Basel Fotograf / Hochzeitsfotograf – A Brilliant Photo

I am sooo excited to finally blog my first wedding of this year. Some of you guys already had a peek at some of the photos on my facebook page a couple days ago, here are a couple more from the set! Thank you so much for all the comments! :o)

As some of you know already, I had the big honor to travel out of State to document Rebekah’s & Mike’s beautiful wedding in ALABAMA.

Well, the wedding was beautiful, I loved, loved, loved Rebekah’s dress. Everything looked so pretty, but you’ll just have to see for yourself :o)

This was also my first wedding where I had a professional Saber Arch on board, you guys were awesome – what a fun group! :o) Military families have my deepest respect. It’s hard to imagine the sacrifices that you and your families make! Leaving your love and child(ren) home / or seeing your husband leave must be the most difficult thing ever!

Rebekah & Mike held their ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church and partied all night at the pretty Indian Hills Country Club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Ok, ok .. I’ll stop rambling. Rebekah & Mike, here you go:  :o)

Oh – and I have to ad a little side note … I tried a new processing style, hope you like it :o)

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Rebekah had the ring of her great grandma (who got married 100 years ago, on July 12 1911!) with her the day of the wedding. How cool is that?

Love this shot, with the dress in the background … the light is so yummy!

It doesn’t happen often that I come across a tradition that I haven’t seen before, BUT I have to say, this one is really cute! It includes the lill bonnet Mike wore when he came home from the hospital as a baby. The tradition says that the bonnet is to be carefully packed away after the baby comes home until the child marries. Once the big day is here, one has to simply snip a few threads and the baby bonnet becomes a wedding handkerchief, carried by a lovely bride either the original baby girl, now all grown up, or the wife-to-be of the baby boy.

The pretty bride!

Look at that gooorgeous dress!!!

Oh do I love that shot! I wish all reception venues would have an open staircase like this!

One of my favorites!

Meet the groom, Captain Mike O’D:

Rebekah & Mike decided to have their photos taken before the ceremony (as the photographer seems to be a bit insistent on shooting while the sun is up, haha), so I took a couple photos of their first peek at each other. Cute! :o)

Love this one!

… and this one … aw, I love so many from this set!

One of my (many) favorites:

Aren’t they just adorable??

Bridal Party! First up the guys! (should I ad that Mike is one out of TEN???) I think that explains things, haha! He had SEVEN groomsmen … and EIGHT other attendants from the army. You don’t want to mess with this guy, haha! …

… though gotta say, they were all super nice and lots and lots of fun!

Yup, an OTHER favorite of mine! :o) One of the Saber Arch

Told you, this was a HUGE crowd!! 26 + flower girls & ring bearers! It *might* actually be the biggest bridal party I ever shot! WOWZERS!

And tell me .. don’t you just LOVE the bridesmaid’s dresses?? They were custom designed by Leona, just for this wedding. You should check out her / their blog, they have beautiful designs on there!

I looks like Rebekah’s bridesmaids dresses came in 3 versions, picking up the ruffle-design of Rebekah’s dress. LOVE THEM!

How adorable is this? The ring bearer saluted Mike once he walked down the aisle!!! It doesn’t get more A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

Unfortunately I wasn’t allowed in the front part of the church, so I had to shoot from the back

Rebekah & Mike had grooms & brides cupcakes and a wedding cake, that incorporated the design of the bridesmaid’s dresses. PRETTY!

I have a feeling my little photos won’t do the dancers / party justice as you really need to see it in big, but it will give you a tasty taste until the gallery is online :o)

I love this photo:

… and I looove this one:

Well, what should I say? It was a fun, fun wedding! I hope you, Rebekah & Mike enjoyed your little preview, the gallery will be online shortly!

This is it! My last wedding of the season!! And what a beautiful & crafty (!!) wedding it was!! :o) The title says it all, the couple got married at a CRAFT Museum, so what does one, expect! Haha! Well, Helen got her dress designed by one of her friends (!!), she (Helen) made all the weddingparty gifts herself (aren’t the little robots the cutest things?? / see below), the bridesmaids hairpieces and boutonnieres were done by one of her bridesmaid, Cynthia, the center pieces were also done by one of their friends … and … you have to see their place cards and self made invitations! (WOW, those 2 are just amazing!!)

Enough said, I am sure I forgot to mention a couple projects, but I hope the photos will speak for themselves:

Helen & Andrew held their ceremony & reception at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton.

I hope you guys are having the time of your life on Moorea (Gosh, had to look that one up, you guys are right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!!

WOW – Can’t wait to see *those* photos)  Big hugs! Hope you’re having fun!!

Oh yeah, forgot to mention their RING PILLOW (and on the right you can see the 2 little robots Helen did for the girls)

Haha, check out Helens nail polish, it matches their color scheme :o) Cute!

Just LOVED their invitations! What a fun idea!!

There is something about this photo, I don’t know what it is, but … I just love it. I usually zoom in a lot more to get a close-up of the hands / ring but I really like this version of it.

Helen is one of the sweetest people there is … with the biggest smile EVER!

Loved her hair piece (done by an etsy designer) :o) Photo on the right was taken by Lori:

Toooo cute :o)

The boutonnieres Cynthia made:

And the robots, the guys received as a gift. Andrew is a robot engineer / they both met at MIT, hence those little personal touches :o)

I am seriously IN LOVE with the robots.

Still missing some cute captions, do you guys have any ideas? :o)

Since Helen’s and Andrew’s ceremony was fairly late in the afternoon they decided to do a “first look”

Sometimes it’s all in the candids! :o) Andrew showing off his shave :o)

Not sure anymore what happened here, I think one of the bridesmaids wanted to make sure Helen’s dress was all bustled :o)

Love this one:

But I think this photo is stealing the show. Lori was actually the one that took it, I only processed it :o)

Helen and Andrew are just too cute for words. They have soooo much fun together!

Haha! :o)

And a couple more with the wedding party :o))

What a setting for a ceremony!

They had everybody pass around the rings, for some personal wishes & blessings, what a nice idea!

… and then the ring barer brought it back to the couple :o))

Ok, check out these place cards!! Every guest got a DIFFERENT photo! My goodness, can you imagine??

And they had the guest fill out little questionnaires, haha! This one was filled out by Andrew’s brother:

What a fun wedding to finish the season! Helen and Andrew, thanks so much for letting us be part f your beautiful day!

Thanks to my wonderful second photographer, Lori

It’s time again to post some wedding photos, I bet some of you guys have been waiting already! :o)

I met Kaitlyn & Michael a bit over a year ago, and I knew then already that this wedding will be sparkling with some beautiful personal touches as I could tell that Kaitlyn had a great eye for details when she was looking trough my sample albums. And boy, it would be an understatement if I’d say she put a lot of thoughts into the little things. I loved them all. (Uhm, and as a side note, can I mention their fun engagement shoot? – Fun times!) :o)

Kaitlyn & Michael held their ceremony at the beautiful, old First Parish in Plymouth and partied all night long at the Pinehills Golf Club.

I looooved Kaitlyn’s beautiful dress, and did you check out the detail on the hanger and the shoes?? Fun!

Kaitlyn gave her parents embroidered handkerchiefs. I didn’t really read what’s written on them until I started working on the set once I was back home …. and I’ll have to admit it, it brought tears to my eyes when finally read it. Not sure if you’ll be able to read it on the small photo below, so I’ll just type it up:
“Mom, To dry your happy tears on my wedding day, as you have always dried mine. Thank you for teaching me live, laugh and love. I love you always.”
And her dad’s handkerchief says:
“Dad, Thank you for walking by my side today and always. As you give me away today, remember I will always be your little girl. I love you always.”
HOW SWEET IS THIS??

Kaitlyn’s shoes matched perfectly the bridesmaids dresses and their flowers. Love this shade of blue, very pretty

The beautiful bride, Kaitlyn:

Haha, must be one of my favorites from the day. Kaitlyn & her dad:

Kaitlyn & Michael got married at the old First Parish church in Plymouth, whose history dates back to 1620.

A few photos of the guys before the ceremony:

Absolutely LOVE this one:

And how beautiful are these boutonnieres?

Meet Mike, the groom of the day!

And an other one of my favorites:

Isn’t the church just gorgeous?

And a couple in front of the church before we headed out to Plymouth for some more pics:

I seriously loved all the details their had. If I remember correctly this board was give by one of their friends:

Geneve got this one, love it:

Ha! Couldn’t resist to play around with some textures for a couple of shots, call it midnight entertainment (‘caus this wedding photographer gets barely any sleep these days, haha) :o)

Pretty, pretty. What a backdrop!

And a couple with Rachel, their beautiful flower girl:

The Pinehills Golf Club has soo many beautiful hidden spots. Loved shooting there.

You are just a really, really sweet couple, have I told you that already?

One from Geneve‘s set:

I think Kaitlyn got this board. What a fun idea!! :o)

Ok, we’re getting closer to my favoties :o) I’ll start with a couple of Kaitlyn:

Cute, cute, cute :o)

One of my top 2 from the day :o)

Told Mike we were done with the photos, I’d say calling him ‘happy’ would be an understatement, haha … but … there was one more (of course) > I hear Geneve giggling, there is aaaallllways one more when you hire me :o))

Ok, THIS ONE IS IT! This one is my favorite :o)

Details, details, details …. there is nothing better for a photographer (ok, besides a really fun couple to work with – of course)

How about an entrance like this? Haha! Way to go!

Let me tell you, I was happy I had the camera in front of the nose! I don’t remember which toast got me, but … Dear parents of the bride, those were some of the sweetest toasts ever! Boy!

Bahahahahaha (with a happy end – this time anyay, haha):

That’s it for now! What a wedding! I hope you guys are enjoying your honeymoon in Costa Rica!! Have some cocktails for me at the pool. I’ll talk to you soooon :o)

Thanks again (for the last time for a while) to my woooooonderful second shooter Geneve, please visit her website, she does beautiful work!

Yay! I love fun & brave couples, and I love post wedding shoots, HOW FUN! I met up with Celinda & Brian (who’s wedding I shot back in July) on Crane Beach for a fun shoot on the beach. I had a blast, and I think we came up with a really pretty set, but have a peek yourselves :o)

It was so much fun seeing you guys again! Thanks for a wonderful morning :o)

They are such a cute couple, I didn’t even have to pose them, they already knew what they were doing, love it :o))

Love this candid shot:

Like straight out of a magazine, Celinda, you are gorgeous!

I looove this one:

Haha! Lill chickie had already a little appearance on their wedding day. Love it :o)

I loooove this one, Celinda, you had such a beautiful veil!

Hard to pick a favorite, but this one might be it:

I always wanted to take a photo like this:

Stranded ;o))

Pretty, pretty!

Just in case you wonder if the water was cold … I think it was … ;o)

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Ok, so after every wedding post I tell myself to never do such a loooong post again, and somehow they just keep getting longer and longer, haha … I need help! I just can’t narrow down photos, but hey, I guess there are worse problems to have ;o)

Katrina & Billy held their ceremony at the beautiful Saint Patrick’s church in Wareham and had a hell of a party at the Beachmoor.I hope you guys are ready for this sneaky “preview” … get your fingers ready, there is a loooot of scrolling to do :o)

Katrina got ready at the Beachmoor, gotta say, it’s like a little hidden treasure with looooots of pretty rooms with loooot of cute little details (and Katrina, loved that dress! WOW):

I heard mom put the rhinestones on Katrina’s shoes, how pretty!

Meet Katrina, the pretty bride:

Love these two (the photo on the right is from Lori)

Did you spot the mermaid in the back? :o)

2 from Lori’s set:

Pretty, pretty:

Seeeeee why I had troubles choosing photos? Sooo many to chose from!

Ok, off to the groom :o)

Hello Billy! :o)

Love this one:

Well, we did 2 takes on the jumping shot, somehow (most of ) the guys didn’t take me too seriously, haha. (Shot on the left is from my lovely 2nd shooter, Lori)

Cuteness! :o)

Awww :o)

Love how Billy’s smile got bigger, the closer Katrina came :o)

They released butterflies in front of the church! How cool!

Did you spot Katrina’s touch of purple in (or rather under) her dress? :o)

Love this one:

Cute, cute, cute!

And this one is my absolute favorite :o)

Look at all the details and check out that sandcastle cake! :o)

They had those cute flip flop key chains as favors, love it!

And some detail shots from  Lori :o)

I don’t have to tell you that they had a heck of a time during their first dance, do I?? :o)

And that girl can spiiin her dress! LOVE IT!

And more dress spinning photos! :o)

Awwww:

Oh, and do you recognize those 2 couples?? Love you guys!

Yup, it was a party!

… everybody was on the dance floor!

Ohhhh, do I love this shot:

… aaaaand this one:

Ok so … Billy …., let’s talk about the cake cutting: Maaaaaybe *somebody* gave you some bad advice, maaaaaybe you just didn’t know that you actually SHOULD NOT smash the cake in your beautiful wife’s face / not like this! ….. uhm …. yeah … haha. I hope she forgave you … make sure you never forget the anniversary and you always give her a nice gift on that special day, because maaaaaaaan, you should be happy she took you on that honeymoon, haha!

Ok, last series of photos from this set :o) Katrina’s uncle said he’d only come to the wedding if they’d serve some Papa Gino’s Pizza, haha! Sooo guess what they served as a little (almost) Midnight snack :o)) He sure looked reallly happy, haha!

Thanks you guys! I had a blast! I hope you enjoyed this “sneak peek” & I hope you are having a blast on your honeymoon in ITALY!! :o)

And thanks again to my wooonderful 2nd shooter, Lori

Video & Uplighting: Boston Event Lighting

Band: Radiance – Wilson Stevens Productions

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