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“No crying. It’s a happy day,” Megan reminded her parents while they were all getting ready in her childhood home. While yes, it was a very happy day, even Megan broke her own rule before she made it out of the house. In fact, the happy tears flowed throughout the ceremony right on into the […]
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One by one, their jaws dropped. Stacie and Brian’s family and friends thought they were attending an engagement brunch. After a small cocktail hour, which the engaged couple attended in regular brunch-wear, the unsuspecting guests were led to a room where they thought they’d be enjoying a nice brunch. What they saw instead, an obvious […]
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This was the big moment. Sarah and Michael had gotten ready separately and were about to see each other for the first time on their wedding day. They were about to do… their second look. Huh? Don’t I mean a first look? The thing is, Sarah and Michael did their first look a few months […]
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“Oh my goodness, it’s 6:55!” I was shocked when I looked at my cell phone and saw the time as I was supposed to have stopped shooting Sophia and Mike’s wedding at 6 pm. I accidentally stayed for almost a full extra hour! But it makes sense. I lost track of time because I, along […]
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“So how did you two meet?” Normally it’s a question I ask months or even years before a wedding. In this case, I was getting to know Reed and Balmeet during their portrait session in Fort Tryon Park, after I had already had the honor of photographing their abundantly joyful ceremony that morning at City […]
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Our chosen family. That was a big theme at Adrian and Michael’s wedding, as it is a big theme in their lives. We have the family we’re born with and then the family we choose. Adrian and Michael’s wedding had an underlying current of such strong support and love. It was an energy that quietly […]
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Tao’s voice started breaking as he read his vows, Olivia was wiping away tears from her eyes, and I was struggling to hold back tears from behind the camera. I couldn’t understand a word of the language he was speaking, and yet I could totally understand his intentions. Tao is a very intelligent man, and […]
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There was a subtle shift when Jen and Ben were reunited during their first look (the moment the bride and groom see each other for the first time on their wedding day). Sometimes the moment is big, full of boisterous laughter; sometimes it’s small, full of tender tears. With Jen and Ben, the moment was […]
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That was the most moving last kiss I ever saw. You read that right. Not the first kiss as husband and wife, but the last kiss as fiances. During their incredibly moving, joyful, and emotional ceremony, Mila and Aaron read vows that they had written themselves. Mila was first, and she read her heartfelt vows […]