What a fantastic start to the official 2013 season! Laura and Steve are such a great couple… so sweet and happy and just really genuinely nice people. I was so happy they got such a lovely day (outdoor weddings in central NY in early May are a real gamble!) to celebrate their wedding!

Laura and her girls were busy with preparations when I arrived, but after a while a card from Steve was sent up and Laura took a quiet moment to herself. I love her expression, as well as the lace curtain reflected in the window.

Laura had some really great details… the shoes were killer!

And I mean helloooooo

Laura’s dress was stunning. I think that is my favorite neckline ever, it’s just so pretty!

Laura and Steve opted to do a first look, they were ridiculously cute!

Before heading downstairs, Laura declared she would not be needing any tissues. Then this happened:

And of course she managed to not mess up her makeup one bit. Tell me your secrets!!! Ha ha.

Laura’s beautiful flowers were by the talented Lisa at Flower Power Decor. When Laura and Steve were in town for meetings last April, they came right from a meeting with Lisa to meet with me, that made me cross my fingers AND toes hoping they’d book. Lisa is amazing!

Models.

I LOVE this one so much.

And these that we snuck out to get during sunset!

So beautiful!

The wedding party joined us for some fun pictures as well.

Hey guys, remember when you thought I wasn’t actually taking pictures of you because the camera was pointed up? That’s so I can get all that gorgeous sky in!

Ceremony time!

What a view.

Laura made these cool wedding wands for guests to wave during the recessional. So cute!

Excellent intros… Steve’s a big sports fan so it was very fitting!

First dance sweetness.

More tears, and more non-messing-up of makeup. Impressive!

Party time… I love Laura’s earrings, you can tell she’s really breaking it down!

Wedding MVP was a tough choice. Laura’s bridesmaid had some pretty rad moves out there:

But in the end, I have to give it to Steve because he busted out my favorite guy dance move, which can be seen below. I think it’s the funniest!

Congratulations you two, it was so much fun to spend the day with you! Thank you for having me, and have a fantastic time in Hawaii!!!

I was so excited when Rebecca and Mike booked me because I knew it meant I would get to hang out with them in February AND July! These two just wanted to get married asap, but wanted their reception in better weather so decided to hold off on the party until July. That meant the ceremony was a very small, intimate event, which I just love!
I headed down to Bristol Harbour, it was bitter cold and the wind was whipping the snow into little tornadoes in all the farm fields I passed. So pretty, but not exactly conducive to picture-taking! Except:

Boom!

These two were willing to brave the extreme cold and wind to get some shots of the incredible view at Bristol Harbour. So worth it! I’m obsessed with how the wind caught Rebecca’s gown.

So happy and so sweet together!

I finally let them back inside (that’s where I was shooting from. JK!) They made this lovely chuppah themselves!

Rebecca looked so pretty!

The ceremony was short and sweet.

Stay tuned for the reception in a few months! Can’t wait you two, congratulations!!

Ahhh, what a fantastic way to end the season and ring in 2013! I was so charmed by Ashley, Joey and Ashley’s mom Renate when we met in May to go over the details and timelines for their wedding… Ashley and Joey are so giddily in love and Renate is an Art professor at Cornell and was so excited about the photography. I really can’t say it enough- I love that I end up with so many creatives as my clients (Ashley is a dancer and choreographer!) Ashley and Joey met when Ashley moved to California and asked a friend to help her meet some new people. Ashley didn’t really know if it was a date, but when the two of them met they became pretty inseparable.

Ashley and Joey had planned a first look… they didn’t want to see each other but did want to talk a bit before they were dressed, so that led to this sweet, unplanned moment.

Ashley’s beautiful dress!

and shoes!

Such a wonderful day full of joy and emotion, so much fun to shoot!

Loved this first sight!

Facetiming with friends who couldn’t make it so cute!

So stinking cute!!!

Loved grandma’s reaction to the beautiful bride!

Ashley had an adorable cardigan and jacket, but decided to brave the cold (and giant clumps of roof ice that kept crashing to the ground) for a few shots as well!

The beautiful AD White House at Cornell…

Always love the views at Cornell!

Lovely Ashley!

I’m pretty sure there are no photos of these two not-grinning!

One of my favorite post-ceremony shots

Great toasts, and definitely the only time I’ve heard the phrase “sympathetic biography of Castro” at a wedding. Or ever. Let’s be real, ha ha.

I have to give Wedding MVP to Joey’s groomsman, he was going nuts on the dance floor. Fantastic!

I love this shot so much… he is clearly super impressed with her dance moves! That face says “damn, girl!” ha ha

Congratulations Ashley and Joey, I had a delightful time with you guys and your families and friends!!!

Congratulations to Mary and Kevin! We had a pretty typical fall day (cold and threatening to rain, but beauuuutiful nonetheless!) and one of the most beautiful ceremony locations around… Bristol Harbour!

Mary got dressed at her parents’ house right around the corner from Bristol Harbour, I was kind of obsessed with this mirror! Mary was like “That is way more me’s than anyone needs to see.” After I stopped laughing I cracked the whip and told her to look pensive, ha ha.

What a sweet moment between Mary and her mom.

Mary and Kevin opted for a first sight, I could shoot around Bristol Harbour allll day. I mean wow.

Love how these two crack each other up!

Even though he’d already seen her, Kevin was grinning when Mary came down the aisle.

What a perfect spot.

Mary’s sister Stephanie performed the ceremony… she is the Mayor of Syracuse!

Married!

The ladies at Simply Beautiful Events did an incredible job on Mary and Kevin’s wedding… it looked just stunning! The beautiful flowers were from Arena’s Florist… such perfect fall colors!

Love this first dance! They’re my first couple ever to dance to Sam Cooke’s “Cupid”… I can’t believe this song isn’t used more. Same Cooke is my jam.

They had a great dance party, courtesy of Premier Sound!

I was kind of unsure about Wedding MVP for a while… until “Footloose” came on. Then this guy, well let’s just say he kicked off his Sunday shoes. Magical.

Congratulations, sir.

Congratulations Mary and Kevin, thank you for having me!!

Awesome couple, perfect fall day! I shot Jess and Matt’s engagement a while ago and they were so adorable and affectionate, I barely had to direct them at all. Making my life easy, guys! So of course I knew the wedding would be no different! I met up with the girls at a lake house in Hammondsport where they were staying and heard all about Matt’s big surprise for Jess the night before… guys, it’s going to take a LOT to top this. Matt brought Jess’s favorite songwriter, Ari Hest, up from NYC for a surprise performance at the lake house the night before the wedding. It was set up so perfectly, too. Matt got up in front of their family and friends to play a couple of songs, he started to play one by Ari and then purposefully messed it up… he apologized and said he had someone there to help him, and bam, out walks Jess’s favorite musician. DUDE. Seriously. How incredible is that?!?

Jess had a little trouble with the false eyelashes and this moment just cracks me up, sort of the “oh well, not going to happen!” laugh. Her attitude all day was so relaxed, nothing really ruffled her feathers. My brides rule!

Not that she even needed any false eyelashes to begin with… lovely!

The ceremony was at St. James Episcopal Church, very cute!

Jess was trying so hard to hold it together

LOVE

Right down the street from the church, I spied a bright red tree that had dropped some of its leaves but not too many… so glad Jess and Matt agreed to go over there!

!!

The reception was in a tent by the lake, this was the view from the parking lot… god I love fall!!!

These are my favorites though… perfection!

We even had a flock of geese photobomb us!

Loved this moment during the toasts

By the time dinner was served and all the formalities were finished, there was not a lot of time for open dance floor but I swear this group basically danced enough in one hour to put a 6 hours dance party to shame!

Jess and Matt’s wedding also wins the title for fastest Wedding MVP selection ever of all time. Jess’s cousin had sealed the deal within the first 3 notes of the first dance song… he leapt out of his seat and just started shaking it like there was no tomorrow. And he never stopped. He may actually still be shaking it. We may never know…

Ha!

So cute!

Thanks so much for sharing the day with me, you guys are adorable… congratulations!!!

Ain’t no party like a Ferraro party cause a Ferraro party don’t stop! I was so excited for Kat and Mark’s wedding to finally get here… Mark is the brother of my wonderful bride from two years ago, Erica. I got to meet with Kat and Mark earlier in the year at Simply Crepes to go over the plans and they are so stinking adorable and funny and sweet… Obviously I was in for an incredible day!

We started things off with a first sight up in the tower at Heron Hill Winery… so pretty, and lots of tears!

Kat is so beautiful!

We busted out the famous umbrella and ventured out into the sprinkles for a few minutes, Kat was so relaxed, even though the (outdoor) ceremony was an hour or so away and it was still raining! Total zen bride.

The rain did let up long enough for us to zip down to the vineyards for a few shots, soooo glad we got down there… the vines were turning yellow and some of the trees in the background had turned as well. Beautiful!

Then we rounded up the bridal party for some fun… this was such an hilarious group! Started with the girls, obviously had to highlight their cork shoes!!

I think this is the only shot of the whole day with this group all in sync, ha ha ha!

Mark wanted to do some fun stuff, so as the group all sort of piled in, his best man Pringle suggested Tebowing. Then he goes “How about Brady-ing?!” and everyone was kind of like “what?” and as soon as he busted it out I started dyyyying… SO FUNNY! It is instantly recognizable! Amazing! And especially cathartic, given what was going on at the Ralph that very day.

Thankfully, the rain held off for the ceremony! I have to start things off with Erica and Sean coming down the aisle… it was so great to see them again! And Erica was making the same exact face she made while coming down the aisle for her own wedding. So sweet!

Mark excitedly waits for his bride.

Love the beautiful view at Heron Hill, it’s lovely even when rainy!

Tears and sweetness…

Mr & Mrs!

The wedding party wanted to do a jump shot, I had to post this one… is Mark wearing a jetpack?!

Kat and Mark did a beautiful job with the details, the tent looked so great!

I seriously can’t even state how sweet these two are together…

…and how much they rock!

Kat’s mom and Mark’s mom rule.

As with Alyssa and Wes’s wedding on Friday, there were a lot of people gunning for MVP tonight. (Yes, this was basically the best weekend ever… Alyssa and Wes Friday, day of rest Saturday, Kat and Mark Sunday!) Once things got going, it was so clear… no competition… Mark had pretty much clinched the MVP award before dinner as you can see from the above photos but by the end of the night he basically made himself MVP of all MVPs. He was like the energizer bunny, but with moves.

The whole night was so hilarious and fun though, awesome awesome party.

Erica was bringing it as well!

As did Kat… I think she and this gentleman may have done this dance before, because it was the best!

And I just love Kat’s expression here, so happy!

Congratulations to you two, I had so much fun celebrating with you guys! And fyi, I was drinking a Flower Power while I posted this!