I had been corresponding with Tim since last year about the wedding and was looking forward to meeting him and Megan, as well as shooting in some new (to me) venues. I met the ladies at Muller Chapel at Ithaca College where they were getting ready before the ceremony. Megan’s flowers were soooo pretty!

The chapel is really unique!

One of my favorite exits in a long time! Bubbles + sun flare = awesome!

It was so bright out in the afternoon, but we took a couple of shots outside of the chapel by the pond. More portraits from Buttermilk Falls at the end!

The reception was held at The Barn, which is a cool, rustic spot near the college.

Tee hee!

Buttermilk Falls is a cool place to shoot… I was there a few years ago for an engagement and was excited to go back. It was a little less, uh, buttermilky than usual because we haven’t had a ton of rain, but it was still very pretty!

Love her shoes! I have said it before and will say it again: colorful shoes on brides are the BEST!

They are so cute together

Congratulations Megan and Tim, it was a pleasure spending the day with you guys!

Trisha and Steve were my first couple booked over video iChat… I thought it’d be a great way to faux-meet seeing as they were trying to plan their wedding from Kansas! I even got to meet their little kitty, Karma. They were very sweet and I was excited to meet them, especially since we’re friends on facebook so I’ve had a little window into their lives the last year or so (lots of running and thesis-ing, ha ha!) and it was nice to finally get to hang out in person! It was a fun, beautiful and dramatic day (two power outages and a major thunderstorm!) and I am really excited about the images we got!

I headed down to the hotel in Ithaca where everyone was in good spirits and the girls were finishing their preparations.

Looking gorgeous Trisha!

The ceremony was at All Saints Church, in Lansing. I cannot tell you what a huge treat it was to shoot in a bright church! Like, majorly majorly awesome.

So happy!

We headed to a nearby park for some pictures…

Rings + antlers = cool!

Then we headed to a truly stunning spot for the reception. Trisha and Steve had told me that it was a self-sustaining house on an organic farm, and of course I had high hopes that it would be beautiful, and I was not disappointed.

A heavy thunderstorm rolled in and we had to leave the tent for a while because of the metal poles… the light was insane. If it hadn’t been raining with intense lightning I probably would’ve kidnapped Trisha and Steve to take a million photos in this light. I’d be sadder about it if we hadn’t gotten so much other awesome stuff!

Toasts…

And a few more portraits from around the farm… I really could’ve shot there for about five times as long. Ugh, it was so beautiful!

And finally… my favorite…

It was such a pleasure to photograph you guys, and I basically want to shoot every wedding at this spot from now on!!!

I met up with the girls at the salon in the afternoon.

Doesn’t she look lovely?! Her dress was perfect for her, it was exactly what I pictured after talking to her!

This was the rainiest wedding I’ve ever shot (and my worst hair day ever except the time I cut the cowlick out of my bangs when I was 5) it just poured buckets all day with no letup, but we didn’t let that stop us! Chantelle and Rob did a first sight in front of the museum… I think Rob was waiting for me to tell him to look, which was really funny! I don’t usually direct stuff like this so I was in my little “shooting bubble” and thinking “Huh, why isn’t he turning around?” It was a great moment.

But he finally did turn around!

The ceremony was out on the sculpture court… the court is covered, but if it had been windy all the rain would’ve blown in, so we did get lucky with that aspect of it!

You know I got the real kiss, but I wanted to post this moment instead, it’s my favorite!

Rings!

Almost too beautiful to eat. Almost.

I loved shooting at the museum, it was so beautiful! This shot cracks me up… everything you need to know about the weather that day!

Beautiful

And dramatic!

Chantelle is such a happy bride, I love it! Nothing phased her, she just kept smiling.

Rob didn’t want to dance to the weird techno Whitney Houston… I didn’t blame him.

He he

We also braved the elements for a quick shot outside.

Then headed for shelter.

So sweet.

Thank you so much for having me Chantelle and Rob!