lauren + jamie wedding at harkness park in waterford

On Saturday Mike and I shot Lauren and Jamie's wedding at Harkness Park in Waterford, which is such a great place to shoot- it's easily one of my favorites. We had the best weather, clear blue skies and no humidity and everyone was in high spirits for the wedding.
I got a little bit of a taste of my own medicine for part of the day... I had the Fantastic Face First Films aka Jeff Reilly with Bob 2.0 filming Mike and I! It was a lot of fun, mostly for the mics on us- Jeff could hear everything I was saying- so I talk to myself a lot anyway but this time I'd hear a laugh way off in the distance and then that would make me laugh! I can't wait to see Jeff's interpretation of how Mike and I shoot a wedding!

Keep in mind I had no idea that Jeff was THIS close to me until I saw this shot of Mike's- this guy is STEALTH!



One of my favorite things about Harkness is the bridal suite- it's just flooded with this soft beautiful light and they have this really cool mirror

Now Miss Lauren is a singer and songwriter... and I had been hoping she was going to have her guitar with her so that I could shoot her rings on it, and of course she didn't let me down!


She has a beautiful voice and can rock that guitar like nobody's business.... here she has lyrics taped to the side of her guitar for a song that she surprised Jamie with!

Everything about Lauren fit Harkness- her hair, her dress, her SHOES for the love of God were so freaking pretty! Here she was trying to track Jamie down... she was so anxious to see him

Here they are, the shoes. So. Super. Pretty. Simple, elegant. Love them! Things happened kind of quickly once we got in the room to get ready so I combined a detail shot with an action shot of Lauren and her Mom and ladies helping her get dressed.

Once Lauren was dressed she was REALLY excited to finally see her man!

I loved Lauren's bouquet- all white dahlias, I have never seen that done before and man her florist knocked it out of the park!

Here her bridesmaids check on the status of the guys, who were right outside the window.

And we're finally off!

This was right as they saw each other, Jamie couldn't keep her at arms length for even a second and just embraced her. I love how his brow is all furrowed with emotion. Man, I love this guy!!!

We spotted this spot with this pretty light and just had to shoot it up

My trusty second, Mike, letting me scope out the flare situation

The groomsmen watching for Lauren and her Dad

The cuteness factor was running pretty high all day!

This was right when Jamie first spotted Lauren at the end of the garden

And here she comes....

And there he goes! He started to lose it a bit, and I just wanted to squeeze him

The hand off, father hug- one of my favorite moments. I love her Dad's expression

Here Lauren has a moment during her vows- and Jamie? Just reaches across the way and holds her arm... I got you, is what this says to me

Jamie composes himself right before starting his vows. I love this somber moment in the middle of the laughs and tears

During their first kiss the flower girl wanted to make sure she could see, it was pretty cute!

I love this moment-here Lauren is hugging her brother and Jamie is hugging his sister- nothing like some sibling love!

The bridesmaids bouquets were pretty dope as well!

This bridal party was pretty attractive, no? Look at the ring bearers suspenders and that big ole smile!!

I absolutely loved how Jamie and his boys interacted, they were like a bunch of puppies, all wrestling around and punching and then throwing in a hug here or there... it was not only funny to watch but to shoot!

Lauren and Jamie just tapped into my shoe fetish BIG TIME, right?

Heading back inside to the reception....


...sort of! Lauren wanted to stop and shoot a bit in this field, I was ALL over it!

Casualties of the day.... :( But still super pretty

During their first dance... these lights were CRAZY pretty. So I got down and dirty, literally, and shot up

Getting bombarded by some c 10 ike LOVE


Lauren and Jamie- Mike and I had such a great time- thanks for EVERYTHING! You both made us so comfortable and so did your families and friends.

Have fun in Indiana this weekend!!!

Be sure to check out Mike's shots HERE (be patient he has a new baby ;)

xxoo

jeff reilly

Super duper big spanking congrats go out to my great friend Mr. Jeff Reilly of Face First Films for winning an Emmy last week for his editing on a documentary on Muhamad Ali called 'Ali's 65' !!!!! HERE is the story about it!

I can't tell you how proud I was to hear this- I almost burst into tears and almost spontaneously combusted I was so excited to hear this. See, I honestly can't think of a more deserving person to win an honor such as this as Jeff- not only because his editing to me always seems spot on, but because he has this intense passion for what he does that just awes me. When I hear Jeff talk about his projects it's like I am standing by a warm fire there is such quiet heat in his voice as he describes what's going on- but a more humble person could seriously not exist!

Kudos to my buddy, I couldn't be more proud of you if I tried!

Can't wait for your wedding!!

xxoo

jeff reilly + becky + c 10 ike + depino = crazy fun times

Last week Steve and I tag teamed our good friends Jeff Reilly of Face First Films, and his incredibly beautiful and fun fiance Becky down the shoreline way. It was so beautiful out I believe we all got sunburned and were totally worn out by the end of the day. Maybe it was the beer. (!)

Let me just say how natural these two are in front of the camera, for one. Or should I say cameras... Steve and I were good though, we took turns and weren't too in their faces! It was hard because they gave us so much to go on, visually. Their chemistry is wonderful and sweet and emotional and real, it was so nice to see two people so incredibly in love with each other.

I have to go back a step in our story... I met Jeff last June at a PUG meeting at Steve's place and we just instantly clicked. We were going mano y mano verbally all night (I am not sure what that even means) but just had so much to talk about and share that we became fast friends, the just add water and stir type. Then Jeff filmed my See Real Women opening and put together the most amazing mini documentary, like EVER highlighting the opening and the project. He is an amazingly talented artist who I respect and admire. Then comes Miss Becky. We met up with her at Donovan's and it was like we had been friends forever as well. She didn't miss a beat!

Jeff & Becky, thanks for spending the day with Steve and I and just letting us basically do what we wanted with you both!!

xxoo