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Meg and Joe || Omni Parker House || Boston, MA

May 18, 2009 – 8:44 pm

I had a fantastic start to my wedding season a few weeks ago! Meg is from this area, but currently living in St. Louis. She found me through a friend, and I only met her in person the week of the wedding. We started off at her parent’s house…
I loved her dress….she got it at Allegria Bridal, and they attached custom straps on to it for her –

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Meanwhile, her brother was hamming it up with the bridesmaids by the antique car.

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Loved the light in the church.
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We did a lot of the pictures right next to the church, it was a great location!

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Kelly took this picture of me photographing Meg & Joe – too bad I don’t have fun when I’m working!

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But seriously, when you are shooting a couple this adorable, of course it’s fun!

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Meg saw this one on the website and wanted to be sure she got a picture under the sign!

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Cocktail hour

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OK, now here’s where I reveal my family-photo dorkiness. I saw a couple of old-timey photographs at Meg’s mom’s house….

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I love these pictures! I remember doing one with my friend Jen in Florida when we were 16. Right before they entered the reception, I was looking around at the great old room we were in, and thought it would be so fun to make another one for them. What do you think?

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Greg Hodges was the DJ (you can see him waaaay to the right), so of course there was NO problem getting great dancing pics. He was mixing one song into the next, it was super-fun (and I wasn’t even dancing…I swear).

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I should also mention Lynne was the videographer and was fantastic, as usual….you won’t see her in any pics because she keeps a low profile. Also, Alexis was there with her team making sure everything went smoothly from start to finish – makes my day easier!

Meg and Joe, I had a fantastic time with you guys! I hope you had a fabulous time in Hawaii, can’t wait for you to see the rest.

details, details, details….

coordinator – Unique Weddings by Alexis
dress – Allegria Bridal
church – Boston College Holy Trinity Chapel
flowers -Brattle Square Florist
reception – Omni Parker House
transportation – Christopher Limousine
cake – Montilio’s
video – Lynne Valeri
music -Greg Hodges 5 Star Events

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Deb and Bill || Hawthorne Hotel || Salem, MA

December 18, 2008 – 2:46 pm

I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season and is ready to get pounded with snow this weekend! Luckily, the snow held off for Deb and Bill’s wedding a few weeks ago.

This is one of my new favorite pictures….

The ceremony was at Holy Armenian Apostolic Church the same church where Bill’s parents got married, it was really beautiful, even in on a cold day with no leaves on the trees!

Married!!

We did a few pictures on the common, even though it was cold & dark!  I love the giant stone gazebo there.

Heading back into the hotel – isn’t this just a classic picture?  I feel like it could be from 100 years ago.  Although, maybe there weren’t tiny string lights 100 years ago, but you get the idea.

Christine Turner from The Hawthorne Hotel made sure everything looked perfect.

Cake from Montillio’s.

I decided to hang out with Deb & Bill while they were waiting to be introduced since they were being so cute. Did I mention how smitten with each other they are? It’s adorable, and also makes it really easy to take great pictures. Here they are practicing their first dance moves.


I know it’s hard to imagine what with the pretty chandelier and high ceilings….but the song playing here was The Search is Over by Survivor.  Apparently it got vetoed as their first dance song, but I think it’s adorable and they clearly enjoyed dancing to it at the end of the night.

I would also like to give a big shout out to Lynne Valeri from Video Design. I don’t have any pictures of her here because she is super-stealth and totally respectful when I’m shooting. Love that.

Welcome back from Hawaii Deb & Bill, can’t wait to show you the rest!!!

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