2 . 14 . 2012

Dagny & Andrew, Ice Cream Friday

What better day to celebrate the universal day of love and candy with a colorful, little love shoot. You remember this lovely couple, and you’ll be happy to find that they’re only getting cuter with time. I can’t even imagine what they’ll be like by the time their wedding rolls around this summer.

Keep reading to find out what led up this this mess:)

Ice cream! Of course. When we planned this, I thought it was going to be a huge mess and I was surprised when it started off very meticulously. Look at these two, planning their sundae like rocket science. 
Of course, we have to start with a sprinkled rim (held on by fudge). 
I would like to note at this point that I hardly had to provide anything for this. I thought I was being helpful by bringing a carton of ice cream, oreos, bananas and whipped cream, but it turned out that Dagny had pretty much EVERYTHING already – not because of the shoot, but because apparently Dagny and Andrew are ice cream fiends – and all my stuff was pretty extraneous. 
Yum. We shot this pretty early – I asked them when I got there if they were prepared to have so much sugar at 11 o’clock in the morning, and they were more than game. We joked that they’d have a hell of a time with their kids, trying to convince them why they can’t have ice cream for breakfast after this. 
This is getting towards the mess I kind of expected from this endeavor. 
Yum. Whipped cream topped boyfriend. 
And of course, you can’t have that much whipped cream lying around without launching into a whipped cream fight! Thank God it’s been so warm this winter! Fifty degrees in February – you can’t ask for much better for shooting. 
They’re so cute.

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2 . 13 . 2012

Jenna & Craig, Trash the Dress!

This was a spectacularly fun trash the dress shoot. I had pinned Jenna for this shoot from the second the first raindrop fell on her wedding day. She wanted something fall-foliagey, and what says fall better than pumpkins! (Especially in an October where the leaves are still green – what happened to orange autumns??)

Barefoot brides. I love it. 
And some straight up just-the-bride portraits. I love the color in these. 
This shot wasn’t even fantastically executed (because hey, sitting on pumpkins is uncomfortable, and I’m a shorty), but I just love it. Miss Cinderella. 

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2 . 12 . 2012

Katelyn & Scott, The Wedding Photos!

This was a super fun wedding I shot in November with the beautiful and talented Christina Alfonso. These are just highlights, some of my favorite photos to show and give you a sense of the day.

Introducing, Katelyn and Scott.

So, something to know about Katelyn’s planning. This wedding occurred the Saturday immediately following Thanksgiving. Katelyn knew this (obviously, since it’s her wedding). And she planned it very carefully. To be held at a beautiful mansion on the cliff walk in Newport, RI. With an outdoor ceremony. Complete with muffs for the bridesmaids, in lieu of bouquets.

Apparently, Katelyn also made her plans very clear to the weather gods, because this wedding was blessed with 60 degree weather. In November.

Katelyn, you’re crazy, and awesome, and super lucky, and I hope the rest of your marriage is blessed with as much fortune as your wedding day was:)

So. The sexy bride, getting ready.

This little fellow is Jack, and he, of course, was the ring bearer. And kind of the life of the party. 

I’ve been dying to try this shot for the bridal party. Very Faith +1.

See? Look how amazingly un-freezing this bridal party looks. Though blankets were provided to the guests in case some of them got cold. 

I love this shot. 

This too. Taken in the beautiful archway of the mansion, right at sundown. 

And of course, Katelyn with her baby. 

Jumping bridal party. Classic. 

And this was the hustle over the bustle. It was quite a project for the bridesmaid. 

You have to love a bride that can let loose and make faces on her wedding day.

There are no words for how much fun Katelyn and Steve were. I loved how much fun they had, how much they let loose and just DANCED. If you are a dancing bride, you should definitely email me:)

Also a great indicator of a couple – cake toppers. Can you tell what Katelyn and Steve’s favorite pastime is? 

Father/daughter dance. 

Katelyn’s dad – is in a band. Who graciously took over for the wedding band and played a couple pieces for the bride and groom. So cool!

And a little mid-reception photo fun. 

Last surprise of the night – sparklers! Congrats Katelyn and Steve!

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2 . 11 . 2012

Dagny & Andrew, The Engagement Photos

This is from this past fall. I love this couple. This is Dagny and Andrew.

Funny story. I almost didn’t even respond to Dagny when she first got in touch with me, because I thought her name was fake and it was spam. I can only thank my lucky stars that that little voice niggling in the back of my head won out and I answered that email. 
Dagny and Andrew met  when Dagny was 11 and Andrew was 15. They started dating two years after that and two years ago came the big question! Who doesn’t want a love story like that, finding your soulmate, falling in love with your best friend. 
These two also have an engagement story I love. I wish I could tell it in Dagny’s voice. They were sitting in Andrew’s parents house one night, in their pajamas, talking to Andrew’s mom, and Andrew’s mom mentioned she had her old engagement ring upstairs, which she outgrew and no longer wears, and they could use it if they wanted. So Andrew followed upstairs, and a couple minutes later, according to Dagny, came “prancing down the stairs in his pajamas, got down on one knee in front of me and said, ‘Dagny, do you want to marry me?’” It’s such a cute story, only compounded by the way Dagny tells it, and seeing it in text doesn’t even begin to do it justice. I just love it. 
I love this detail. The boots, the angle through the stairs, Dagny on her tiptoes – everything about it.  It’s actually hanging in Dagny’s kitchen now, and I almost died of giddiness when I saw it:) 
So I’ve shown you some of the pretty and funky photos (which is indicative of how awesome they are), but this is really much more what they are like as a couple. Andrew gets a kiss and Dagny gets a lick. Typical. 
Also – the eyes on these two. I said this before but, they are going to have the best looking babies. 
More cute and typical.
This is actually an incredible monumental moment. Dagny is actually afraid of jumping. So this, captured on film (or in pixel, whatever), is a true feat. 
This wall is outside one of their regular date spots in Harvard Square. Andrew likes to climb things. 
That’s it! Cuteness galore. Can’t wait for your wedding guys:)

*Edited!* Thank you, Dagny, for setting me straight on the details of your story that I botched in the original post:)

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February 13, 2012 - 6:48 pm

klc - They are adorable! Great shots.

2 . 9 . 2012

Steph & Kiersten, The Wedding Photos

Now that I have a shiny new blog, I’m just playing catch up with things I didn’t post last year. With any luck, I’ll have caught up by the time this year’s wedding season hits full swing;)

This was an absolutely beautiful wedding I shot with Jovee Photography in Provincetown last October. I had a hard time deciding what images to post, so this is image heavy, and it’s still not all of my favorites even.

Stephanie and Kiersten Berman planned their wedding day down to a T. I went nuts over their color scheme – pink and black and white (and I’m not biased at all, right?) They booked a gorgeous house near the water where everyone got ready, said vows, and partied.

This is Steph getting ready. There was a lot of running around and coordinating between the bridesmaids because, while Steph and Kiersten got ready in the same house, they didn’t want to see each other before the ceremony. Make up was downstairs in the “basement” (I use that term liberally – it was the underfloor of the house, but it opened into the patio and was one of the sunniest “basements” I’ve ever been in), and dress up was in the penthouse suite.

I love this banner (and the colors;))
This is my favorite shot. Steph is done and Kiersten needs her face down, so we had to hide them from each other as they passed on the stairs. Convenient that it went right by the front door.
This little guy was a blinker. All my photos of him look like this. No, he doesn’t just hate me. And no, I’m pretty sure he’s not smiling, either. 
Because Kiersten took Steph’s last name, they decided that Steph would be the “bride” and that Kiersten would be “Mrs. Berman.” They got matching hangers accordingly. 
This is Kiersten, getting ready.
Another of my favorite details of the day. So, the entire bridal party was female. Steph had a full, funky tux designed just for the day, and her bridesmaids (“the bros”) had matching outfits. They all Got custom chucks with their initials and the year embroidered on the back of the heel. Kiersten’s bridesmaids were “the hos”, and they all had matching black shoes with the the pink flower.

How can you not love these ladies and their creativity and spunk?

The ceremony on the patio was a little crowded, but pretty nonetheless. There was only one small hitch. These beautiful candles that lined the aisle - 
- led to this issue with Kiersten coming down the aisle with her fluffy dress. 
Here’s Steph glowing with pride, regardless. 
And Kiersten made it to the front unscathed.

 

And after the vows and the ceremony – party!

More details. 
More fun.
Near the end of the night, Steph broke out her surprise to Kiersten. She and her bros sat Kiersten down and sang Boyz 2 Men’s “I Will Love You Like That” to her. Beautiful.

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