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What a way to start off 2012.  Last year when I was talking to Courtney about her future March wedding, we were thinking it could be snowy or icy, or rainy…but, boy were we wrong.  Instead, we had a beautiful day with gorgeous Spring weather, a breath taking dress (and ring!)…. handsome groom, good looking bridal party, and of course…a beautiful bride.

I was lucky to have Marybeth, and her brother Stu, shooting with me. Here’s a couple of my favorites:

Courtney’s sister, Kit, was one of her maid of honors. I love this shot. It’s pure love and joy, it just makes me smile.

Courtney packing her dress and heading to the church.

Another photo from Mary Beth.

Time to get dressed- so pretty.

Courtney’s mom Lynn looks on.

Great shots by Mary Beth. Zach prepping his bow tie.

And you think this little guy is checking twitter?

The groomsmen prepping…

and playing…

While the boys played, the girls soaked up some sun…


Courtney is stunning, that’s a given. And as we were shooting she apologized for being awkward and we were joking around when she suddenly struck this pose….then she burst into laughter. Awkward? I don’t think so girlie.


Family love.

As the ceremony gets ready to start, the groomsmen gather in prayer. And Stu captures some sweet moments between Courtney and her Dad.

I asked one of the bridesmaids to help Courtney with her dress and the groom’s nephew quickly piped up and said, “I’ll help”. And then it was time to celebrate at the Sawyer Room, and PAR-TAY with band Private Stock! And a quick little sneak outside for some rooftop shots

You can imagine my anticipation when Kristin called to ask me to photograph her upcoming wedding…on a yacht…in Florida.  Of course, I was in (and totally stoked).  And of course, my first (well, my second) thought was the infamous SNL skit “I’m on a boat”.  You tube that bad boy if you haven’t seen it.  It’s hilarious.

So last October, I packed my gear and one of my favorite travel photo-buddies, Amy Guerreri, and we were off to shoot one heck of a fun wedding.  Happy surprise number one…we arrived to a tropical storm.  And I’m not talking “cute little sprinkle” sort of a tropical storm.  We’re talking torrential downpour, serious winds, ridiculous amounts of water.

Kristin could have been justifiably upset…no one would have faulted her at. all. But she was a champ and totally embraced the whole ordeal and in turn, we got some incredible images.

These first images were from the rehearsal dinner, which is when the storm arrived…

loved the modern, asian decor of the rehearsal location…shot the heck out of that space. sweet moment with the parents… all the fella’s lookin fly… Grandpa made me smile over and over…he was the officiant for Kristen and Chris’ wedding.  how sweet. a long night exposure by Amy G. funny story here..Kristen has these beautiful lip-gloss smothered lips.  Nearly every time she lays a wet one on Chris, there’s a subsequent “wipe off” move.  It’s become a signature Chris move we’ve made several jokes about:)
Here begins the wedding day…we started the day by documenting the trail of rain.  It was quite beautiful, actually.
my gosh, does it get more hollywood than this? lip gloss it, girl!  You know Chris loves it:)
happy Kristen… At one point, we had a break in the rain and went out to take some family pictures.  The clouds opened and in 2 seconds flat we were running for shelter…I love this picture because it shows the joy amidst the chaos.  This is Chris’ mom…
we found a cool covered area and rocked out some portraits while the rain took over… Kristen testing the rain pour before we bare it all..sans umbrella. these boys were about as handsome and fun as they get.  Loved hangin’ with these dapper dudes. the beauty here is unreal.
Throughout the day, Kristen transformed from a glammed hollywood star to a beautiful beach goddess…all rain-induced.  Wowsa.
details on the yacht…gorg. i adore this photo…the backstory is this…everyone was a bit bummed that the rain was forcing the ceremony to be inside the yacht instead of up on the rooftop.  Here, a groomsmen chills with a drink while people scurry to get things ready. guests greeted with champagne….yum.

Though the wedding was moved inside, the ceremony was as sweet as could be…
Again, I love gramps here…that smile warms a room.
it’s 9pm and it’s stillllllll raining. and then this happened and made the entire day’s worth of rain worth it:) another long exposure during dinner. Oh dear.  This picture will forever haunt this poor man.