Just a quick one today… so happy to have a few ceremony shots featured on Elizabeth Ann Designs!
It’s a great post by the always-fabulous Cyd Converse about ceremony choices and traditions. Check it out!
This Friday I took the beautiful drive down to Ithaca to photograph Alex and John’s wedding at Cornell’s Sage Chapel. I absolutely love it when my couples love photography as much as I do, so after exchanging a bunch of emails about cameras with Alex (and receiving her contract inside of an awesome Wonder Woman greeting card) I was extra excited to meet her! Alex and John are such a sweet couple, and I immediately felt at home with them, their friends and their families and enjoyed spending the day celebrating with them.
I love Alex’s dress, so simple, so pretty…
Loving the movement, color and expression as Alex gets out of the limo on the way to the chapel.
Alex and John saw eachother before the ceremony, and I was so excited to take advantage of the beautiful light pouring into the crypts.. drool…
Sweet.
The ceremony was full of cute moments (and don’t you LOVE her hair??)
I love this shot, the looks on their faces… they were waiting for their rings to be passed around amongst the guests before exchanging them, which was really charming.
How can you help but smile along with this picture?
The wedding party, workin’ it on campus…
We had such a beautiful day!
Then we headed to the Fontainebleau Inn for the cocktail hour. The reception was catered by The Heights in Ithaca, which did a fabulous job. The hors d’ oeuvres were gorgeous (and tasty) as was the entree, and everyone was incredibly friendly.
Yum!
Pretty cake.
First dance…
The way he’s looking at her reminds me of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice (or as I call it, the Colin Firth Love Eyes™ ha ha) it’s so sweet!
This picture keeps cracking me up… and the airplane comes into the hangar ptthhhhhbbbbbttttt
DJ Fuzzy Duck kept everyone moving all night (can’t believe I heard MGMT and Blur at a wedding… awesome!)
We also did some portraits on the grounds at Fontainebleau, just catching the last of the sunlight… Alex had been asking me about flare, and yes, we flared!
And they dipped.
And then I almost fell over laughing… I am not sure how this happened, but I think John asked Alex to return the favor and carry him around a bit, so we ended up with something that was a little bit Titanic, a little bit awkward, and a whole lot awesome.
Alex mentioned that she liked one of the workshop shots that’s on my site, so we did our own version of it.
Love this one.
Alex and John, it was such a pleasure to work with you and spend the day with your amazing family and friends… have an amazing time in Jamaica! We’ll talk soon. 
Another fabulous wedding! I was excited to head down to meet Michelle in Watkins Glen… we hadn’t met before, but she was so sweet in her emails and on the phone, I was really looking forward to it. Here’s the lovely bride getting her makeup done at the salon…
Then we headed over to the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, which I am seriously in love with. This place is goooorgeous. It’s eco-friendly and the decor is so fresh and modern, I love the bold wall colors!
Michelle’s dress is so pretty!
Did a few pictures with the guys at the hotel and the girls at Watkins Glen State Park.
Before the ceremony at Logan Ridge Estates, Michelle took a peek at the reception room, her reaction was so cute!
Coordinator Cynthia Converse did an absolutely fabulous job!
And while I’m at it, Red Newt Bistro hit it out of the park… yum!
I love tall centerpieces like this!
Then we headed downstairs for the ceremony- it was originally meant to be outside, but it rained most of the day so they set up indoors… but that certainly didn’t dampen spirits!
They are so sweet together!
Hello!
The first dance… they are so in love it was like nobody else was in the room!
And father daughter…
The guys gave Michelle a traditional fraternity welcome- class!
And a few portraits between raindrops.
Congratulations Michelle and Mike, thank you so much for having me at your wedding! Have an amazing time in Greece… if you need someone to photograph your vacation, I am available… just putting it out there! 