Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Leesa and Scott in P-Town!

Things I loved about Leesa and Scott's P-Town wedding this past Sunday:

  • Beach wedding means fun, laid back, affair
  • A very enthusiastic tight-knit family with so much love made for an incredibly fun and exciting reception!
  • I got to wear flip flops and run around barefoot. At work!!


First of all, this was the view from the deck at the reception. Swoon.

Little kids in gauzy shirts and sunglasses
Dolce, Leesa's Briard, was one of the most well behaved ring bearers I've ever encountered ;)
The chuppah...
The clouds made for such a romantic backdrop...

A sophisticated, but causal family affair on the beach...
A couple with a great sense of humor who laughed a lot and had fun during the ceremony...
Bare feet!
Have I mentioned how much I love cloudy, breezy weddings?!

A couple who is truly, genuinely in love...
This beautiful family...

Raw Bar!
Oysters...
+ Vodka...
=Oyster Shooters!

Nom!

Wheeee!!
This...
Leesa's costume change!!
This woman, who I couldn't stop photographing...

This:
And this:
And this:
And her, again...
Oh and this, too:
When things got a little nutty...
a couple that has a blast at their own reception...
And, best of all, how fun these people made my job!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sena and Jovan!

So, Do you all remember Sena and Jovan?:


This super stylish (not to mention so friendly and FUN!) couple got married last weekend and I got the honor of photographing the whole affair. Sena, who grew up in the South End (in one of those cool, old brownstones that I, being from Iowa, think of as the movie idealization of Boston) chose to have the wedding at Artists for Humanity, an awesome non-profit whose mission is to provide underserved youth with the tools for self-sufficiency through paid employment in the arts. The whole building is covered in the artwork of young, local artists and created one of the most dramatic backdrops I've ever seen for a wedding.   Not to mention, the building itself has been totally redesigned to be 100% renewable energy green facility--one of the most ecologically correct buildings in the nation.  It was about 85 degrees outside on July 11th, and it wasn't until Sena's dad, Stephen pointed it out, that I realized how breezy and cool it had been all day inside the building, without air conditioning! 

Some highlights from the day: 

Apparently Sena just carries an angelic glow around with her wherever she goes...
Sena, a fashion designer, had a really colorful aesthetic planned for her wedding day, dominated by saturated hues of yellow...as they say, it's all about details....

I'm really not into posing people for their "formal" portraits. For these pictures, I crawled up into the loft of the studio space, and asked Sena and Jovan to practice their first dance before the rehearsal.  The light streaming in from the huge windows on either side of the studio made for the most lovely soft light...

I may be a black and white photographer, but...OMG COLOR!!! 
Homer, a family member of Sena's played the underwater music from Super Mario Brothers as people were being seated! 

Wink!



Grilled Yellowtail. NOM. 



Just in time for Harry Potter!! 





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