Olivia & Bryan's Wedding

On August 1st, one of Asharoken's finest (Olivia) married one of New York's finest (Bryan) at St Philip Neri in Northport followed by a reception at the beautiful Woodlands in nereby Woodbury. We had photographed Olivia's sister Dianna's wedding to Chris last September and were looking forward to spending the day with the Rubins again and meeting Bryan's family...plus we wanted to see if the rumors were true about Dr. Rubin's guitar prowess!!!

Kim met Olivia at her parents' home as she was getting ready. Nice shirt - it's always good to know who you are supposed to be focusing your attention on!



Cute moment between Olivia and her father after the dress was transported safely to the Bridal Suite!

The lovely Rubin ladies...



...and a couple of last minute tweaks and adjustments!....





...before the grand entrance!







Meanwhile at the church, I was waiting patiently with Bryan and his groomsmen.





After I shot the portrait above, I stepped aside so that somemone else could snap away and was able to get this interesting angle portrait of Bryan, his brother Sean and Olivia's brother Evan!



I simply love this next photograph of Olivia stepping outside her parents' house with the wedding bell decoration on the front door!



At the church, a little peak to check if the coast was clear...



...before walking down the aisle with dad!



Olivia and Bryan were pretty laid back and very easy to work with and I love that they didn't give us a list of 'required' images. However, Olivia did request that I take one particular photograph - that of Bryan's reaction to her walking down the aisle, so here it is - I think he looks pretty happy, no?....



Olivia and her sister/Matron of Honor Dianna..



...and the happy couple!









Crazy, funky dancing is always a good photo op!





OK, so this is where the reception got interesting! I was informed ahead of time that Olivia's father was planning on playing his guitar with the band and I must admit I had horrid expectations of a James Taylor type ballad grinding the party to a complete halt but, boy, was I in for a shocker. After a brief speech from Dr. Rubin, he pulled out his Gibson Les Paul and with the help of the band Renegade treated us all to an AMAZING rendition of an old Eric Clapton song - The Core and they completely rocked the house!!





Bryan and Chris weren't worthy!! He was seriously that good!



Olivia and Bryan - thank you for letting us share your special day with you and we look forward to seeing you both again soon!