6 Months - Really?

Six months since my last post? No way. OK, so it has been 6 months, but I have a very valid excuse...I've been busy shooting all types of weddings - a wedding during a hurricane, a wedding in the cold (minus 15), weddings with boats, weddings with bikes, weddings on farms and even a wedding in a hurricane, oh did I mention that? Couples from all over - New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Ohio, New York, and even Hong Kong. My wedding season is now all wrapped up so I hope to catch up on all the posts and share with you some really cool and exciting images and stories from each.

Here's the first.

Couple: Mandi & Kurtis.
Location: Stowe.
Date: Late December.
Temperature: Very Very Cold.
Snowstorm the night before: Yes.

Ready for the cold.

Awesome views from the Inn

Flurry

Coolest thing I've seen at a wedding, "sign the snurfer"

Sweet air guitar

Late Fall on the Lake.

Rounding out the Fall wedding season were the nuptials of Julia and Rich. When Julia and Rich first contacted me about photographing their wedding it was going to be at the Bates Mansion in the middle of the summer and I unfortunately had already booked the date. Well, as luck would have it, the location and date changed - Late Fall & Lake George. Perfect, I had the date open and the location, the Inn at Erlowest was stunning.

When my assistant Kaht and I first met Rich the afternoon of the wedding he was a little on edge but after finding his iPod and chilling out to a little Dylan, things were back on the straight and narrow and he and Julia were ready for their "first look".



After the first look we had time for some cool portraits around the Inn.




Waiting for the ceremony to start.





The ceremony with the perfect fall backdrop.


Danicin'



A couple of late night portraits.



And as a treat while we were heading out the door - fresh baked doughnuts - so good! Kaht North Photo.

Right Down the Road - Part II.

I could have walked.  Thats how close my next wedding was to my office.  The wedding of Sarah and Brian took place at the Woodstock Country Club.  Fall was in full swing, the trees popping with color, cool refreshing breezes, and the village of Woodstock overflowing with tour busses full of leaf peepers and a chili cook-off on the village green.  Sarah had gotten ready early and like many B&G's these days, they chose to forgo the more traditional "can't see the bride till the ceremony".  This allowed extra time to get some cool portraits in and around the Woodstock Inn and in the Village.  Always fun running around town with a Bride and Groom - makes everyone happy, complete strangers wishing good luck and telling the Bride how beautiful she looks.  After the portraits were done we headed to the Woodstock Country Club for ceremony and reception.

Right down the road.

River St. That is my address. If you take a left at the end of my road, drive past the Billings Farm and take your next right, you turn onto River Road. Follow for a few miles and on the left is a great place called the Quechee Inn. That is where Tara and Rob were getting married. Kaht was back on board and the weekends weather was some of the best we had all summer. Sunshine and cool breezes, hair and make-up, flowers arriving and the finishing touches on the tent - all this happening in a whirlwind and Kaht and I shooting - perfect.

Enjoy some selects.

Call in the reserves for the Lilac Inn.

The next stop on the 2008 wedding season was right up the road in Brandon, Vermont. With my usual assistant Kaht taking the weekend off, I called in the reserves, fellow photographer Garren Poirier to be second camera and assistant. Garren and I were heading to the Lilac Inn for the wedding of Kelley and Zach. When we arrived we found all the normal pre-festivities going down, hair, make-up and celebrations all around as bottles of champagne were being popped and shots of whiskey downed. The call was made to have the ceremony inside as the weather just could not make up it's mind. Nonetheless, not long into the reception the skies cleared out and everyone was treated to a fantastic sunset.








These next two photos were taken by Garren Poirier. You can check out Garren's website HERE.