Hanna vs. an outdoor wedding

nicoleshilliday · September 8, 2008

I was asked to shoot my friend from works wedding the same day I told her I was 3 months pregnant. And guess what…her wedding would be in 6 months. Making me 9 months pregnant for the shoot. I was planning on going to her wedding anyway, and I knew she was on a super tight budget (she wouldn’t have had a photographer if I said no). So, we played it by ear and decided that I would just take it easy, but still shoot her wedding as long as I wasn’t on bed rest or in labor! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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It hasn’t rained in upstate NY for almost 3 weeks, but of course the day of her outdoor at home wedding tropical storm Hanna decided to rain on her parade. The bride took off work 2 weeks before her wedding to prepare for the event and was very very stressed knowing it was going to rain. <o:p></o:p>
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It ended up being a fantastic wedding! There were about 80 people there. The decorations were beautiful and she looked fantastic. We were a little tight in the barn, but the only thing that really mattered was that they were in love and were married!<o:p></o:p>
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My husband came with me as my assistant/umbrella holder! I now think he should come with me to every wedding. It is great to have a gopher/lens changer on hand!

CC always welcome!

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7. Another of our friends made the cake!

8. This is a view into the barn from the tent.

9. Some fun towards the end of the night.

Qarik · September 8, 2008

nice catures..5 is my fav. The site looks amazing.

Scott_Quier · September 8, 2008

Qarik wrote:

nice catures..5 is my fav. The site looks amazing.

Yes, #5 is nice, but #6 is the cat's meow.

rofl - It's all about the emotion and I see a lot of love in #6. Way to go!!!!

nicoleshilliday · September 8, 2008

Qarik wrote:

nice catures..5 is my fav. The site looks amazing.

Thanks Qarik! Yes, the barn was fantastic. Both my husband and i said we wanted to do our wedding over and have a small wedding in a barn. It is amazing that only a few weeks ago the barn was filled with barn like items. She painted and powerwashed the heck out of it! She also did a great job on decorating with the fabric, trees with lights, etc. Such a personal wedding...

Thanks again!

nicoleshilliday · September 8, 2008

Scott_Quier wrote:

Yes, #5 is nice, but #6 is the cat's meow.rofl - It's all about the emotion and I see a lot of love in #6. Way to go!!!!

Thanks Scott!

Being a wedding photographer, as you know, you can tell when a couple is truly in love. They were like that all night!

Moogle Pepper · September 8, 2008

Hey Nicole,

Putting Andy to work, eh? Excellent!

#2, I like the overall tone of the photo to make it look antique-ish!
#3, Is this a wedding and TTD session in one?

Something about the groom's right leg is.... odd.
#5, I like this one! If this had raining rose petals, ... then

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#6, they look so sweet together!

Good stuff!

nicoleshilliday · September 8, 2008

Moogle Pepper wrote:

Hey Nicole,

Putting Andy to work, eh? Excellent!

#2, I like the overall tone of the photo to make it look antique-ish!
#3, Is this a wedding and TTD session in one? Something about the groom's right leg is.... odd.
#5, I like this one! If this had raining rose petals, ... then thumb
#6, they look so sweet together!

Good stuff!

Thanks Ted!

Yeh I try to make him feel important! HA! He likes to fiddle around with the camera! Actually, he wouldn't let me stand on any chairs, so i think that i might need to give him credit for number 5. (but just a little).

Actually, she said the same thing about it being a Trash the Dress shoot. Andy and I did a TTD session with a local Albany photographer about a year ago. Super fun!! When Sue (the bride of this wedding) was looking for photographers she came across our pictures on their site and started freaking out that i would actually trash my designer wedding dress. And now look at her frolicking in the rain. HA!

(i will have to see if i have another shot of them where his leg doesn't look so funny....didn't notice that before, but now it is all i see!)

Maybe i should photoshop some petals falling from the rafters...JK!

Moogle Pepper · September 8, 2008

I really think #5 would be better with falling rose petals, or those shiny things? Don't know what they are called... confetti!!

But on the shot, on the ground are already confetti or something. I get the impression that they have fallen already.

Still an impressive feat, given that you are due to deliver very shortly!