About these Thomas Center Wedding Photos...

Kirt and Brooke were married at the Thomas Center in Gainesville, Florida. The Thomas Center is a great location for weddings - you can have your ceremony and reception all in one place and it has beautiful architecture every way you turn!

Kirt and Brooke got ready at the new Hampton Inn in downtown Gainesville. Brooke happened to have a corner room overlooking the Hippodrome State Theatre (another great wedding location!) and there was tons of beautiful light for great getting ready photos. Brooke's white heels had blue crystals with the letters "B" and "K" on them. But Brooke also had a fun pair of Anne Klein floral heels that she switched to during the reception. Before leaving the downtown Gainesville area and heading for the Thomas Center we stopped in front of the Hippodrome and took a few photos there.

Brooke and Kirt had their ceremony at the Thomas Center in the area called Turtle Court. It is a courtyard area and any music sounds awesome in that area - especially the flautists they had for their ceremony.

Brooke and Kirt took the majority of their posed photos in advance so everyone walked right into the cocktail hour just outside the Spanish Court and all around the West Gardens. Brooke and Kirt came out to do their first dance and greeted their guests for a little while. The weather was perfect - the azaleas were blooming and they had string lights and Chinese lanterns to light up the area once the sun went down.

After the first dance and cocktail hour outside, everyone headed inside to the Spanish Court and Long Gallery for the reception. The Spanish Court is a courtyard area that is enclosed with a glass roof. You can go up to the 2nd floor and look down on everyone in the courtyard area as they eat and dance. And everyone was dancing - it was a great reception!