Get ready for the longest blog post ever! I want to start 2009 off with a bang. It’s a new year, a new blog, and I’m excited to ring in 2009 the right way. Plus I promised Megan the new blog would be done for her wedding so I need to make it extra nice :)
Showing up the morning of the wedding always gives me an indication of the details we are going to be working with throughout the day. Starting off with Monique Lhuillier, Manolo’s, and a gorgeous bouquet usually means I get more excited than Lillie on Halloween.
Plus a living room that has better light than a photo studio
Megan is absolutely gorgeous to begin with, but adding a Monique and…. well Lillie put it best when she saw my computer and said “princess!”
I love it when we can sneak up a stair or two (or three) on the alter to get some facial expressions
Alisha actually rode in the limo to make sure we still had contact with the driver because of the crazy snow (Chris and I were stuck for a while and couldn’t move)
The bridal party was a ton of fun and treated us like BFFs
We had to sneak outside for some portraits, even if it was 7 degrees (literally)
I admit, sometimes I may ask my couples to do things that not every photographer would ask to get “the shot.” However this one was not my fault! We were getting the shots above and then all of a sudden a WICKED wind blew up and dropped all that snow in the trees right on us. I felt sooo bad (and cold, but mostly bad!).
The Hall of Springs looked gorgeous
I heard there were a couple soccer fans? Megan’s expression says it all I think
An Irish tradition
3, 2, 1….
And from all of us over here in the studio…. Happy New Year!!!
Luke, These are awesome! :) Looking forward to seeing you soon!
1/3/2009 1:07 pm
Hey Luke,
I can’t believe you were in Saratoga for New Year’s! Earl and I were there too – wish we knew; we would have loved to meet up for breakfast! Well, we understand how cold it was, so we commend you and the couple for bearing the cold to take pictures at night in the snow! They came out beautiful – as always! I love the shot of the all the guests and the confetti!
Happy New Year!
Love, Noël and Earl
1/3/2009 4:24 pm
Ah ha – love the snow shot – I don’t have to deal with that anymore!
Fun to see the camera squeeze for new years – cheers and blessings to you in the new year!!
1/5/2009 8:31 am
Looove the new blog! Luke you’re rockin’ it out in 2009! :)
1/5/2009 10:46 pm
Oh, WOW you guys! What a great way to end 2008 and the start of the New Year for 2009! Love you guys, and sure do miss little Lillie…………Give her a hug….
1/6/2009 11:44 am
These are absolutely stunning!
Congrats again to Megan and Niall! NYEs of the future have quite a standard to be held to now! xx
1/9/2009 8:28 am
Luke!!! We are back from Cabo and guess what? I (Megan) spent my last two days of the honeymoon sick as a DOG from those outside photos! However, looking at these shots makes me realize it was all worth it!! We are so thrilled with the results. We loved working with you, Alisha and Chris! You guys made the day so easy and fun. You have such a talented team and we both can’t say enough good things about your post and photos. The blog post is awesome, thank you for all the compliments as well. Happy 2009, hope you guys were not too exhausted from a very LONG and snowy day. Enjoy planning your own big day! It will be here before you know it. Talk soon and thank you again for being all that we could have asked for on such an important day to us. Not to mention getting up a new blog just in our honor, right? Just kidding. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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