Ryan & Brandi Photography

Part I is over and now it’s time to introduce to you Part II!!!

If you remember from the previous post, it was a beautiful sunny day in early April – but COLD!  So we stuck to a few indoor photos to keep everyone nice and toasty!  This couple is so great!!!

Beautiful ladies!

We did sneak outside for a little bit once we returned to the hotel!  It was COLD – Lindsey was a trooper the entire time!

And finally the party begins!!

Ok, yes, this deserves TWO pictures!  Check out the wine.  Monogamy.  How cool is that?

The humor from the ceremony continued right into the toasts.

Everyone was a good sport!

The cutting of the cake…

They still opted for a small cake as a topper for their cupcake tree.  It actually worked out quite well.

Jon had the knife last…  Seems like a good enough place as any to put it!

PARTY ON!

I love these Bridesmaids!!

The first wedding of the year for us is getting wrapped up!  We are so excited to share it with you on the blog!  If all weddings shape up to be as amazing as this wedding then Brandi and I are in for an awesome season!!  Weddings that start out from a referral, contain a lot of humor and a lot of love are the best weddings around!!

Jon & Lindsey, we thank you for inviting us to be part of your wedding day and we wish you all the happiness in the world!

A shout out to those who helped make this day possible:

Reception: Black Bear Inn

Catering: Montes

Flowers: Creative Blooms

Cupcakes: The Bankery

Dress: David’s Bridal

Hair: M Studio – Michaela McClain

Suits: Henry’s Bridal Boutique & Formal Wear

Limo: Paradise Custom Coach

DJ: White Tie Affairs DJ Dusty

We always love it when brides refer other brides to us.  Actually, it’s one of the best feelings in the world when brides refer other brides.  There is nothing more flattering to an artist then to have their worked talked about.  This is what happened with Jon & Lindsey.

Lindsey (this Lindsey) was the maid of honor in another Lindsey’s wedding.  What’s that you say?  Yes, two Lindseys.  So last October, which happened to be our last wedding of 2012, we photographed Brian & Lindsey’s wedding.  It’s so awesome that this April, our first wedding of 2013, we photographed Jon & Lindsey.  So the two Lindseys are best friends and were maid/matron’s of honor in each other’s wedding.  How cool (and confusing) is that?  There might be a Lindsey quiz at the end of the blog!

Since the wedding was in April, and we live in Maine, no one knew if you would need mud boots or snow shovels for the wedding!  Thankfully we needed neither, it was a beautiful early Maine Spring day, but COLD!  Since we are all Mainers we forged on!

Lindsey’s dress was beautiful and it was complimented by a custom hanger (hint, hint, it’s a great investment for ANY bride!).

Lindsey’s custom shoes – yup, made them herself!

Getting her in her dress, Lindsey #2 and Lindsey #2

What a beautiful bride!

While Brandi was spending some quality time with the ladies, I went on a search to find the guys!

…and I may have wandered downstairs to check out the cake.  Well CUPCAKES!!!

Check out this beautiful spread by the Bankery crew!  Not only do we love them, but we LOVE these cupcakes.

Once we got everyone dressed, we headed over to the church, which was just a short drive away over the river and in the town of Bradley.  This was such a beautiful church!  We love the opportunity to see the inside of so many churches during our busy summer!

When we are at the church, one of my favorite sequences that I get to capture is the groom before he sees the bride, then the bride coming down the aisle and then the groom RIGHT after he sees his bride.  Those moments are priceless.  Check out this sequence…

That’s one of the moments right there that makes what we do worth it!

So there were so many funny moments with this ceremony.  It’s so amazing to see couples who are not afraid to share some humor in their ceremony.  We have worked with this officiant many many times and he does such a wonderful job with everything he does.  Deacon Dan took answers to questions he asked both Jon & Lindsey and wove them together into a great story with many funny and loving moments.

They also each memorized their own vows.  Rumor has it, Jon memorized his the night before.  It’s just a rumor though!

Such a great couple!  We are so glad that we could share this moment and this great ceremony with them.