There was a big event on the east coast a little while back, something that a California boy like myself had never experienced (and still didn’t get to witness the true brunt of beside a downed tree in our backyard thank goodness), and had no idea what to expect. While Hurricane Irene never made as much of a mess as everyone was predicting, Vicki and I had a grand time distracting ourselves from the weather reports with the beautiful wedding of Jeannine and Wayne. They weren’t going to let mother nature get in the way of everything they had planned for their big day, and we couldn’t have been happier to spend the day photographing them! We even managed to go all the way through without any power outages, and had the opportunity for some quick portraits under umbrellas in between rain bursts. Jeannine looked to die for in her Paloma Blanca gown, and her Badgley Mischka shoes (like seriously hot), and Wayne accompanied her perfectly and looked dashing in his grey suit and blue & grey striped tie. While we may not have been able to see at times on a highway drive home that felt like taking the log flume ride at Disneyland while simultaneously going through a car wash, we wouldn’t haven chosen to spend the day any other way than cozily inside the Guilford Yacht Club with Jeanine & Wayne and all of their friends and family, watching one of the happiest days of their lives unfold. A total treat!

Ceremony + Reception: Guilford Yacht Club, Guilford, CT
Catering: Jordan Caterers
Justice of the Peace: Mary Pugh
Flowers: Raquel Corvino, New York, NY
Violin: Kate O’Brien
DJ: Powerstation Events

Jeannine & Wayne, thank you both for inviting us to be a part of your wedding, and we know that this is just the beginning of what is sure to be a long and happy life together

xoxo,
Erik & Vicki

Before I get started talking about our next totally sweet and rad couple, and their incredible wedding, I wanted to touch on something that has caused some confusion for a few of you out there – the little date posted underneath our couples names and the location of their wedding. The date is in fact the date that we post the images on our blog, and not the date the wedding (or engagement session!) took place. We understand how this might make people scratch their heads and wonder, “hey! I want to see my photos too!’. Rest assured that we are full steam ahead and working with a furnace full of coal, and we have tons of posts coming your way .

With that out of the way, let’s get down to the many terrific moments of Maryellen & Brad’s spectacular wedding at Saltwater Farms Vineyard in Stonington – a location we have been dying to shoot at after hearing so many great things about. We were particularly excited about photographing there because we knew it would feel just like being in Sonoma & Napa counties back in California (two of the most magical places on the planet), and it didn’t disappoint. We knew we had two people that we loved being around and were a joy to photograph (as evidenced by their engagement session in NYC), and Maryellen & Brad could get married in matching potato sacks in a back alley and make it look good.

So when we rolled up to the venue, and saw what was in store for us, from Maryellen’s stunning wedding gown to Brad’s super cool black suit with matching tie (looking like he stepped out of a Quentin Tarantino movie), with the superbly designed details courtesy of the very talented ladies at Fancy Pants Event Planning , Margaret and Ann, we knew it was going to be an “ooh” and “ahh” kind of day. The flowers provided by Yumiko from Hana Floral Design were as perfect as we have come to expect from her, and we had the pleasure of working with the Boka’s again at The Light Mill Film Studios, who are not only some of the very best videographers anywhere, but are a blast to work with. There wasn’t a moments rest on Maryellen and Brad’s wedding day, with all of the things happening in front of our lenses at any given moment, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We say “more please!”, and wait to catch out breath at the end of the night when we can take a peek at some of the images, a little anxious to get them up on our blog (in order of course!) for everyone to see.

Ceremony: St Mary’s Church, Stonington, CT
Reception: Saltwater Farms Vineyard, Stonington, CT
Event Planning: Ann and Margaret, Fancy Pants Event Planning
Video: Geoff and Kate Boka, The Light Mill Film Studios
Catering: Coastal Gourmet
Makeup: Dana Bartone
Flowers: Hana Floral Design
Band: Sugar

Maryellen & Brad, we want to give you both a big hug again and tell you that we love you both, and if you didn’t catch it already with all of the gushing above, we were both totally smitten by you guys and your perfect wedding day.

xoxo,
Vicki & Erik

When two people are as in love with each other as Cherie & Steve are, it pours out through them and surrounds everyone even remotely close to them – so much in fact that Vicki and I had goosebumps during the ceremony and their portraits. Not only are they perfect together, they also look absolutely incredible together, and it would be pretty much impossible not to have a good time when you are with them. And we had an incredible time with them on their big day – the day where they cemented all of the things that makes them uniquely suited for each other. We loved the church where they got married (which had amazing views from the balcony of the stone architecture), and the grounds of their reception had a little something of everything for us to photograph. We even got to squeeze in a little photo time with them in between in Hartford! We absolutely love these two and can’t wait for an excuse to photograph them again

Ceremony: Our Lady of Sorrows, Hartford, CT
Reception: Aquaturf, Plantsville, CT
Videographer: Timothy Bakland
DJ: After Hours DJ
Cake: Modern Pastry

Cherie & Steve, we are so happy we got to spend the day with you again, and can’t wait to see what the future has in store for the two of you. We are sure you will both continue to brighten up anything you come in contact with and know that this is just the beginnnig of many, many great years together.

xoxo,
Vicki & Erik