Oren and Erica are that kind of long time love that we all admire. They’ve grown up together, having been together since they were 18! As much as a wedding day holds great significance, in many minds there that day, they have been married forever. Erica got ready casually among her closest friends and family, and Oren did the same. After a sweet first look, they headed back upstairs for the signing of the Ketubah, which is the legal marriage in the eyes of the Jewish faith.
Before the ink dried, they headed outside for the formal ceremony. The light mist that fell from the sky was even more romantic, and just added to the ceremony. Afterwards, it was dinner drinks and dancing. We stole the couple for a few last min portraits before they headed to an after party. A sweet way to spend our Saturday and really kick off the 2016 wedding season here in Maine.
I mean honestly you guys. Look at these two! They are super cute and super in love and it was a breeze to photograph them. Helena has an amazing laugh and Tim adores her. We started the session in downtown Amesbury, where we just wandered around looking for good light and interesting backdrops. It’s such a cute town and if you are in the area you should totally stop by and check it out. Its also the birthplace of Al Capp, the cartoonist that created Lil’ Abner! Who knew? After some hangout time in town, we headed back to their house for some backyard portraits with their dog Reilly and then it was time for dinner and drinks. Such a great evening all around.
This March, we embarked on QUITE the trip in order to photograph 3 engagement sessions, 1 rehearsal dinner, and 2 weddings. Luckily all those sessions lined up pretty well time-wise, to have us traveling concisely, however they were in no way nearby one another. This post doesn’t even cover the wedding we did a week prior to this trip, that we flew to Boston for. Boston feels so much like home though its pretty much not a travel post kind of a thing you know? Since we did SO much, the structure of this post will be a little different than usual so I can caption the photos as the come up so you don’t get lost in this crazy trip we did! Let’s go shall we?
This was the first trip we took with our new Fuji X-T10. We have been wanting a personal small lightweight incognito camera for a really long time and finally bit the bullet before this trip.
Hattie knows what this big blue bag means and she wasnt into the fact that we were packing it… without her.
FIRST STOP: Denver Colorado to Steamboat Spring Colorado
This portion of the trip was so we could go and photograph Meg and Nate’s engagement session. They hosted us in serious fashion, showing us lots of landmarks and a really really good time. Neither of us had been to Colorado before so this was a big deal for both of us.
SECOND STOP: The Grand Canyon
After we hugged those two goodbye (for now- See you this summah!), we headed down to Salida since Dan has always wanted to see it. The town boasts a whitewater river and lots of kayakers… just what Dan likes to see. We went out to breakfast the next morning and Dan hatched a plan to throw out the current plan and instead head 8 hours away to see the Grand Canyon. It was impromptu, romantic, and a total Andy and April moment. #myheart
And now for a little treat… we filmed most of our Grand Canyon trip and now that Dan is getting into video, we have a vlog for you! It delves into the travel drama that ensued after the canyon. You’ll see why we always book our flights 1 day before the day before we have to be anywhere. Being conservative with air travel is the ONLY option when you are a wedding photographer. Remember that day in March when the Denver airport closed for the first time in 10 years?? Yeah…
THIRD STOP: Providence Rhode Island
After QUITE the terrifying travel debacle, we made it to Providence Rhode Island to photograph Dana and Rodrigo’s gorgeous library wedding. After a tiny trip up to Portland Maine to house shop (we didn’t find anything), we chilled out in Rhode Island for two nights, and did nothing at all but sleep, backup files, and photograph the wedding. #dowork
FOURTH STOP: Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio Texas
Last we headed to Texas, to photograph Kathryn and AJ’s wedding weekend:
Since neither of us had really spent any quality time in the great state of Texas, we stayed a whole week to check the place out! Most of the time we were eating our way through Austin, but we also did a day trip to San Antonio,  and ended the trip with an afternoon in Dallas, seeing Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum.
I have to say, that while this trip was ridiculously tiring and stressful, we really did add some bucket list destinations to our travel list. Im so thankful for each and every moment that we get to spend together on the road. I honestly feel the most alive when we are traveling! Of everywhere we went on the trip, I’d go to every place again.
I was starting to feel like that cobbler whose kids had no shoes when it came to my sister and bro. We photographed their wedding back in 2011 however they had no update since then! We had tried to set up several shoots with them in the past but things get pushed aside when you only have a little time to hang out and you just want to hang out! Thankfully, earlier this spring, they came to visit us at the beach, and we were able to carve out some time for this mini session. Updated pics for our family members always feels good.
So enjoy my sister and her husband… energy and laughter for days.
Even though Dan and Becky went to college together, they didnt really get to know one another due to different friend groups and ages. When she reached out to us to photograph her wedding we were so excited so a plethora of reasons, but one of them being the fact that we would all get to know one another after such a long time.
Becky is Canadian and Kevin is a true blue Texan, so they get to navigate those ever fun waters of US/Canadian immigration. Since we were in Texas for Kathryn and AJ’s wedding, we thought meeting up for an engagement session would be a great way to get to know them better and warm them up to the camera. Well… they didnt need any warming up. All we had to do for this session was put them in good light, and they did the rest. When I think of these two I will always think about when I asked Kevin if there were too many people in the park and if they were uncomfortable being all lovey-dovey. His response was “Let them watch!” (Of course I am not quoting exactly but that was the take home message I got from what he said… so good).
After the session we went out for some dinner and talked until we were the last people left in the place. Ill take that as a really good sign for things to come with these two.
