It seems as though quite often at weddings we end up feeling more like invited guests with expensive cameras rather than working photographers. I'm not saying for one minute that we don't work our butts of for an entire day but what I do feel is that we do blend in nicely with the guests, enjoy spending the day with our couples and we truly enjoy doing what we do and our brides and grooms quite genuinely seem to enjoy having us around.
The perfect example of this was with Laura and Whitney's wedding.
Kim has lived in Huntington most of her life and pretty much knows everyone here! This would include both Laura and Whitney's families and the fact that she grew up with Whitney meant that she knew pretty much all of his guests too. Over the years I have met most of these friends also so their wedding was like a big reunion for us!
Kim met up with Laura and her bridesmaids before the ceremony including these beautiful flower girls!...
Laura's brother David with wife Renee and their children...
The ceremony was held at this very quaint church in East Hampton ~ I love this photograph of Laura waiting with her father outside until it was time for her grand entrance...
I don't usually include family photos on the blog but am going to break my rules here: I just had to post this photo of Laura and Whitney with his brother and mother - Belle Joy! Her name describes her personality perfectly and I probably learned enough about her life in 5 minutes of chatting with to write her biography - what a great lady!
...and here's Laura's family!
The flower girls were adorable and so well behaved! Here's a beautiful group shot of them all together...
...and the view from the other direction!
In fact I think I realized from this wedding that there is a big difference to the energy of the day when children are present. Maybe it's just my fatherly instincts at work but you can't help but absorb some of the joy and energy expressed by these little ones - an energy that's quadrupled whenever they are jumping distance to sand or the ocean!!
It doesn't get much better photographically than an East Hampton wedding when you have the beach to yourself! A little less windy would have been nice but I'm not complaining!
Then on to the village of East Hampton for a quick windmill portrait!
Beautiful, beautiful light all afternoon long...
Laura and Whitney had their reception at the East Hampton Point which is on the water on the bay side of the fork and faces west - an ideal spot for unobstructed sunset views over the water!
...and Laura's mom took care of incredible details including a nautical theme throughout the dining room and knot challenges on every table.
Seriously, how much cuter can these girls be!
The Best Man was Jason - whose wedding to Katie we photographed last year. During the speech he presented Whitney with a beautiful new snowboarding jumpsuit that looked like it was straight out of the Singh Singh collection!
Where's Waldo? See if you can spot the photographer in this Cold Spring Harbor reunion photograph! Kim decided she needed to jump in to make it complete!
The wedding band was the awesome
Times Square Orchestra We have worked with these guys many, many times and they never fail to get the party rockin'! The drummer even sat out for a rendition of AC/DC's "Shook Me" so that Whitney could blaze on the pig skins!
The guests definitely seemed to appreciate it!
