Dawn & Joe | Wedding Day

Dawn and Joe's gallery: a lakeside ceremony at Knotted Roots on the Lake, portraits on the gazebo and dock, and a first dance under the pavilion.

Couple kissing beside flowering bushes at the edge of the lake, with a covered dock stretching into the water behind them.

A white lace wedding gown hanging on weathered white wooden doors framed by flowering greenery, with an unplugged-ceremony sign and Spanish moss in the trees.

Wooden reception table with a teal runner, mixed flowers, a glass cylinder vase, and a sign with childhood photos reading When we were 6, Dawn & Joe, 4-25-26.

Four women in robes — two teal, one white, and one purple — toast with glasses on a cream sofa beneath a wall of empty picture frames.

A woman pins a teal and greenery boutonniere to the lapel of a man in a gray suit and teal tie, outdoors beside a wooden fence.

Bride in a sleeveless white lace gown smiles in a doorway, holding the hand of the groom in a gray suit who stands facing away in the open door.

Couple holding hands under a rustic wood arch draped in teal fabric and teal, purple, and red flowers, with the lake behind them and the wedding party looking on.

Couple kissing under a rustic wood arch draped in teal fabric and colorful flowers, with the lake and a dock behind them.

Groom in a gray suit dips the bride in a white lace gown and kisses her on a grassy aisle, with the floral arch, lake, and guests behind them.

Groom in a gray suit stands with a group of seven on a white wooden gazebo over the lake, including adults and children.

Wedding party of six standing under trees with Spanish moss: two women in teal dresses, the couple, and two men in navy suits, holding colorful bouquets.

Close-up of a hand wearing a silver wedding band and a watch with a blue face and brown leather strap, resting on white lace fabric.

Couple standing close together on a lakeside deck, the bride holding a teal, purple, and red bouquet as they smile at each other, with the water behind them.

Couple holding hands on a white wooden gazebo, looking at each other, with the lake, a dock, and trees behind them.

Couple kissing in the middle of a white wooden footbridge, with trees, string lights, and a covered pavilion in the background.

Couple dancing under a pavilion, the bride smiling as they hold each other in front of a wooden hexagon arch draped in teal and purple fabric.

Dawn and Joe's gallery opens at Knotted Roots on the Lake, with a lace gown hanging on weathered white doors framed by flowering vines, and Spanish moss in the trees above. There's a toast while getting ready, a boutonniere being pinned to Joe's gray suit, and a first look in a doorway, with Dawn holding Joe's hand as he faces away. Then comes their ceremony under a wood arch draped in teal fabric, with teal, purple, and red flowers and the lake behind them, a kiss, and a dip in the aisle. Later there are portraits on the gazebo, a kiss on the white wooden bridge, and another by flowering bushes along the dock. The day ends with their first dance under the pavilion. Dawn and Joe, thank you for having me there. Planning a wedding? Tell me about your date.