Lauren and Brian!

We had quite a busy weekend and we can’t wait to show you why! We started on Saturday with Lauren and Brian’s wedding at the beautiful Harding Allen Estate on a perfect summer day. Lauren and Brian exchanged their vows on the rear manicured lawn under a bright blue sky and then took advantage of the entire estate and an elegant tent for their reception.

We originally met Brian when we photographed a family session for his entire family last May at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester. We got together with his parents and his brother, his aunts and uncle, cousins and his grandparents, too. You can read all about their family session here! Brian’s aunt is our favorite makeup artist in the entire world, Kim Fosher and so we were just so incredibly excited to see Brian’s entire family again last weekend and to finally meet the rest of Lauren’s family as well!

We love Lauren and Brian to pieces and we had SO much fun with them and with their entire wedding party all day long. Here are some of the reasons why!

This first image is a little stolen moment between Lauren and her mom. Her mom bought a special gift for Lauren and this is the exact moment when Lauren unwrapped it…

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Once all of the girls were ready, we took advantage of the time we had before the ceremony to take a few photos of the girls together. I normally LOVE natural light - if I find a great window it’s going to be hard to tear me away from it. This time, though, I decided to use all of that light a little bit differently. The girls were oh-so-patient with me as I posed them all just so and had a little fun with silhouettes…

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I did use all of that great window light with this next image, too. Lauren is just an incredibly stunning person - even when she’s dressed in jeans and a tshirt! Then with her hair and makeup just perfect and dressed in a gorgeous wedding gown, she was absolutely incredible! So I noticed this small alcove area in one of the rooms where some art was being displayed. I moved the art, helped Lauren climb right up onto the pedestal and was able to take this next image. She’s just so breathtaking, isn’t she??

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I love that last image for so many reasons. One reason I love it so much is because after we helped Lauren down, I showed her this photo on the back of my camera. She just stared at it for a second, then looked up and whispered, “I look so beautiful!!” It was in that moment that I knew that Lauren didn’t even truly realize how amazing she is, which is also just another example of what an incredible personality she has as well.

Meanwhile, only 20 feet away from us at that moment, Brian was getting ready in another room! Here, Rene captured Brian’s mom helping him with all of those last little details….

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And another one Brian and all of his guys. I LOVE that fantastic grin!!

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We also snuck out after dinner for a little more alone time with Lauren and Brian together - one of our favorites? This one by Rene….

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Lauren and Brian are now relaxing in the sun out in Hawaii.  We can’t wait for them to see the rest of their gallery the next time they check their email!! And we can’t wait to hear all about your trip when you get back!!