Last Sunday, Liesa and I had the pleasure of shooting Jen and Matt’s wedding. Once a year, we giveaway a free wedding to a deserving couple. Jen’s sister wrote me a very moving letter that showed me just how amazing Jen and Matt are as people and I couldn’t help but choose them. You have such great family and friends around you both. It was our honor to share your special day with you all!!
Reception Riverdale Manor
Makeup Carmina Cristina
Wedding, Reception, Cake Bedford Springs
String Quartet St Charles String Quartet
Band For Dancers Only
Flowers Woodrings
Last Saturday I met Kristin and Steve in Philadelphia for their engagement session. We walked around for quite a bit until the heat became too much! Thanks for hanging in there!
Friday, Liesa and I had the pleasure of shooting Casey and John’s wedding. We arrived at Casey’s parents to find the girls quite calm and ready to go! After a few shots outside, we headed off to the church, St Barthalomews in Manchester MD. I absolutely loved photographing in this church! The light coming from behind them was so amazing during the ceremony that I had to use it photographing them together. A few quick family formals outside and we were off to the reception where they had so much fun, they had to extend the reception! Congratulations!!!
After Liesa and I got home from Paris, we began missing our new ‘french’ family, the Spaniers, Cuilhe’s, and all of our new friends that adopted us into their families. Luckily for us, Ed & Hadley got to do it again, that’s right – they also let us ‘follow them’ around for an American wedding. The entire wedding was held in Hadley’s parents backyard. The ceremony was so personal and intimate with Hadley’s father officiating and reception was so beautiful! The details took us right back to France.
The party went on all night thanks to Tommy Wareham and Graham’s one man band!
Hadley and Ed, thank you so much for introducing us to our new love for France ( or just the baguettes )
We are crossing our fingers for a third wedding reception, just so we can party and photograph you both again!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Macaroons!!
Wednesday, WGAL news 8 came over to do a story. So, Joanna and Emma volunteered to be my models. But, it also worked out that it was time for another shoot with Emma anyway. Here are just a few from our session.
I can finally post these now that Casey and John are getting married tomorrow!!
I met them about a month or so ago at Longwood Garden’s in the rain for their engagement session. Here are just a few!
I can’t even begin to tell you of the amazing experience we had shooting Ed and Hadley’s wedding in France.
Liesa and I arrived Friday morning in Paris and got settled before rehearsal dinner that evening at the Hotel de France in Versaille. It was just close family and friends and we were welcomed as family.
Saturday, everyone got ready at the hotel before being shuttled to the Mayor’s office in Louvecienne. The legal ceremony has to be performed by the Mayor. Then it was off to the Catholic church for the more traditional ceremony. After being blessed with a shower of rice exiting the church, Hadley, Ed and everyone walked up the street to l’Etang for cocktail hour in which anyone can come to. Food and drinks were flowing! After 2 hours there, were walked just a little more to Ed’s parents home for dinner. They had a beautiful tent set up in their yard to host all the guest. Course after course came and it kept getting better. When it was time to “cut the cake”, the caterers brought out a flaming presentation of deserts along with the cream puff tower that Ed and Hadley cut and fed each other. Michel, Ed’s father also brought out the last bottle of wine from the grand parents vineyard and let everyone share in drinking it. After midnight, we all headed home to get ready for brunch on the lawn of the Chateau de Versaille in the morning.
By early afternoon, we all met and walked over to the Chateau gardens where we all sat, ate and took in the gorgeous view.
Later, Hadley and Ed got back in their wedding attire so we could go around Paris and shoot. I am still sitting here not believing it….
Michel drove us around to some of the place they wanted to go. We did stop at the Eiffel tower for a few minutes until some of the World Cup soccer fans started rocking Michel’s car an almost rioting…so we got out fast. The last place we went was the Palais-Royal. I had been dreaming of this place for weeks. There were a ton of tourists, but I managed to pull it off!
My terrible writing really does not sum up everything that we saw, or how the trip went, so I will let the images speak for themselves.
Stay tuned for Part Deux from PSU.
