I was super excited to shoot this wedding at West Point Military Academy.  Steve graduated from here in May and his Father is also a West Point alumni.  Steve and Shelly got married in Cadet Chapel which is an amazing example of Gothic Revival architecture.  It is huge, almost castle like.  Military weddings have a flavor all their own and the details are simply put,  just too cool.  I mean how often do you get to see all these handsome guys in military uniform celebrating?  I watched as they practiced their Saber Arch before the ceremony and it really got to me.  Of course, I’m the type who gets choked up at parades for Memorial Day and Veterans day, but for these guys this is real life.  The next step for Steve is deployment and I was so honored to capture this event.  The favors at this wedding were cards telling guests that a donation had been made to Disabled American Veterans and they even did a hat dance where people paid to dance with the bride and groom with the money also going to benefit our fallen hero’s.  Congratulations Shelly and Steve!

The Saber swat on the behind, “Welcome to the Army”,

And Shelly’s priceless reaction.

Nothing like cutting a cake with a Saber!

The inspiration for Susan & Dustin’s July 4th wedding was red and white for Indiana University and of course they loved how the holidays color matched.  This was the earliest morning wedding that I’ve ever shot yet Susan was absolutely all smiles, so excited that her wedding day was finally here.  I arrived in time to catch some prep shots with Christine McKeown doing hair and makeup for the gang.   Jennifer from Fleur De Lys created some gorgeous bouquets, table and floral arrangements and Music in Motion provided a String Trio for their ceremony, a Jazz Trio for their cocktail hour and live DJ Mike Ferrino for their reception. It was a gorgeous blue sky day that I was thrilled to be a part of.  Special thanks to Aurora Photography for second shooting with me and our friend Geoff Boka and his wife Kate from The Light Mill on video duty.  So fun to be working with my friends and you’ve got to know by now that I have a special relationship with the color red!

Susan had this smile on all day!

I just love the glance between Father and daughter here!

And Dustin waiting patiently for his bride.

Don’t ask me what happened between this picture and the next, you just had to be there!

I had to get some patriotic details.  Red, flags and rings make a nice combo in my opinion!

I was thrilled to be back at Waveny House to shoot Jesse and Eric’s wedding.  I got married at Waveny house and since it’s in my hometown, I’ve spent a lot of time hanging out there.  Jesse and Eric wanted an elegant venue for their wedding celebration that was all about including family and friends and just plain having fun.  These guys have a tradition of asking random strangers to take photos of them jumping in various parts of the world.  Of course we had to incorporate that theme while they were dressed in wedding attire.   Jesse’s Dad (who with an army of helpers), did all of the decorations and also printed up photographs of Jesse and Eric in all their travels jumping off of cliffs together.  In fact they are headed to the Amalfi Coast where I’m sure they’ll find a suitable launching pad and a trustworthy stranger to capture the moment.   This was truly a family affair and it was so clear that everyone in attendance had a great time.  Jesse’s cousin acted as MC and he and Eric gave a fabulous cameo, a surprise performance remake of the song, “Grow Old With Me” from the movie “The Wedding Singer”.  It was just perfect, everyone laughed and cried.  I love a wedding that really includes a families special touch.  By the way, I think that Jesse totally looks like a Grecian goddess in her gown.

Danielle & Sean are a fun couple and since they wanted some cool group shots with all their friends, they scouted out this great yellow wall for us to use as our background.   I don’t often post group formal shots but frankly, they hardly need to be formal.  This session is anything but.  All of these images are straight out of the camera and took us about 20 minutes while the limo driver waited to then take the group to their venue.

Just a quick preview for now from this amazing wedding that I shot last weekend.  Talk about eye candy…simply gorgeous! Such a lovely family…wow, my job is fabulous!