The wedding planned for March 21 in Williamson County was going to be a big one with 250 guests. Then, after officials initially limited gatherings to 50 to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, the guest list was slashed.

When that maximum number allowed to gather dropped to 10, the bride made her decision: the wedding would go on that day, just with only the couple, the officiant and wedding photographer Tiffany Snyder Hofeldt in attendance.

“I told her, ‘you’re marrying the...