Philadelphia Wedding Photography | Kaitlin & Christophe's Ballroom At The Ben Wedding

*Posted by Matt*

I'm so excited to share our first wedding from 2017! Kaitlin and Christophe kicked off our new year beautifully with a ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas in South Philly before heading to their reception at the Ballroom at the Ben. In between we stopped for some fun and fancy bridal party portraits at Washington Square Park!

We kicked off the day with the bride at Hotel Monaco, which is such a fun place to take pictures. The rooms look so cool and they really make for a great backdrop. The groom got ready at their house in South Philly, just a few blocks from the church.

Their personalities really came out during the portrait portion of the day. Christophe has such a funny demeanor and he was throwing ideas at us left and right! Kaitlin, obviously knowing how he is, just rolled with it.

It felt great being back in the saddle. I hope you enjoy the photos!

If you have a second, check out their engagement photos here.

Fairmount Park Engagement Portraits | Colette & Eric's Evansburg Park Portraits

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Colette and Eric got married last year at one of my favorite venues, the Old Mill. We never showcased their wedding photos at the Old Mill, though, or even their engagement portraits. Well, we are going to rectify that right here, right now!

These two are truly a unique pairing. Their sense of humor along was enough to make them stand out. I honestly have never laughed as hard during a wedding as I did on their wedding day.

They also complement each other in their shared love of the outdoors and, specifically, camping. So they asked if they could do their engagement portraits while camping. We, of course, said yes!

I met up with them at Evansburg State Park for portraits and it was one of the easiest engagement sessions I ever did. They were so comfortable with each other and so natural. I barely had to direct them at all.

Olde City Engagement Portraits | Kaitlin & Christophe

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We are so excited to kick off our 2017 season this weekend with Kaitlin and Christophe's wedding in Olde City! January weddings are always a bit tricky but the forecast looks great and these two are such naturals. So, we are ready.

We went around last year with these two to a few spots in Olde City for engagement portraits and their humor and smiles made things almost too easy for us. We didn't have a strict plan, just walk around and make some great portraits! Right up our alley!

Everything was rolling along smoothly until the one planned outfit change. I waited while they went to change but ten...twenty...thirty minutes had passed until I see Christophe running down the street, now clad in a full suit (sans coat) and a plastic bag in his hands. Apparently there was a dress malfunction (which may or may not have been his fault) and now Kaitlin's dress had no functioning zipper. He'd gone to the store to get safety pins.

With a little strategic angling and arm placement we were able to pull off the second half of the shoot but not without a ton of laughs.

Bring on wedding season!

Philadelphia Wedding Photography: Kevin & Loren’s Cranbury, NJ Barn Wedding

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With the Fall weather rolling in (sort of) I wanted to dip back and show off one of the weddings from a few years ago that we never shared. It just so happens (or was it completely intentional?) that today is also Kevin and Loren's fourth anniversary!

These two were actually the third wedding we a part of for the Vallery Family. First we had the pleasure of photographing Shannon and Brian's wedding during the Running with the Santa's and then were asked back for Kelly and Shamus's wedding on the beach!  With those two in our pocket, Loren and Kevin asked us to document their wedding as well!

To say that each wedding in this family was unique would be an understatement. One had a Christmas-themed wedding complete with hundreds of drunken Santas while the other was a beautiful beach wedding in New Jersey. So we had high hopes for this one.

They did NOT disappoint.

Their day included a ceremony in a private barn, wedding portraits in a corn field, a wedding slogan sewn in to Kevin's brown suit ('It's All Happening'), a bee-themed wedding cake and the most epic dance-off I have EVER SEEN! I can still distinctly remember forgetting to take pictures of the dance-off because I was so enthralled.

Enjoy!

Delaware Wedding Photography | Caitlin & Mark's Greenville Country Club Wedding

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Late this June, Caitlin and Mark took us outside our normal (but not bound-to) territory, for their wedding at Greenville Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware! We were so excited to meet this duo as we had only gotten to know them over the phone; the two had been living in London since we first spoke to them!

The venue was so beautiful. The building itself had a rustic flair, while the ceremony site was out in a perfectly green courtyard, and the reception was housed under a giant tent adorned with string lights (it was almost like dancing under the stars when the sun went down!) You would never know by looking that there was actually a bunch of construction going on towards the side of the building at the time!

Caitlin, Mark and their loyal bridal party braved the heat wave temperatures for some portraits around the grounds and on the sprawling lawn, and the bride and groom even let us steal them away for a quite moment at sunset.

To end the reception, the band played Mark's favorite wedding song, SHOUT!, to which EVERYONE got into! The two walked out of their party in style: right through a sparkler exit and into a classic car adorned with a "Just Married" sign and the quintessential cans tied to the bumper. It was definitely a day that we will remember for a long time to come!