This is a special post to me. I met this bride, Mayra, while worked together at our college newspaper. The woman is an amazing news photographer. Since we all parted ways in college, she’s gone on to become a photographer at the Houston Chronicle (where we found out how small a world it truly is — she ended up working with a former coworker of mine!), and has done amazing things like being an embedded photographer in Iraq. Apparently, that’s where she met the man she married on Dec. 26, in a truly romantic ceremony that looks straight out of a 1940s photo album, complete with the groom in military uniform!
All photos are courtesy of Helen Montoya Photography out of San Antonio, TX. This post, by the way, is helped by the fact that Helen blogged the wedding and shed light on a few details. I’ve been in contact with Mayra, of course, but that woman is busy!

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