The warmth of DC in the spring compared to Boston is no joke! That was a surprising (to me) bonus of this quick visit to Virginia.
Read MoreStonetower Winery Wedding - Washington DC
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Red Lion Inn South Shore Massachusetts Wedding
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Nothing cold about this winter wedding at the Red Lion Inn, just warmth and smiles.
Read MoreEmily and Eric - Barn on Walnut Hill Wedding
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Josh and Annie - Sunningdale Lodge Sebago Lake Maine Wedding
Eliza and Brian - Cape Cod Wedding
Ahhh weddings at home. Only possibly better when your home is on a bluff in cape cod and you get a beautiful day with sea breezes, fields of unmown queen anne’s lace, and two welcoming families who let me be a part of it all for a day.
Read MoreAmanda and Tim - Estate at Moraine Farm Beverly MA Wedding
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When I saw Tim mid-conga line with his suit and his birkenstocks, I really knew weddings were back. Not that they went anywhere, backyard weddings and tiny weddings will always be incredibly special in totally different ways. But that something had been missing from all pandemic-era weddings until this year.
Read MoreKim and Anthony - Glass House Cambridge MA Wedding
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Kim and Anthony’s wedding came at the perfect time for me because I had just finished re-tiling my entryway with cement tile and couldn’t change my mind and buy the floor tile pattern at Glass House.
Read MoreCatherine and John - Hull Wedding
I only got to spend a much-too-brief time with Catherine and John at their wedding - their priorities were absolutely correct to get married safely in front of family and friends, spend a quick time on the beach with me, and have a tiny socially distanced party in their yard.
Read MoreEmma and Chris - Owl's Nest New Hampshire Wedding
I almost always claim that I’ll be out on the dance floor because if I’m going to take pictures of you dancing, you’ll get to see my sweet moves - but apparently it takes two things to keep me slightly farther away: a pandemic, and the level of dance skills in these families.
Read MoreKyle and Katherine - Nantucket Wedding
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I would have been the smuggest person on earth to have planned the exact wedding I wanted and have it be completely pandemic-proof! These two didn’t have to change anything from their original plans despite what 2020 threw at them. 10 people at an airbnb with a food truck and a beach, perfection.
Read MoreJoci and Brian - Worcester Art Museum Wedding
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Kristin and Pete - Misselwood Beverly Massachusetts Wedding
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A foggy north shore morning (the dream!), with two wonderful people getting married and an epic dance party.
Read MoreEmily and Will - White Gates Farm Tamworth New Hampshire Wedding
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When it comes to weddings, having things come together according to plan is rarely the result of coincidence, but months and years of hard work by lots of people. Scheduling a wedding for peak foliage season and then getting it, along with streaming sunshine - well, that’s just a lovely coincidental icing on the cake (or doughnuts, in Emily and Will’s case). I realized how easy it was to get jaded about fall - in Boston it’s mostly ornamental but beautiful leaves, and a nice temperature change. Driving up to Tamworth for this wedding, though, was a re-introduction to real fall - and it just got lovelier once I started the day with Emily and Will and their plans.
Read MoreSteph and Ryan - Spring Point Inn SMCC Maine Wedding
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One thing we talked the most about was their dog, Toby, and I may have spent as much time with him on their wedding day as I did Steph and Ryan. That’s just an explanation, in case you have a dog and I end up talking about and then spending more time with your dog(s) than you. Any “meeting” with me will inevitably devolve into a back and forth of our dog pictures, or should you currently be dog-less, of mine. So when Toby went out for a walk on the breakwater at Spring Point during Steph and Ryan’s reception, we took it as our cue to join him for some portraits.
Read MoreAmela and Dan - Stageneck Inn Maine Wedding
Despite growing up in southern Maine, I find that there are huge parts of it (most of it) that I’ve actually never seen. So when two of the kindest humans invite me to observe their stunning good taste in each other, locations, and decor, and witness their York wedding, I’m excited!
Read MoreKatelyn and Jon - Misselwood Beverly Wedding
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On a blisteringly hot day, where everyone was too happy and love-filled to notice or care, Kate and Jon’s wedding at Misselwood on the north shore had laughter, thunder, and a full re-enactment from Dirty Dancing (between dude friends).
Read MoreBecky and Jim - Inn at Hastings Park Lexington MA Wedding
More cozy, late-fall weddings at adorable, historic inns please!
Read MoreSarah and Travis - Inn by the Sea Cape Elizabeth Maine Wedding
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Wow, well the only thing I’ve been good at here lately is being incredibly delinquent at posting! No better way to get back into things than sharing Sarah and Travis’s wedding day from earlier this year in Cape Elizabeth.
Read MoreTyler and Al - New Jersey Wedding
It seems a little crazy to say that I'd never been to New Jersey, but the trip for Tyler and Al's wedding had great people and delicious strip mall bagels for cheap so I don't see what's not to love! :) I may be partly joking about the bagels (but not really) but I'm definitely not joking about Tyler and Al and their friends and family making this a fantastic wedding. Between the church cat (John, naturally), misty rain, and two people filled with love and joy, you can't go wrong.
Read MoreAmelia and Max - San Francisco and Yosemite Elopement
After every wedding I get to be a part of, I am struck by how amazing it is that I have been let in to such an intimate and special day in peoples' lives. It's a level of giddyness I'll never get over and gratitude that, despite my best efforts, I never feel that I've properly conveyed to the people who invited me to be there.
These feelings get magnified times a million when your friends let you be the only person to witness their elopement. Then times a bajillion that they chose San Francisco and Yosemite as the backdrop. And they let you make stops for hotdogs and keychains at the national park gift shop? Pretty unparalleled coolness.
After their ceremony at city hall, we explored the sutro baths before road tripping out to Far Meadow. In an epically twisty and barf-inducing (but totally worth it) drive, you are rewarded with a cabin and two a-frames set on a mountain meadow. Getting ready for the wedding consisted of a quick round of Boggle, a complete breakfast, and heading to the car for the drive to Yosemite. We came across a secluded part of the Merced river, perfect for a private exchange of vows, and then wound our way up to Glacier Point for a hike for views out over the whole valley. A perfect, whistle-stop NorCal tour.
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