After we took some bridal portraits around Muhlenberg College, it was time to head to the reception at The Lodge at Bear Creek. All of Jessica's attention to detail really came through at the reception. Her red and black color scheme popped up everywhere from strawberries on champagne glasses to the paper flowers (made by her mother) that decorated the bathrooms. We had so much fun at this wedding. Jessica & Hans— thanks for making us a part of your big day!
It was the first Saturday in what was to be a month of perfect-weather weekends as Jessica and Hans prepared for their wedding day in separate suites at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Macungie, PA. The lovely bride was brimming with excitement and she could hardly help exclaiming throughout the morning, "I'm getting married!" (The chorus changed to "I just got married!" in the afternoon) Brides like Jessica make our job so easy—her pure joy just radiates off of her and her groom Hans couldn't help but have a smile on his own face when he looked at her. They are clearly perfect compliments to each other.
Jessica was all about the details and the DIY projects. After choosing red and black as her wedding colors, she found creative ways to incorporate pops of red in unexpected places (like the groomsmen's socks!) Many of her guests and even her venues seemed to play along. The wedding ceremony was at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, where all the doors are painted red as a sign of welcome.
Special thanks to Regina Rahill who joined our team for the day to help us capture all those details. We'll have more photos coming soon!
Our 2010 wedding season drew to a close on Saturday with what may be the most unusual wedding reception of the year. Shannon & Brian decided to end their wedding day with the tradition that first brought them together: The Running of the Santas in Philadelphia. There will be plenty of photos of all that craziness to come, but right now I just want to share one of my favorite shots from a little earlier in the day when the happy couple visited a few Philly landmarks in a gorgeous white Rolls Royce. We were all too happy to include it in a few images :)
We have a lot of catching up to do, since we haven't shared a single full wedding yet—eek! But that means you'll have plenty of photos to remind you of warmer days throughout January and February.
It's hard to believe that we are just about two weeks away from Sudha & Andrew's Thanksgiving Day wedding! Sudha and I were roommates for four years before my wedding this summer and Matt and I are very excited for our first Indian wedding. I'll have plenty more to say about their big day soon enough, but for now I just wanted to share a couple fun images from a shoot we did a couple weeks ago. Sudha is not the biggest fan of PDA, plus she prides herself on giving me (and pretty much everyone else too) a hard time. She put up a bit of a fight when we did the official engagement portraits last year and I told her she had to cuddle up with Andrew—and look happy about it! Now that she has accepted that fact, our next challenge was to help her feel comfortable in front of the camera. So, blessed with another beautiful October weekend, we met up behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art for some smiling practice. She was much more cooperative this time and I think we may be able to actually get some happy-looking photos on her wedding day (despite her efforts to thwart us!)
Whew! We have a ton of catching up to do! October was such a fun month and we have so many engagement sessions and wedding photos to share—I wish I had the time to just post them all today, but you'll have to settle for one great couple at a time. First up—Heidi & Frank! We met up with them at Elkins Estate, just north of Philadelphia, which will also be the site of their July wedding. What an awesome location! This historic mansion in Montgomery County is situated on 42 acres and was built to the be the summer home for wealthy Philadelphians. This venue is the perfect location for any couple who appreciates great architecture. There are lots of arched doorways, winding staircases, porches with big columns, and that's just outside. We were happy to capture some engagement portraits during the fall with all the brightly colored trees around the property. The grounds will look very different during the summer months when everything will be in bloom. Heidi & Frank have a very cool wedding planned and they definitely found a site that will compliment all their ideas.
Our couples benefit from our competition and we love stealing eachother's set-ups. While Natalie was setting up the portrait on the right, Matt snuck in the shot on the left.
Matt arranged Heidi and Frank in the next photo and then Natalie put her twist on the pose.
