He takes my hand and we walk. Out into the uncertain, out into the unknown. But walking, always walking, in the direction of our dreams. I talk and he listens. Talk about nothing, talk about everything, talk until the whole world makes sense again. And just like that, just by taking my hand he’s always been able to make the world make sense again.
We stand together and he picks up our Crate & Barrel rococo striped dish towel and snaps it lovingly in the general direction of my backside. Posterior. Derriere if you prefer. “You Wash,
and I’ll Dry.” And for us this one simple statement has become much less a division of labor and more like a mantra for life. For how we take on the world together. He may be dirty dishes and kitchen cabinet doors standing wide open, but I’m three day old glasses of milk on the nightstand. And for us, it just works. Because we know we’re better together, we’re stronger together.
And we’ll fix it all. Together.
I walk to the beat in my own head, and he breathes the melody. He takes my hand and presses it against his chest and we dance. And he pulls me in close like he doesn’t ever want to let go.
We get in the car and drive and drive as the miles blur by, and he leans over and whispers, “I still love going on adventures with you.” And right then, deep down I know, I was born to love like this.
In the silence that is comfortable, in the moments in between. In the tiny little everyday ordinary nothings that make up our whole lives together. I know there is no place I would rather be. See, I see love because I have known love. I have been loved. Quietly and fearlessly and without question. In
the moments when it was most uncertain, in the times when it was most undeserved. I believe in love. With my whole heart I believe in love. Because I was first loved. And I have loved in return.
WE ARE JUSTIN & MARY, PHOTOGRAPHY
FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN LOVE.
Because for us, it always started with love.
Justin & Mary Marantz are an internationally renowned wedding
photography duo, named among 15 of the most influential wedding photographers in the world by Profoto and one of the top 100 wedding photographers in the country by BrandSmash, they travel the globe
shooting weddings, teaching, & inspiring other small business owners.
They have put on their “Walk Through a Wedding” Workshops worldwide including London, Australia, Germany & The Netherlands, took their “What's Next Tour" all across the country on their own tour bus, authored their first book- The Guide, presented at international conferences including WPPI and The Dutch Wedding Congress, have been featured in Martha Stewart, Style Me Pretty & Inside Weddings, and most recently co-founded twin wedding blogs The Black Tie Bride & The Well Groomed Groom.
Justin is a graduate of the top photography program in the country at RIT
and Mary is a graduate of the Yale Law School.