took pieces of one generation's wedding and turned them into something completely their own.

Getting Married in the Same Place as Her Parents

The ceremony location itself was obviously gorgeous.

Water behind them, mountains in the distance, trees surrounding everyone, and this tiny group of people gathered together in the middle of all of it.

But knowing that her parents had stood in this same place for their own wedding completely changes what these photographs mean.

That's the stuff that gets me.

Because years from now, their family won't just have photographs from two weddings.

They'll have photographs of two generations standing in the same place, celebrating the beginning of their marriages against the same Wyoming landscape.

And now that place holds both stories.

The Same Band, Another Generation

Then there's the music.

Lora and Larry are both musicians, so music was always going to be a huge part of their wedding. But instead of just hiring a band for the reception, they brought back the same band that played her parents' wedding.

Years later. Another generation. Another wedding.

And THEN her mom joined them on bass.

Come onnnn.

Those are the moments I want to photograph just as much as the giant mountain portraits.

Because one day, that photo isn't simply going to be a cool flash photo of Mom playing bass at the reception.

It's going to be family history.

A Wedding That Felt Completely Like Them

That's what I loved so much about this day.

There were all the things that make a Wyoming mountain wedding ridiculously beautiful: huge landscapes, blue water, trees, wildflower-inspired florals, and portraits where Lora and Larry look tiny compared to everything around them.

But none of those things were there just because they'd look good in photographs.

There was history here.

After the ceremony, everyone headed inside and the entire feeling shifted. The huge, quiet Wyoming landscape turned into a cozy celebration filled with speeches, drinks, live music, dancing, flash photos, hugs, and people actually being together.

Give me the cinematic mountain portrait AND the slightly chaotic flash photo from the party afterward.

I want both.

Your Wedding Doesn't Need to Look Like Everyone Else's

This is exactly why I want to know the weirdly specific details about your wedding.

Tell me where your parents got married.

Tell me that the band has been playing your family's weddings for years.

Tell me your mom might end up playing bass.

Tell me about the piece of jewelry that belonged to your grandma, the car your dad has had forever, the house you grew up in, or whatever tiny detail would mean absolutely nothing to a stranger but everything to you.

Because those details are what turn pretty wedding photos into your family's photographs.

And those are the ones that matter more with time.

Planning a Wedding in Centennial, Wyoming?

Whether you're planning an intimate mountain wedding in Centennial, a celebration somewhere in the Snowy Range, or gathering everyone you love somewhere meaningful to your family, I'm in.

I'm Jesse, the photographer behind by Jesse Liz. I photograph weddings and elopements throughout Wyoming, Utah, and wherever you decide to take me, blending candid documentary photography with editorial portraits, digital, and film.

I want you to have the beautiful photographs.

But I also want the ones your kids are going to pull out someday and say, "Wait, Grandma got married there too?"

Those are the good ones.