These are pictures from the trip that my wife Jennifer and I made to Tucson, Arizona to visit Mike and Brandy Long (then Brandy Statler) for their wedding. Some of the pictures are, of course, not from the wedding. Each picture is described rather than shown for your convenience, since this site has a slow connection to the internet. To view the picture, click the link. If you have corrections or comments, please refence the list number in your e-mail. I have include the timestamps from my camera, a Sony Digital Mavica FD-81. The actual time of day in Arizona lagged the camera timestamps by one hour, and I have not corrected the times on the page. Therefore a timestamp of 13:00 was 12:00 in Arizona. A note to those of you considering a digital camera purchase: The one thing I don't like about my camera is that there is only a viewscreen, no viewfinder. This makes it extremely hard to be sure of your target in bright outdoor light.

The wedding pictures start around #26...

    1. "Bee Hive" hill, just left of center. Jun 18 13:48:28 CDT 1999
    2. "Bee Hive" hill, close up. Jun 18 13:48:34 CDT 1999
    3. San Xavier Mission entrance. Jun 18 14:00:44 CDT 1999
    4. Decorations behind the altar at San Xavier. Jun 18 14:03:40 CDT 1999
    5. Artistry at San Xavier (east wall). Jun 18 14:03:58 CDT 1999
    6. San Xavier, south tower. Jun 18 14:06:24 CDT 1999
    7. Garden along west wall of San Xavier, looking west. Jun 18 14:10:08 CDT 1999
    8. Jay (me) and a Saguaro cactus. Jun 18 14:21:48 CDT 1999
    9. A shot taken on our way to Saguaro National Park, evidenced partially by the sign in the lower left. This picture was one of several attempts to capture dust storms on film. Jun 18 15:34:18 CDT 1999
    10. A somewhat successful shot of a dust storm. You can see the annotated version. Jun 18 15:34:36 CDT 1999
    11. A barrel cactus outside the visitor's center at Saguaro National Park. Jun 18 15:41:18 CDT 1999
    12. A field of saguaros behind the visitor's center. Jun 18 15:44:32 CDT 1999
    13. More saguaros at the visitor's center. Jun 18 15:44:40 CDT 1999
    14. A variety of cacti at the visitor's center. Note how tall the Saguaros are in comparison to the building. Jun 18 15:44:50 CDT 1999
    15. A cactus "garden" at the visitor's center. The cactus behind Brandy's shoulder is a kind of cholla. Jun 18 16:06:12 CDT 1999
    16. A view of Tucson on the (scenic) drive back from Saguaro National Park through Gates Pass. This picture was shot east of the pass, looking east. Jun 18 16:25:40 CDT 1999
    17. The mountains northeast of Tucson seen from Gates Pass Road. Jun 18 16:26:08 CDT 1999
    18. Mountains more or less north of Tucson, seen from Gates Pass Road. Jun 18 16:26:18 CDT 1999
    19. A nice view of the expanse of Tucson under the mountains. Jun 18 16:26:34 CDT 1999
    20. "The Dead Animal Museum" quoth Mike and Brandy. It's the merlon-capped building just right of center. If you need to look up "merlon" you can always check with Webster like I did. Jun 18 16:26:54 CDT 1999
    21. "A" hill. "A" for Arizona State, of course. Jun 18 16:38:00 CDT 1999
    22. The focal point of this picture was (contrary to all appearances) the mountain in the background---a photographic casualty of freeway speeds. Jun 18 16:38:20 CDT 1999
    23. I like mountains and other large landforms, can you tell? Jun 18 16:38:40 CDT 1999
    24. Since Mike and Brandy accused me of photographing the prison on the previous shot, so here's a nice close-up. Jun 18 16:38:54 CDT 1999
    25. Nice view of the mountains. The location is relatively obvious. Jun 18 16:39:36 CDT 1999
    26. Jennifer during sound check at the rehearsal. Jun 18 18:37:10 CDT 1999
    27. At the rehearsal. It looks like Mike has the bouquet. Jun 18 18:46:16 CDT 1999
    28. Checking positions at the rehearsal. Jun 18 18:46:46 CDT 1999
    29. Mike and Jay looking not entirely unlike, preparing the final playlists. Jun 18 22:57:32 CDT 1999
    30. The same, with no flash. Dark and scary... Jun 18 22:57:40 CDT 1999
    31. Hills outside Mike's apartment, to the right of Bee Hive. Jun 19 10:10:22 CDT 1999
    32. Bee Hive hill in the morning sun. Jun 19 10:10:32 CDT 1999
    33. Brandy imitating Princess Leia. Jun 19 15:34:36 CDT 1999
    34. Mike and his wiener. Jun 19 15:46:34 CDT 1999
    35. Brandy in disbelief that anyone would take this picture. Jun 19 16:42:28 CDT 1999
    36. Brandy, almost ready! Jun 19 17:40:06 CDT 1999
    37. Brandy with a bouquet. Jun 19 17:40:44 CDT 1999
    38. Brandy and her mother. Jun 19 17:42:50 CDT 1999
    39. Brandy and her sisters. Jun 19 17:45:38 CDT 1999
    40. A lovely cake. Jun 19 17:51:12 CDT 1999
    41. The top of the cake! Jun 19 17:51:20 CDT 1999
    42. The cactus garden to the right of the altar. Jun 19 18:08:36 CDT 1999
    43. Some guests seated before the wedding. Jun 19 18:09:04 CDT 1999
    44. A nice shot of the altar before the wedding. Jun 19 18:09:28 CDT 1999
    45. "Grow old along with me..." You can hear the song (with piano accompaniment) as sung by Jennifer. It's available in MPEG/Layer-3 (MP3) format only. (1.2 MB). If you don't have an MP3 Player such as the Microsoft Media Player for Windows you can get WinAMP for Windows. Linux and BSD users can look for MP3Blaster on Freshmeat. If anyone knows where to get an MP3 player for Macintosh, please e-mail me and I will post a link here. Jun 19 18:12:46 CDT 1999
    46. Lupita Hernandez (Maid of Honor) and Mike O'Keefe (Best Man) and Lupita's helper, Nougat, walking up the aisle. Jun 19 18:13:34 CDT 1999
    47. The man of the day and his mother. Jun 19 18:13:46 CDT 1999
    48. Brandy's father escorts her to the altar. Jun 19 18:14:32 CDT 1999
    49. Brandy and Mike at the altar. Jun 19 18:21:02 CDT 1999
    50. A good view of the service. Jun 19 18:21:12 CDT 1999
    51. The vows. Jun 19 18:22:38 CDT 1999
    52. The Unity Candle Jun 19 18:24:10 CDT 1999
    53. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Long! Jun 19 18:26:30 CDT 1999
    54. All smiles! Jun 19 18:27:06 CDT 1999
    55. The receiving line. Jun 19 18:28:00 CDT 1999
    56. The obligatory family and friends shot. Jun 19 18:36:22 CDT 1999
    57. Brandy and her parents. Jun 19 18:38:24 CDT 1999
    58. Re-enactment of the kiss! Jun 19 18:40:56 CDT 1999
    59. A close-up of Jennifer. Jun 19 18:58:30 CDT 1999
    60. Same pose, zoomed out. Jun 19 18:58:44 CDT 1999
    61. Brandy, after arriving at the reception. Jun 19 19:05:16 CDT 1999
    62. Mike, after arriving at the reception. Jun 19 19:07:02 CDT 1999
    63. Mike signs "The Document." Jun 19 19:12:50 CDT 1999
    64. Brandy's turn. Jun 19 19:13:04 CDT 1999
    65. The right half of the rainbow which graced the day. Jun 19 19:36:20 CDT 1999
    66. The left half of the rainbow. Jun 19 19:37:14 CDT 1999
    67. Pouring the glasses for the toast. Jun 19 19:41:12 CDT 1999
    68. And the toast! Jun 19 19:44:20 CDT 1999
    69. Teamwork at its finest... Jun 19 19:45:10 CDT 1999
    70. Any comment other than victorian would simply be silly... Jun 19 19:50:00 CDT 1999
    71. Center of the rainbow. Jun 19 19:50:36 CDT 1999
    72. Slicing the cake! Jun 19 19:54:42 CDT 1999
    73. Still slicing... Jun 19 19:54:56 CDT 1999
    74. The eating of the cake (video feed - MPEG). Mike was far too nice considering that Brandy did smush... Unfortunately we failed to catch the smushing on film! Jun 19 19:56:24 CDT 1999
    75. The garter comes off... Jun 19 20:01:34 CDT 1999
    76. The bouquet toss! Jun 19 20:02:56 CDT 1999
    77. Their first dance. "Love, me" Jun 19 20:05:40 CDT 1999
    78. Kissing... Jun 19 20:08:40 CDT 1999
    79. Brandy dances with her father... "Unforgettable" Jun 19 20:09:40 CDT 1999
    80. Brandy's parents dancing. "Could I Have This Dance (For the Rest of My Life?)" Jun 19 20:13:34 CDT 1999
    81. Mike's parents join in! Jun 19 20:15:20 CDT 1999
    82. You couldn't ask for a better shot of happy parents at a wedding... Jun 19 20:15:32 CDT 1999
    83. Brandy and Jennifer dancing. Jun 19 20:17:44 CDT 1999
    84. More Brandy and Jennifer... Jun 19 20:18:20 CDT 1999
    85. Sitting inside at the reception. This shot was taken without flash and contrast-enhanced with The GIMP. You can view the image source here for comparison. Someone with more skill than I should be able to do marvelous things with the original---I'd be interested in seeing the product. I merely made it possible to see what was missed. :) Jun 19 20:19:34 CDT 1999
    86. Another shot, with flash. Jun 19 20:19:48 CDT 1999
    87. Brandy, Amanda, and Jennifers (yes, plural) Jun 19 20:20:12 CDT 1999
    88. Left to right: Amanda Long, Brandy, Jennifer, and Jennifer Bolton. Jun 19 20:20:20 CDT 1999
    89. The Arizona sunset. Jun 19 20:26:44 CDT 1999
    90. This is what was left of Mike after we tore down the reception site. Jun 19 23:50:44 CDT 1999