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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Time for some new photooooos :o)

Laurie & Ian celebrated their beautiful wedding at Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston. Having flashbacks? Yup, I was there just a couple of weeks ago, haha!

Oh, and I can’t post photos of their wedding, without mentioning their fabulous videographer, Timothy Bakland! He was so much fun to work with, and I can’t believe how quickly he posted their preview. I usually don’t get to see the final video (nor a preview), so it’s usually really hard for me to recommend *any* videographers. Having said this, have a look at Laurie’s & Ian’s preview and judge yourself. I’d say: WOW! Amazing!

Laurie & Ian, you guys had such a beautiful wedding, I hope you enjoy your “little” preview. :o)

I hope you guys are having a faaaabulous time in Fiji – boy am I jealous!! :o)

We had a bit extra time while the girls were getting ready, so we had some fun with some detail shots … maybe too much fun :o)

What a beautiful group :o)

Hmmmm, and don’t you just love her colors & flowers?

Meet Laurie, the beautiful bride:

And some photos of the guys …

Let’s see how they do it, same room, same couch … Not too shabby, right? :o)

I’d say that’s LOVE … oh wait …

Meet Ian, the handsome groom:

I’d say Laure got the seal of approval from the guys + the girls seem to like Ian also … YAY :o)

A pose from my good old days, from my first wedding … doesn’t get old :o)

Pretty, pretty :o)

Stole that one form Geneve‘s set, beautiful

My 2010 signature shot :oD

And this one is one of my VERY favorites

And this is my other favorite shot. Might be not everybody’s cup of tea, but I love it :o)

YAYA :o)

Pretty, pretty. Laurie is a designer, can you tell?

Laurie & Ian did a first dance test-run while everybody was still at the cocktail hour, so I am sneaking some of those photos in the set also :o)

That’s one lucky photographer :o) Love the flash flare.

And yup, they had a big party! There was loooots of dancing:

And the photographer got lucky a second time that night. Love this shot:

… but eventually every wedding comes to an end … :o(

I’ll finish this set with a dip, and say: Thanks Laurie & Ian for a wonderful day! :o)

Thanks one more time to Geneve, my great friend & wonderful second shooter

Videographer: Timothy Bakland

Make-up: Christine Hale

DJ: Gary Titus

Got some new wedding photos for you, fresh off the press :o)

Lisa & David, one of the sweetest couples I’ve met got married almost 2 weekends ago. It was such a pretty event and if you just spend 2 minutes with them you can just tell how much in love these two are!

I hope you’ll like your little preview, there are tons more to come (boy you guys are keeping me busy with your big set, haha)

I hope you had a fabulous time in Hawai’i. :o)

Lisa & David celebrated their wedding at the beautiful OceanCliff in Newport, RI.

Wowzy! What a setting for some cool shots of the guys before the ceremony! Love it!

The handsome groom, David:

At the pretty bridal suite at the Oceancliff:

Lisa borrowed this beautiful necklace from her mom that originally belonged to her grandma:

And a couple of Lisa, the beautiful bride :o)

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous:

Love this one:

And there is something about this photo … must be the sparkle in her eyes:

Haha! :o)

You guys are such a wonderful & sweet couple! Thank you so much for your patience, I know you were waiting a bit for this preview …

One of my favorites from the day. What a veil!! And what a handsome couple!

Awwwwww …. beautiful!

I love you guys!

Did you have a chance to check out the sky that evening??? How dramatic! Love it!

Thanks Geneve for second shooting for me that day :o)

Cake: Sin Desserts

Alright, I will admit it, I am not a good writer. Haha. I started of putting little captions in between the photos after I uploaded the photos, and all that came in my mind was “beautiful” & “pretty” – that’s because it just really was! So I guess I’ll maybe just let the photos speak for themselves for once. :o)

Jessica & Chris, thanks so much for sharing your BEAUTIFUL day with us. It was a truly wonderful wedding at a wonderful venue, and you 2 were wonderful to work with, … what should I say, it was just a really PRETTY wedding! :o) My very best wishes to both of you & I hope you guys are enjoying Hawai’i :o)

Jessica & Chris celebrated their ceremony at the St. Dominic Chapel on the Providence College Campus and held their reception at the beautiful Providence Biltmore.

Meet Jessica, the beautiful bride:

Isn’t she just a beauty??

What a beautiful chapel!

Haha. Chris showing off his new blingy accessory, his wedding band :o)

Looved the colors and the pretty flowers, the ties, the boutonnieres, BEAUTIFUL!

And while we’re at it, let’s show some more details  … :o)

I’m putting a couple photos from Geneve into this set, so check out her work, she’s awesome.

Awwww :o)

One from Geneve:

Love this one:

What a good looking couple!

And then we took a couple more photos at the Biltmore Hotel, they have this beauuutiful lobby, check it out:

One more from Geneve:

Love this one:

And just a couple more of Jessica :o)

Jessica & Chris put so much work into all their details, everything looked sooo pretty!

And the reception room itself is just a piece of art … I loved those high, ornamental ceilings and beautiful chandeliers. How pretty!

And a couple photos from their cocktail hour. Deliciousness!

Ok, how PRETTY is the Biltmore?? Isn’t this room just gorgeous??

Hmmmm, one of my favorite photos from the day:

What a venue!

And check out the view they had!

Thanks again to Geneve for being my second shooter that day. Thanks G!! :o)

Florist: Grandi Flora Design

I am fiiiiiinally posting a wedding I shot last Friday. I know some of you guys have been waiting for this post desperately, haha! (Sorry, I am a bit swamped at the moment, so it took me a bit longer).

I hope you guys are enjoying your honeymoon on the Bahaaaamas (boy am I jealous!!) Here is your little sneak peek :o)

Lisa & Chris celebrated their ceremony and reception at the Indian Country Club in Kingston.

Meet the gorgeous bride Lisa :o)

I loved your bouquet, so pretty … it reminded me of my own, I had all dasies … :o)I wanted to freshen up some of the “boring” bridal party shots, and one of my brides actually gave me an idea to this series (hi Jen :o)  )so I thought I’d ask the girls to make some funny faces, … haha. Thanks so much for playing along!! :o)

Btw! Do  you recognize the first girl from the left??? That’s Alyssa, one of my last year’s brides <3 The best maid of honor EVER!!! Thanks sooo much for all your help the day of :o) I think she’s opening up to the idea to do a bridal party bootcamp, hehe …. so let me know if you want to get in touch with her. :o)

How pretty is this?? :o) I am no fan of “photo rooms”, but this one is a different story … very elegant!

Isn’t Lisa just beautiful??

The handsome groom Chris :o)LOVE this shot:

Haha, check Alyssa out in that one!! Now that’s a JUMP! YAYA!

Haha, you guys ROCKED!! :o)

Once we got to the posed photos part the sun was just about to set, so we got some sunset photos … how pretty is this??

Ever wondered what my 2nd shooter is doing?? The next couple of photos were taken by Geneve, soooo pretty! Thanks G :o)

One of my favorites from the day, also taken by Geneve:

Soooo pretty, Lisa, you looked absolutely gorgeous!

And some detail shots from the reception:

I sneaked some of Geneve shots in the next set too, thanks G, you know I always love your dancing shots :o)

Thanks again to my lovely 2nd shooter Miss Geneve, check out her website!

Hair & Make-up by: Christine Lewis

Wow!! What a wedding. Well, first off let me say … Melissa, I loved your dress … I loved your flowers, I loved your colors, I loved your details and I just loooved your venue, … you guys had such an awesome day!! I knew I’d be in trouble once I looked at your huge set of engagement photos we got, but this is even topping that one!

Melissa & Jake held their ceremony & reception at Aldrich Mansion in Rhode Island. If you’re still looking for a venue … seriously … you HAVE to go and visit them, this is one of the nicest wedding venues I’ve seen, and they’re all sooo nice there!

The beautiful bride, Melissa:

Oh, I just L-O-V-E this shot of you Melissa, you should be in a magazine!!

Meet Jake:

The classic shot, how could one ever resist taking it:

The Aldrich Mansion has this beautiful, grand entrance:

I took a loooot of photos of Aldrich Mansion that day, just couldn’t get enough of it:

Oh do I love this one:

Melissa & Jake decided to have their photos taken beforehand, so here are a couple photos of their first glimpse at each other:

Melissa, I loved your flowers, soooo pretty!!

What a day!!

Isn’t she just beautiful??

Here are a couple Lori (my second shooter) took. So pretty:

Yup, an other shot of the mansion :o) … and it’s not the last one :o))

Such a cute couple!!

The mansion had this cool, old-school bathroom, haha … :

Oh, and you should have seen the on site “chapel”. It’s HUGE!!

Awwwww:

Isn’t this just a gorgeous chapel??

One more :o)

Ok … this is the last one … :

Loved all your details. The interior space of the mansion is so pretty!!

Guess it wasn’t … HERE is the LAST ONE of the mansion, I promise :o)

A veeeeery special thanks to my second shooter, Lori Steigerwald. Thanks Lori!!! :o)

Make-up Artist: Spectrum Makeup Artistry

Videographer: Rick Stoeckel

Oh, I was so excited to see Ivelisse & Greg‘s beautiful wedding featured on Sienna Wedding. You definitely have to check out Meg’s blog, if you’re looking for some gorgeous inspirations, she has some really pretty stuff up there :o)

To see more photos of Ivelisse & Greg’s wedding, click here.