Portland Maine | Maine Wedding Photographers Bethany and Dan

September 21, 2015 Portland Maine, Weddings

Portland Maine Wedding: Katie and Luke

Katie and Luke had a beautiful brunch wedding, just like what we did for our own wedding!! Brunch wins! Katie got ready at the couples new home they purchased recently, and Luke got ready here in Portland. They met at the alter in the always fun Portland Company, where they also had their reception. The room was filled with bright colors and super fun flowers, all arranged by a family member! We were definitely impressed. Some of our favorite details of the day were the flowers, the food (which included a plate of just bacon!), the cake cutting via a sword, and Luke’s tears during the ceremony. It was such a fun day! They left the reception at 4:30pm, just in time to start an epic after-party!

Venue: Portland Company | Catering: The Bread and Butter Company

Cake: Landry’s Confections | Music: DJ Fred | Hair and Makeup: Ollo Salon

July 31, 2015 Engagements, Portland Maine

Portland Maine Engagement Session | Kristi and Dave

We met Kristi and Dave for the first time about an hour before their session. We had originally planned on talking about a wedding timeline with them, but after a beer or two and some fried pickles, we just settled on hanging out. That hangout continued into an engagement session all over our favorite city. We ended the evening at Ft Williams, focusing more on the fort than the lighthouse, which felt exciting to us since the light was bangin’ at the fort! The best part was how trusting and energetic they were, willing to climb on rooftops and navigate through ankle breaking rocks and climb on more rocks for the shot. After the session they invited us to dinner and we continued the hangout late into the evening. It was a super fun night!

July 13, 2015 Portland Maine, Weddings

Peaks Island Maine Wedding: Laura and Mark

Good GRACIOUS was this ever a great day to be a wedding photographer. Dan and I were invited to photograph a truly wonderful day and we have fun theÂ entire time. We rode the ferry across to the island and walked to the church with our camera bags, taking some time to swing in the park and have a glass of water before we began photographing. I mean really… what better way to get ready for a wedding shoot?

Laura and Mark were married on Peaks Island Maine, alongside their closest friends and family. Since we had photographed Laura a few days prior for her Bridal Session, the getting ready portion of the day felt so relaxed, like seeing an old friend! The guys played baseball until they lost the ball in the woods. Then they ate marshmallows. This was how they prepared for the ceremony. Are you picking up the relaxed vibe yet? Mark has two sons, one of which played Ragtime on the piano as the walked back down the aisle as husband and wife. Â He missed his cue to get up and play because he was editing a photo of the first kiss on his phone! I can relate to him. BEST! We headed to portraits until the ferry ride back. Then we all went to the reception atÂ The Well at Jordan’s FarmÂ where Laura changed into a cocktail dress and joined the party, feeling a little more like herself. We literally could never have asked for more. It was just right.
Â Ceremony: Brackett Memorial ChurchÂ | Â Reception: The Well at Jordan’s Farm

Florist: Field Sustainable FloristryÂ

July 10, 2015 Bridal Portraits, Portland Maine

Laura’s Portland Maine Bridal Session

Bridal Sessions are a Southern Tradition and we REALLY wish it would take off up in New England too. Imagine being able to spend an hour of undistracted time with your photographer, growing in comfort and confidence. An hour where you can ensure that you have some pretty fun photographs of yourself in your wedding look, to give to your spouse, your parents, and of course… YOURSELF! Bridal sessions are a blast for us.

Laura met us at her airbnb place here in Portland, two days before her wedding. Dan and I doted over her loveliness, as you will too while viewing these images. We got to take her around to some of our favorites spots in the city and hear all the little girl tourists tell their parents how pretty the lady was in the GORGEOUS Oscar de la Renta gown. It was prettyÂ great honestly.

November 11, 2014 Engagements, Portland Maine

Danielle and Josh’s Portland Maine Engagement Session

Danielle and Josh are one of our 2015 wedding couples and are getting married in Bar Harbor! I can already taste the popovers and jam at Jordan Pond, which we will most definitely be hitting up when we make the trek up to Acadia. If you have never been, put it at the top of your bucket list. We met these two at the Gisland Farm location of the Maine Audubon, a place they picked out. It was a colorful fall day and the weather was what people LIVE for up here! We just walked around andÂ took photos in all the beautifulÂ light Dan and I were seeing… everywhere! The two of us had never been to this spot so it was fun to be able to go and photograph there. Afterwards, we went to East End Beach here in Portland, where we got to hang out and photograph their fur-baby: Sophie! It was really fun to try and make a different session out of this photographically speaking, since we had been to East End Beach only a few days prior with Katie and Luke. The light rewarded us yet again and we got to put these two in front of a GORGEOUS pink and purple sky. I loved how much Josh loved his fiance AND his puggle and just look at how well they were styled! I loved her Camel coat. It was a couple hours filled with a smitten couple.