Sunday, August 13, 2017

melissa & bryan : louisville wedding photographer

my beautiful sister n law got married!!!!!
i was more than a little weepy... to be honest. 
i've known her since she was a freshmen in high school.
we ended up at the same college together
& became friends. 

i've watched her become a passionate, strong woman. 
i've watched her fall in love with this guy, who slowly
made his way into her heart where he knew he belonged. 
for he was an equal to her -as kind and generous. 
soon after we moved back, he picked my daughter up from school 
so that i could be at the hospital with my dying uncle.  
they are good people. 

& i got to photograph their special day.

without further ado, here are a few of my favorites. 


she's so beautimous!! 

ashleigh practicing her speech in the hallway, making us cry likes it's her job. 

professional nails courtesy of maya leigh! 

some very curious nieces. 

some crazies jumping on the bed. 


meanwhile bryan is busy... 

watching golf! 



LOVE ME SOME FIRST LOOKS!!!!!


they exchanged their vows privately... ro sham boing for who goes first. 
one of my favorite images. 


melissa had to pause at one point because she lost it... so did all of us watching!


the moment we all knew was coming... ron seeing melissa. damn tears!!!



another favorite!!! 

well over a year ago bryan brought over several beautiful rings that had belonged 
to his grandmother and asked which i thought melissa would like.  
this one was the obvious winner. 
we did good that day!  turns out melissa randomly tagged an almost 
identical ring years before to her pinterest page. 










speeches with embarassing stories are the best by far & these two speeches were perfect! 

everyone learned about melissa skipping school in this moment!  







it was pretty hot... 
we think it's going to go down as the hottest day of 2017... 
but they're hoping for the hottest day in 5 years!

 a really intense dab competetion.


someone found a cupcake box and helped themselves to another delicious treat! 


it was a beautiful wedding with lots of personal touches. 
melissa & bryan put a lot of thought & care into planning a socially conscious wedding. 

here are their vendors that helped them accomplish a fabulous day:

Catering: Naiman's Catering http://www.naimanscatering.com/
Music: Tank Entertainment http://www.mydjtank.com/
Adult Slushies: Frozen De-Lites http://www.frozendelites.com/
Florist: Pure Pollen Flowers at Foxhollow Farms http://purepollenflowers.com/
Makeup: Kayla Greenwell 
Coordinator: Stephani Rarig

"you are the poem i never knew how to write and this life is the story i have always wanted to tell"
-tyler khott gregson

congratulations melissa & bryan... i am so happy for you! 

Friday, July 28, 2017

Rarig Family : New York Portrait Photographer

first, a little reminder:

these beautiful people are basically family & you've met them before:
doug & molly's wedding,
our session from 2013,
our session from 2014,
our session/ baptism 2015

& this year... we added the family's first senior portrait session!
Ally is going to be a senior & her future looks so bright, it's a lil ridiculous, honestly. 
she's already been retweeted by Stephen Colbert for goodness sake! 

Here are a couple from that session:

a beautiful young woman in a beautiful place. 


& then after I'd tortured her enough we brought out the whole crew... 


i LOVE this one! 




the littlest proved to be unwilling to smile... but we got her! 

didn't we sweet sydney?!!




nora was shouting something & max was giving her his awesome side eye. 


too cute. 






one of my favorites of them all together! 

just the grandbabes with mommom & daddad! 






my other favorite! 


& then a few bloopers, just for fun: 

no more!!

ouch! 

poor sydney already didn't want to be in a picture & then she gets pounced on! 

nora innocently creeping up on brother...

oh, max ya gotta watch out for that beautiful lil wild thing! 

& who doesn't adore silly uncle dave?!  


love our sessions together! 
& our time at silver bay together :) 


Thursday, July 27, 2017

Katie & Dave : New York Portrait Photographer

Katie & I go back to my Silver Bay days! 
And I was thrilled when they asked me to shoot their wedding later this summer. 
The wedding will be in the chapel at Silver Bay & the reception
is on the Mohican, a gorgeous steamboat on Lake George.

We were able to do their engagement session a couple weeks ago 
on a perfect summer night.

Dave restored this boat beautifully & so we knew we had to start with it. 

they brought their pup along for his first boat ride! 


one of my favorites. 
 
& then we headed to Roger's Rock to hike to the top.  

this hike is a bit strenuous & dave set the goal for katie
that when she could get to the top easily, he'd propose.

he had technically proposed prior to this but he hadn't given her a ring 
while doing it, so he emailed me & we set this whole sweet scene up!
she had NO IDEA. 












& then it's practically a crime to not get in the lake...  

so they did! 





in a few short weeks y'all will be dancing on a boat as a married couple!!!!!!