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A beautiful Boston wedding at the State Room

July 11, 2008 – 3:53 pm

Here is a wedding that we are super excited about posting on the blog! Katie and Brian are actually still away on a two week honeymoon in Bora Bora, but we really just couldn’t wait to post some teaser photos from their wedding!

I began the day with Katie at the beautiful Boston Yacht Haven right on the Boston waterfront. This place is a hidden gem that not too many people know about. I’ve lived in the Boston area my entire life and had never even seen the Boston Yacht Haven before. So it was so much fun exploring it while we were all getting ready. Katie and Brian had a suite that included a giant deck overlooking Boston Harbor. I mean REALLY overlooking. We were pretty much standing over the water out there! So needless to say, the view was absolutely stunning. We started early enough so that I could take all of the formal portraits of Katie and her mom, the girls in her bridal party and all seven - yes, count them - SEVEN flower girls and one ringbearer. And they were all under seven years old. They were absolutely adorable - how can you get any cuter than 8 adorable kids completely dressed up in gowns and tuxes?? They made everyone’s heart melt wherever we went!

Katie and Brian had their ceremony at the quaint Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel on the Fort Point Channel. It’s a Boston landmark and was a perfect location for a true city wedding! Just before the ceremony started, Katie and her girls gathered in the back of the church waiting for the music to begin. I absolutely love this moment because it shows how happy Katie was all day long and you can just feel the excitement that everyone was feeling in those last few moments before walking down the aisle:

Just after the ceremony we all boarded a water taxi back to the Yacht club for some family and wedding party formals. It was definitely the first time we had taken a water taxi during a wedding! And as you can see here, one of Katie and Brian’s youngest flower girls was completely fascinated with my camera. I couldn’t get her to smile or laugh, she was just so completely and totally fixated on the camera. I just wanted to eat her up, she was so cute!

Also, with that many kids in the wedding party, Katie and Brian told us that they had no expectations of things going perfectly as far as they were concerned. That really made it a lot of fun for the kids since there was no pressure and it worked out really well since not everyone was in the mood to have their photo taken all the time:

One of our absolute favorite parts of any wedding (and I know you hear us say this over and over again…) is the time that we get to spend with our couples alone. With Katie and Brian, they decided they wanted to walk over to the State Room with us and they wanted us to find little locations along the way for their portraits. It was such a unique and fabulous idea and we were completely in heaven. I can’t even tell you how much fun we had together on that walk over. Here are some of our favorites:

The absolutely stunning Katie:

And an excuse to show off a great skyline and a gorgeous couple…

And probably some of my favorite images were taken in an ordinary stairwell right in historic Faneuil Hall. We were walking through Faneuil Hall just as the sun was beginning to set and as we walked past a stairwell, the beautiful warm light began to create shadows on the wall. The shadows only lasted a few minutes but we caught them and created some gorgeous portraits with Katie:

And just as we arrived at the State Room, we captured this moment which absolutely begs to be made into a giant canvas print for the studio. (Thank you, Katie and Brian!!)

So now we get to the reception. Wow. Just wow. The State Room is a breathtaking venue to begin with. But with the additional work and attention to even the tiniest details that Katie and Brian did, it was truly jaw dropping. Take a look:

Another little detail - Katie and Brian’s rings were completely custom designed and made. No one will ever have a ring like theirs and they are really magnificent:

All of the floral arrangements were done by Blue Guava. It was the first time we had ever worked with them and I was just stunned by how beautiful these arrangements were. And just to prove that it wasn’t a one-off event, we happened to work with them again just this past week (how’s that for a coincidence??) and their work is so amazing, that I actually recognized it this past weekend. I just knew that they had designed everything. The floral trees that they put together for Katie and Brian were breathtaking and each tree had beautiful tealights hanging from them in delicate glass vases. A close up of what I mean:

Both Katie and Brian’s families are very close knit. Even though their extended family is big with lots of nieces and nephews and cousins, we were just struck by how close everyone was. It was just so cool to be able to feel the love. Here’s one moment that I will never forget. During Katie and Brian’s first dance, I spied two of their nieces just at the edge of the dance floor watching them - completely unposed and candid - and just so, so happy for Katie and Brian. How absolutely precious is this?

And then just moments later as Katie and Brian’s first dance ended, take a look at their priceless expressions:

Another incredibly beautiful moment was when Katie and Brian wanted to dance with their parents. Katie’s dad passed away a few years ago and so Katie asked to her mom to share a dance with her. While Katie and her mom shared that dance together, a slideshow silently played in the background. The slideshow featured images of Katie’s dad from the moment she was born and then through the years. He was right there with them in the background as they shared that special moment. I can honestly say that there was hardly a dry eye to be found anywhere in that room:

Katie and Brian thought of everything to make their wedding truly unique. From their custom designed rings to the Irish stepdancers who delivered an incredible performance - it was truly an evening that none of us will ever forget. We’re so honored that we were able to be there with them and just can’t wait to share the rest of the images once they are back home again!

More details from Katie and Brian’s wedding:
Preceremony location: Boston Yacht Haven
Katie’s hair and makeup: Luiz Filho, Luz Beauty
Ceremony location: Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel, Boston
Formal portrait location: Boston Yacht Haven, Faneuil Hall, and the streets of Boston
Reception Location: State Room, Boston
DJ: Brett Heaney, Crackerjack Entertainment
Floral Arrangements: Blue Guava

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An intimate dinner party at Les Zygomates - to celebrate a wedding!

June 26, 2008 – 8:12 pm

If you’ve chatted with us at any point over the past week, then chances are good that you also heard about our fabulous wedding this past weekend. As hard as we tried, we just couldn’t stop talking about Christine and Richard. This is a couple that has it all going for them - they’re beautiful, fun, have the an amazing group of close knit friends and family and after ten years together they decided to exchange beautiful weddings vows that they each wrote for each other.

If you know anything about Christine and Richard, you’ll know that they are not going to do anything just because tradition dictates it to be so. They have an amazing sense of style and a fabulous independent streak. So every detail of their wedding was planned to perfectly reflect their personalities and we were beyond excited about being there with them!

Here are some of our favorites!

They celebrated their wedding ceremony in the beautiful Public Gardens in Boston under a perfectly blue sky (puffy white clouds and all!) And what made it even more special was that they asked their very close friend - and the person who introduced them to each other 10 years ago - to marry them. The scene was absolutely perfect.

One of my favorite moments was just as Christine, her sister (and matron of honor) and her close friend Jane were walking through the Public Gardens just before the start of the ceremony. We had literally just entered into the Public Gardens and it’s so hard to explain the excitement and anticipation that we were all feeling. We were literally seconds away from one of the happiest moments in their lives. And at that very exact moment, Christine turned back to look at me and *click*. I think this next image really describes all of those emotions perfectly:

After the ceremony, we got to spend a lot of time with Christine and Richard as they had their own portrait session in so many amazing locations including the Public Gardens, Chinatown and sometimes right in the middle of the street. We talked about their portraits having a dramatic, cinematic feel to it which suits their personalities perfectly and we had so much fun coming up with some unique ideas together! Here are some of our favorites:

Christine and Richard had scheduled enough time in between the ceremony and the reception so that even after visiting all of those different locations, we were still able to make it back for their cocktail hour and that they were able to mingle with all of their friends and family.

They had their reception at the coolest wine bar in the city, Les Zygomates. If you’ve never been here, you MUST go soon. It is undoubtedly one of the coolest spots in the city. The food is fabulous and the ambiance makes you feel as though you’re in a cozy little jazz bar in Paris. There’s even live jazz every evening (except Sundays) with no cover charge. Christine and Richard told us that they didn’t want their reception to feel like a formal event. Instead, they wanted their guests to feel as though they had been invited to a small private dinner at their home. And that was exactly how it felt! And everyone picked up on the vibe immediately as the entire evening was filled with so much laughter, mingling and fun. Here was the moment that Christine and Richard first entered the front door during their cocktail hour to a LOT of cheering:

We didn’t just have a great time with Christine and Richard, either. We decided to have some fun with some of their guests as well including “the smokers” that met at regular intervals just outside the front door.

That’s Richard’s dad right in the center! Everyone loved our idea for that photo and they really had a lot of fun making it all work. You guys were great!

Christine and Richard had mentioned to us a few week ago that they would love to be able to do some “night shots” since we were going to be in downtown Boston and in such a great wine bar. Once they said that, Rene and I couldn’t stop thinking about the possibilities. And by the time their wedding day arrived, we decided to stay until the end of the reception and steal Christine and Richard for another mini-session. These guys are so fabulous that we just couldn’t take no for an answer. But fortunately for us - they were just as excited as we were and here is a tiny peek at the results:

Thank you again so much, Christine and Richard…for being YOU!

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Megan and Jeff - in front of our cameras again!

June 11, 2008 – 12:56 pm

Megan and Jeff are so much fun to photograph! And I get the impression that they might really have fun with it, too - they’ve been in front of our cameras three times in just the past year!

We first met them when Megan was a bridesmaid in Margaret and Tim’s stunning wedding last July. Then when Megan and Jeff asked us to photograph their own upcoming wedding we set up a date for their own engagement session and got to photograph them again all on their own. So needless to say, when their wedding day finally arrived, we all knew the kind of fun we were in for and we were all very excited about it!

Rene and I each spent some time with Megan and Jeff early in the afternoon and then we all met up for their beautiful ceremony at St. Columbkille Church in Brighton. Their reception was at the very cool and very urban Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Their wedding party was a ton of fun and I’m sure none of us will forget the mad scramble while we were taking photos outside when the large bolts of lightning lit up the background. Fun times and definitely some great memories!

So Megan and Jeff are still away enjoying their very extended and very well deserved honeymoon, but we wanted to post some of our favorites from the wedding while we wait for their return to Boston!

One of my favorite moments just as the ceremony was starting when was when the two beautiful flowergirls (Megan’s nieces) received some last minute encouragement from their mom just before walking down the aisle…

And our favorite part of each wedding is the quiet time that we get to spend with each couple. This is when we really have fun. The rain began just as the cocktail hour was ending, so Megan, Jeff and Rene found shelter just under the front entrance at the World Trade Center and took advantage of some beautiful lighting all at the same time…

Later in the evening, Megan and Jeff wanted to sneak away with us for a few minutes again so we could have another mini-session with them after the sun had set. We are so happy that we did because these are some of our favorite images that really show off this gorgeous couple. Our goal was to find some unique elements at the hotel that may not normally be used for photographs so that we could give Megan and Jeff something a little different.

We found an outdoor balcony overlooking the city skyline and the entire balcony was lit with just a lantern-like lamp that was mounted to a wall. The rivets on the wall behind Jeff provided a cool texture and we used that single light to create some dramatic lighting. Then Jeff gave us his best Hollywood mystery man look and he looks absolutely fabulous…

We then headed inside to the very standard and not so interesting “photo room.” But it did have some great blank walls. So we turned all of the lights off, closed the doors and used some video light to create a stunning portrait of Megan:

It was truly a night that no one will ever forget! Megan and Jeff are one of those couples that will do anything for their family and friends and as a result have the incredible support of so many wonderful people. It was so special for us to be there with them!

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