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Yesterday we spent some time with Jason and Alisha documenting their special union in timeless images. They chose to say their vows in an intimate ceremony of just the two of them. Being our first elopement it was a beautiful and magical experience to capture the essence of every wedding and the promises made in a simple, elegant and timeless way. Below are select images from our time together.
Yesterday we celebrated with the love birds Natasha and Nick who have been sweethearts for 12 years. They made their vows at Jacobsburg Park in Nazareth, PA and celebrated their love at the Blue Valley Farm Show in Bangor, PA. The day was filled so many wonderful moments of love, laughter, tears and celebration. We enjoyed every moment! Below are some select images from the day.
Every wedding has it's challenges. Some are schedule related, some are vendor related and yet others are weather related. With each situation we have to find creative solutions to overcome the challenges and in the end have beautiful images we can be proud of.
One such weather challenge occurred this past summer during one of our bigger weddings. It was the middle of summer so the weather could be sunny, cloudy or outright nasty and wet. Guess which one we got? You guessed it, rainy and wet. All day the rain poured down from the heavens with no end in sight. As we approached the ceremony at the church it came down even harder. We were still hopeful it would let up long enough to capture some beautiful images at the reception venue, but of course that never happened. We decided to do all the formals inside the church just in case the rain did not stop in time to do them during the cocktail hour. This option was not so bad since it was a very beautiful ornate church. Of course being the artists we are, we wanted to create something different and epic for our couple. Unfortunately it rained the rest of the night and while we could not avail ourselves of the awesome views at the reception venue, we were still happy we created the formal images at the church.
After the wedding as we culled the images we knew were missing that one special image of the bride and groom together alone, lost in themselves. So we got an idea - let's create a composite using a formal image from the church and a landscape image from our art library (one of my second passions is landscape photography). After a few hours of retouching using Lightroom, Photoshop and TonalityPro we had created an entirely new image - one that never happened. Below you will see the formal image we made inside the church on that rainy day, the landscape image I had created a few months earlier at Trexler Park and the final composite in black and white.
We share this story because it is hopefully amusing, interesting and enlightening. Despite the challenges we faced due to the rain, by using a little creativity we were able to craft something beautiful and unique for our couple which they can cherish for a lifetime.
Hiring a wedding photographer doesn't need to be only about the images they can capture on your big day, it can also be about what that photographer can craft when the wedding day is over. For this couple it happens to be an image that never happened.
P.S. The neat thing about this story is that the final image ended up on their Heirloom Wedding Album cover and we feel it turned out very nice. Have a look below and tell us what you think?
Creating beautiful Heirloom Wedding Albums like this one we created for the G couple one of our absolute favorite things we feel privileged to do after a wedding. Below are some images of their album which features a supple tan leather cover with a cameo window. The cameo window displays one of their beautiful formal images from their wedding. The pages are rigid and the prints are made on Lustre finish silver halide photographic paper. The album is protected and presented in a hand-stitched velvet lined box which is also wrapped in the supple tan leather as the book.
Our Heirloom Wedding Albums come standard in our Diamond and Sapphire wedding collections.
This past Saturday we captured the love of two special people named Bianka and Jose. Their excitement and tenderness towards each other during what could be such a hectic day was seen and felt. As you can see from the portraits below their romance and love is vibrant and we felt privileged to cover such a major milestone in their lives. Congratulations!
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