There is something unmistakable about the moment you step into San Fernando Cathedral for the first time. Even when it is empty, even when the doors close quietly behind you and the sounds of downtown soften into a distant murmur, the space feels alive with memory. The air is cool. The ceilings rise higher than you expect. Light filters through stained glass and settles gently across the stone floor as if it has all the time in the world.
Read MoreWe have photographed Catholic weddings all across San Antonio and the surrounding communities for years. Grand cathedrals downtown. Intimate parish churches tucked into neighborhoods. Historic sanctuaries where generations have said yes before God and family. Each one carries its own personality. And every now and then, we walk into a church and quietly think, we would love to photograph a wedding here.
That was our reaction to St. James.
Read MoreIf you were sitting across from us right now, coffee cups on the table and your phones face-down ready to talk “wedding”, this is probably where the conversation would start. Not with timelines or shot lists or even photography, really. It usually begins with a deep breath and a sentence that sounds a lot like, “We’re excited… but also a little overwhelmed.”
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