Bethany Cox | Maine Wedding Photographers Bethany and Dan

January 10, 2019 Boston Massachusetts, Weddings

Willowdale Estate Wedding: Anna and Kyle

Our first blog post of 2019 is a banger you guys! Anna and Kyles wedding was so so pretty, with the teensiest, tiniest hint of chill in the air. They live in California now but Anna grew up in New England so they came here for their wedding. My little sister was actually suitemates with Anna back in college AND Anna’s parents housed and fed Dan and me when we were in Essex on our kayak trip back in 2009 (See dbkayak.com if you are confused about that). All that meant that we were hugely honored and excited to be a part of this wedding. Having not met Kyle until the wedding day itself, we were so stoked when we did because he could not be kinder. He was so attentive to detail and complimentary and caring. I also ADORED his suit… IT WAS EVERGREEN!

Every part of the day was a dream. Perfect light. Good vibes with the people present. Sweet ceremony tears. Delicious food, and of course… groovy dancing. What a joy to be a part of this wedding day.

Venue: Willowdale Estate | Music: C Zone Entertainment

December 17, 2018 Portland Maine, Weddings

Portland Maine Wedding: Arielle and Mike

Some weddings stand out pretty intensely, and Arielle and Mike’s one of a kind wedding was one of those. There’s a lot of reasons for that too. Both Arielle and Mike are staunchly independent, confident, and radiate joy. They love each other with a fierceness that anyone in their presence can see plainly. A long and intertwined love story brought these two together, kind of like a movie if you ask me. An unexpected electric love and then a parting that they thought would be forever, and then finding the path back together again after both becoming their whole selves separately. They are ethically non-monogamous, which I admittedly had to google. Airelle has written a few articles on it if you want to dig deeper: Swedish Kissing Tradition, Kink-friendly Second Wedding, Polyamory made my marriage better. BOOM!

It was super interesting to us to witness a non-traditional wedding, considering we see weddings every weekend. My favorite thing though, of the whole day was just the two of them as human beings. Being so confident and happy is an inspiring energy to be around. Hopefully, you can see that in the images. I’m still so so honored that they chose us to be their photographers for this very special wedding.

Venue: Portland City Hall | Hair: Curl Boutique

Makeup: The Spa at Portland Regency | Officiant: Savoir Claire

December 10, 2018 Portland Maine, Portraits

Spring Point Light Portrait Session: Cody and Megan

Photographing our friends is always such a nice thing to be able to do. I love being able to give people we love something that I know they can’t do for themselves. Cody and Megan actually helped you guys out too this year, because they walked our little dog Hattie so many Saturday’s while we were away photographing your weddings! They made it possible for us to have her home when we got home, instead of at a kennel. That made our whole wedding season easier and happier and it included more dog kisses that we had in previous years. So important.

So… we photographed their little family, including their sweet dog Malachi. It was really really cold but these three handled it like champs. Plus, photos in the cold require more snuggling, so there’s nothing bad about that. Im so glad Cody and Megan are in our lives. They are so easy to talk to and spend countless hours on our couch watching TV and movies with us, sharing good food at our table, and being all around good friends who are comfortable enough to just spend the day hanging out, no plans, just being together. I love that about our friendship.

LOVE YALL <3 <3

December 3, 2018 Mid-Coast Maine, Weddings

Penobscot Maine Wedding: Katie and Dylan

O hello there, gorgeous wedding!

This one you guys… the light was absolutely the best of the year and we were freaking out you guys. I think Katie and Dylan thought we had lost our ever loving minds. If you guys see them, please tell them we aren’t always that squirrel-like, running around crazy. Ok? Thanks.

Beside the INSANE light during portraits, there we a lot of other wonderful things about these two and their wedding day. It took place at Dylan’s family home, along the water in Penobscot Maine. Both he and his father are artists, so they had the dinner inside his dad’s art studio. It was incredible to see all those loved ones, sitting at long beautiful tables inside such an important place. Being able also to hear the love around the room, from the toasts and speeches, it was clear to us that these two are very very very adored and highly esteemed. After the dinner, everyone headed to the dancing tent for some rowdy dancing and good fun music.

One of my favorite parts of the day was not a thing at all, but a feeling. It felt good. It felt right. It felt easy and comfortable. That is exactly how a wedding should feel don’t you think?

Katie and Dylan, can we be friends with you guys now ok?

Dylan’s Art: Bold Coast Burns

Venue: Private Residence | Planning: Fern and Flair

Catering: Trillium

Florist: Small Feat Farm | Band: Soul Benders

November 26, 2018 Engagements, Southern Maine

Wells Beach Maine Engagement Session: Jaime and Devin

Occasionally we get to do engagement sessions for couples from out of town, who just want MAINE photos because… well… Maine is incredible. (You know that by now I would hope).

Jaime and Devin have been engaged a while and the planning is casual so far. One thing they did want to do though was to have their engagement photos taken at the restaurant they got engaged in AND have photos in Wells Beach, another really special place to the two of them. They currently live in Ft Lauderdale, FL, so they set up this shoot during their vacation up here! Smart.

We’ll never forget these two. Their energy together is absolutely electric. They were constantly kissing, snuggling, laughing, smiling, and generally being super into each other. We really just put them in the light we liked, cool backgrounds, and let them do their thing. That is a total dream, you guys. I’m so so happy they decided to work with us.