Lisa and Travis's Wedding

Every once in a while, life provides you with the opportunity to revisit a place that is special to you. That place for me is Sweet Briar Bed and Breakfast located in the hills of Geneseo, New York. This specific venue always stands out to me because Erin and I shot one of our most memorable weddings there;
Rachel and Kevin Sando. Even though there was the classic red aisle runner, the beautifully landscaped ceremony site, and the well decorated reception area, the atmosphere was very different. There was no doubt in my mind that this night belonged to Travis and Lisa.

Their cocktail-style wedding showed me that all you needed was a great bar, crazy guests who love to dance and of course, love. Travis and Lisa were married underneath a gorgeous old tree where you could see fields in the background, which later became our main location for our formal shots. At the end the of the night everyone danced out on the patio while enjoying all of the amazing hors d'oeuvres and drinks. 

Throughout the night, Emily and I had a great time creating the snapbook filled with Travis and Lisa's friends and family photographs and best wishes for the happy couple. Sweet Briar til this day, will be one of my favorite places to photograph a wedding. I have been there many times but every time is unique and special.


Thank you to Travis and Lisa for taking me back to Sweet Briar and being a part of your amazing day!


Take Care,
Shinay
Something Blue Photography

Irene and Richard's Wedding

Niagara Fall can have a chintzy feel to something romantic like love and weddings.  Trust me.  I've lived in the Niagara Falls area for most of my life, have seen quite a few passing weddings there by chance and could not avoid the great tourist appeal and site seeings.

But it's also energetic.  There's always an audience and an ever-changing scene; the falls.  Strangers come together and marvel at nature's grand force of moving and falling water.  And perhaps that is why Niagara Falls used to be THE top destination wedding/honeymoon spot.  Couldn't the similarities of the strong force of the falls equal that of a couples' love for each other?  Am I getting a bit too cheesy now?  ;-)

Either way, I was extremely excited to photograph Irene and Richard at the falls and later at their venue in Corfu, New York.  For me, visiting the falls and trying to photograph a wedding can be dangerous.  Not in the physical sense, but in the cheesy wedding pitfall-over the top-stereotypical sense.   Photographers beware

So I really challenged myself to think beyond simple and shoot something more complex.  It's easy to take a photograph, it's harder to observe through a photograph.  And that's something I hoped to achieve.  These images show more than another couple getting married at the Falls, they show Irene and Richard getting married at Niagara Falls with their friends and family.

Special thanks to Crystal for assisting me that entire day!

Cheers,

Erin
Something Blue Photography