Alison and Gary had amazing weather for their ceremony and reception at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine. Here they are before everything got going….

Alison with the two dresses she will wear later at the reception, one is her mother’s, one is her aunt’s.

Her mom made her earrings…

I loved her veil – it was her mother’s.

In my continuing series of guest star photographers, the seriously awesome Joyelle West was shooting with me. While I was with the girls getting ready, she was with the groomsmen on a sailboat ride before the ceremony. Looks like fun, but also a little scary!

As the ceremony started, some guests on the third floor called down and asked if we wanted to shoot from their balcony. Joyelle raced up there in record time. The couple said someone did the same thing for them at their wedding!

Did I mention it was a little windy?

Could not resist this little face all night!!

OK, so even when they are smushing a little cake in each other’s faces, they are STILL adorable!

Dress #2!

The gorgeous cake, and the favors – custom wine bottles!

Alison giving Gary a reverse dip in Dress #3!

A few of the groomsmen participating in this year’s new favorite sing-a-long song – Don’t Stop Believing.

We had such a great time!!! Hope you had a fantastic honeymoon in Hawaii on the way back to sunny CA….can’t wait to show you the rest!

details, details, details…..

hair – Clippers Salon
flowers – Cheryl Brayton
dress – Badgley Mischka at Running of the Brides!
reception – Nonantum Resort – Dawn Blystone, coordinator
video – friend of the bride & groom
music -Steve Martin from Superior Music Entertainment
invitations – Party Fly by Dawn Briggs
cake – hair – Let Them Eat Cake

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You can see more at her site. She’s very easy for me to work with, and it was great to see some of the end result. Thanks Lynne!

I love reflection self-portraits, and I think this one is pretty funny! I’m on top of the bed (as I usually am at this point of the day) while Kristie is getting buttoned into her dress. You can see Lynne Valeri up there with me. She did a great job filming, super friendly and never in your face with the camera or a big light.

Kristie got her dress from Allegria Bridal. I keep hearing great things about that place!

I absolutely love the look on Kristie’s face here!

They had their ceremony at St. Ann’s church in Kennebunkport, which incidentally is where President Bush goes on Sunday when he is in Maine.

Kristie and Kent surprised their wedding party with a cruise on a Lobster Boat to arrive at the reception. It was pretty hot, so they had them go out to the ocean and turn around so everyone could cool off. I was lucky enough to be on the boat, too! Here’s what the reception looked like from the water…

For their guest book, they had Adirondack chairs – how fantastic is that?

Everything had a brown and blue theme, from the bridesmaid dresses to the invitations to the cake!

I love the shadow the huge tree outside the tent cast…

Kristie’s dad was so emotional during their first dance that I even started to tear up! It didn’t help that they were playing “I Saw Her First”, which, since having kids also gets to me! (I’m a sap, I know….)

So, after the parent dances, they invited everyone on the dance floor, and I have NEVER seen so many lovey-dovey couples! Look at them all!! I took all of these images in a span of about 45 seconds.

So, as if all of the cute couples wasn’t enough, there were babies everywhere! One bridesmaid had a 7 week old, another had a 3 week old! The best part is that they had people who were staying with them in the hotel, so they were close by, but the parents could still have some fun!

I love this shot, you can already see the moon.

Congratulations! I hope you are having a fabulous honeymoon!