It was a year from the time I shot Kate and Brian’s engagement in October 2010 at Borderland State Park to their wedding in 2011 and it was a great experience getting to know them over that time. I met their daughter when she came in for their first consult and she is a little ham and she stole the show at the reception dancing the night away!

The wedding day was almost a mirror day of the we shot the engagement session and it was a gorgeous day. I think everyone expects picture perfect days in October and they got those days two years in a row! It was one of those perfect Massachusetts fall days that’s just overcast enough to enhance the foliage and make everything even more colorful.

Meg and I started our day of covering the bride and groom getting ready with their friends and family. The wedding ceremony took place in Pilgrim Church in Duxbury and was as a New England a church as you could hope for. What really topped of the day was the reception at Jones River Trading in Kingston, Massachusetts. That place is over the top in its uniqueness. There are lots of great spaces to shoot and explore. It’s just a great place to host an event like a wedding reception.

The scene made for a great backdrop for the  love that is shared between them and their family and friends.  One of my favorite moments in my 2011 wedding season was when Kate’s dad gave one of the best speeches I’ve heard a parent make welcoming a son or daughter into their family. It really set the tone for a great evening. I know there were many people sniffing and holding back tears.

The band rocked the house and everyone was out shaking their tails until the very last song of the night. It was one of those nights where you lose track of time.

 
Here are some over wedding photography and planning related sites that I found for you to browse. Thanks for visiting Mark Andrew Photography!

Style Me Pretty
Grace Ormonde Wedding Style
Rock n Roll Bride
Grey Likes Weddings
The Wedding Chicks

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Brian Smith of Madison Editions is a local fine art printer and for several years has been providing some gorgeous fine art printing from his company which bout 3 miles from my house. He’s starting a new venture Boston Gallery Wrap doing gallery wraps in his studio and hand mounting them. Brian is providing the absolute best materials that are out there and is taking the time to hand stretch them and letting them cure which is something that sets him apart from all the other people out there offering wraps to consumers and wedding/event/lifestyle photographers.

I’ve had this wrap up in my home studio the past 4 months and it’s absolutely beautiful. Unlike some gallery wraps that sag after a few months this one is tight and looks as good as the day I picked it up. For the 2011 wedding season he’ll be the only person providing wraps and prints to my couples.

Make sure to click on the links above and bookmark him so you’ll have him when you need a wrap or fine art print made. He’s also on Twitter @gallerywrap

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Here are some over wedding photography and planning related sites that I found for you to browse. Thanks for visiting Mark Andrew Photography!

Wedding Bee
Ruffled Blog
Grace Ormonde Extras
http://www.utterlyengaged.com/
Once Wed

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On the last snow day North Attleboro had I made sure to get out my camera and document my own kids. It’s always the cobblers kids having no shoes, same thing for photographers not having enough photographs of their own children. I take a documentary approach to lifestyle photography. I love the one of Ryan and Zak coming out of the tunnel. Their mom was asking them what the heck they were doing and they were sticking their tongues out to goad her on.

I encourage all photographers to get their cameras out and to make sure we don’t miss the days that count. I still love photography as a hobby so it’s not hard for me to break a camera out to just have some fun.

If you’re looking for a lifestyle photographer on the South Shore area please call me at 508.463.8138 or  use the contact or e-mail menu items above.

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Here are some over wedding photography and planning related sites that I found for you to browse. Thanks for visiting Mark Andrew Photography!

NY Times – How to Take Great Wedding Photos
Style Me Pretty
WPJA
Grace Ormonde Extras
Project Wedding

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