Anchorage By the Sea Elopement – Ogunquit, Maine Wedding

Welcome to another beautiful elopement! Jen & Mike eloped at the beautiful Anchorage By the Sea in Ogunquit, Maine. Jen bought her gown from me back when I was still at Chantilly Place. When she came for fittings, she was looking for a photographer since they rescheduled their original plans for a bigger wedding. I happened to be available, and I’m glad it all worked out! They held their ceremony at the Anchorage By the Sea in Ogunquit, Maine with just her daughters and a few friends. My husband even tagged along and we were able to enjoy the hotel for the weekend!

Island Country Club Wedding – Marcie & Andrew | Stonington Maine

Marcie & Andrew’s wedding at the Island Country Club in Stonington, Maine was a bit of a special one since Andrew is my brother in law! They chose an intimate wedding day to blend their family together with their children, surrounded by close family and friends. Stonington Country Club is situated on the island of Stonington in Maine.

After the ceremony and reception, they wanted some beach photos. I was very pleasantly surprised when we arrived, and the beach was surrounded by what looked like an enchanted forest. It’s what fairy tale photos are made of! The light was fading fast, but we managed to get some amazing and fantastical portraits 🙂

If you’re looking for a beautiful vacation spot to get away from it all, this would be it, and not just because of the complete lack of cell service 😉 I’d love to visit again when I’m not on the job!

On the Marsh Wedding – Jaime & Alex – Kennebunk Maine Wedding

Jaime & Alex’s wedding at On the Marsh in Kennebunk, Maine was my last full wedding of the year. It was also the only rainy one! It was in November, so I guess I lucked out for the most part! We started with getting ready at the King’s Port Inn just down the street. They decided to do a first look, but since it was pouring out and cold, we had to do it in the lobby area. Not the most beautiful spot, but it worked! I’m really beginning to love first looks. Aside from being a major time saver on the wedding day, the groom’s reaction to his bride is always so genuine and emotional. I just love it!

They had a lot of personal touches to their day that I really loved. Her dress was a gorgeous champagne color, and she splurged on gorgeous crystal covered Betsey Johnson shoes. They are Blue by Betsey Johnson, a line of gorgeous weddings shoes. I wish I’d known about them when I got married! They also had mad-libs instead of a guestbook, and wedding pies instead of a wedding cake. I had blueberry, and it was awesome! They decided to forego a DJ (which we don’t usually recommend) but they had someone pre-mix their music for the night, and it was done really well. It was also a lot of 90’s and boy band songs, which is my guilty pleasure when it comes to music!

Because of the rain, we weren’t really able to get many bridal portraits. We did the traditional family and wedding party photos in the dinner space, and of course the usual candid reception photos. Luckily for me, Jaime and Alex were happy to come outside with me for a few minutes to get a couple of shots I had been wanting to try. My husband had been asking me for months to do a “rainy umbrella shot”. It never rained so I wasn’t able to do it. This is the only reason I was ok with a little rain. I finally got the shot and it came out great! I’m always thrilled when couples are open to photo ideas and don’t mind a little yucky weather.

On the Marsh is a great venue, and I hope to shoot there again sometime in the summer when they can do outdoor ceremonies!

Erin & Jerry – Stone Mountain Arts Center Wedding – Brownfield, Maine

Erin & Jerry were my first referral clients after I rebooted my business this year. Their wedding seemed so far away in January, but August 30th seemed to come and go so fast! I had made a trip up to their venue at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in May since I knew I’d need to see it beforehand. It also made it easier to meet with them and the wedding coordinator to finalize everything. I also got lucky and was able to crash at my uncle’s ski cabin near North Conway for the weekend of the wedding. It made travel a lot easier to go up the night before and not have to drive 3 hours home the night of!

Their wedding day was beautiful. The weather was perfect. Erin & Jerry decided to do a first look so they could get some of their family formals out of the way before the wedding. I love first looks, and my favorite part is the Groom’s reaction to seeing his bride for the first time 🙂 It was one of the most easy and relaxed weddings I’ve ever shot too! We got so much done before, that we were able to just do some bridal photos after the ceremony. Then Erin & Jerry were announced into their cocktail hour to enjoy some food and mingle with their guests before dinner. The food was amazing, a huge buffet, and some of the best wedding food I’ve ever had! I will say one of the perks of the job is getting to eat lots of awesome food and cake!