Croci's Wedding Preview

I put up a teaser gallery on Facebook because I was feeling particularly motivated and there was very little retouching to be done and the picture were too funny not to share immediately.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100337098269171.1073741844.1001693&type=1&l=a4e55d17e3

Croci's Wedding this weekend in Florida was SO MUCH FUN. In terms of fun it was in the top 5% of weddings. In terms of FUNNINESS...it was the most absurdly hilarious wedding I've ever been to.

Just non-stop laughter and silliness
Here's a sneak peek:

We got ready in a fabulous penthouse suite overlooking the ceremony site:

I'll blog about the ceremony and rest of the day later. (Maybe.)

Party pics are the easiest to prep for posting though so here are some of those.

It was insane.

Mostly due to stolen props from the epic photobooth.

I love a job where I get to party with my friends!

And I really really love this headband/hat that I borrowed for the evening. Wish I could have kept it.

There was even a point in the evening where we all did "ballet"...

So much fun...

So. Effing. Funny.

Here's a pic with me and all my amazing DKbrides who were present.

I've either shot or will be shooting all these girls' weddings. And I owe everything to KristenGastlerPalmisano, who went to college at Denison University with them all.

It all started with her recommending me to Sam (2nd from the right) three years ago. I photographed Sam's wedding which was my first official wedding as the main shooter. Very thankful to Sam for taking a chance on me and kickstarting my career.
 
From there I shot Morgan's (far right). Then another Kristin's (not present). Then KristenG-P's herself. Then Croci's (bride, pictured). And I have Weglicki (far left) and Sarah's (third from right) coming up next year. At this point these girls are such good friends to me that I don't know what I would be doing if I WEREN'T at their weddings shooting... Love seeing them all every few months for a reunion of sorts. Makes me feel like I almost have a regular social life.

After an incredible weekend like this, I definitely feel like I have the best best best job ever and I'm doing exactly what I'm meant to be doing.

OK, just arrived in Arizona and am exhausted. Talk to you soon!

Dave & Besa's Wedding

Dave and Besa got married this weekend at the Mansion at Timber Point. So many of my friends were there and when my friends are there it doesn't feel like work.

Besa looked incredible. And their first look was so emotional and beautiful. I rarely get choked up when things happen at weddings, but this choked me.

My friends are so purty.

And they had such a large wedding party. I love a large wedding party because posing them is always a challenge, but when you do it right it looks pretty awesome.

Oh and the rest of the NYC crew was on hand as well.

And Todd forgot his teeth.

Stolpman Wedding

I just arrived in Vegas for a little break between California wedding weekends.

This past weekend was Peter and Jessica's Wedding on the Stolpman Vineyard up near Santa Barbara.

It was, of course, amazing.

You may or may not recall my last visit up here in the fall when we did Peter and Jess's engagement photos...well, since then, the villa has been completed.

And let me just say, if you happen to be engaged to be married. And you happen to own a vineyard. And you have the option of building a massive villa-mansion to host your epic wedding. DO THAT.

It was a beautiful and awesome wedding party. I dragged everyone up a hill on the vineyard to get this picture. The girls were NOT HAPPY to be walking up a dirt hill in their spike heels, but it was worth it.

The boys were wayyyyy too comfortable busting out feminine poses.

I <3 br="" them.="">

Funboys 2.0!

At the start of the ceremony, Peter walked down the aisle with his best friend, Baron.

The ceremony was in the backyard overlooking the vineyard. Stunning.

There was a super cute moment where Pete could not get Jessica's ring on.

These two are just adorable.

Since they both work in the wine business, and this wedding was all about wine. They ended the ceremony by drinking glasses of some super special $1500 bottle of wine after which they tossed the glasses out into the vineyard. It was so cute.

Congratulations guys!!!!

Crazy to think that this new villa is just the start of the rest of their lives. The future is SO bright.

Katie and Semmesey were present, of course. Love working a wedding when my besties are present!

The bridesmaids were a joy as well.

As the sun set, I noticed an incredible opportunity, so I ran and got the bride and groom. Dragged them out of the party and across the property under this tree on this barrel and staged this shot which I'm pretty proud of.

We LOVE sunset on a vineyard!

Oh...you want to see pictures of Funboys doing ladyposes?

OK.

Epic Rehearsal Dinner @ The Elms

I went to RI last weekend to photograph a beauuuuuutiful rehearsal dinner at The Elms, one of Newport's most incredible historic mansions.

Everyone asks why I didn't photograph the actual wedding. Well the reason is because I am friends with Abby, who is the sister of the groom. And the groom's side organizes the rehearsal. The bride and her family organized the wedding and didn't know about me.

The rehearsal was probably way prettier than the actual wedding anyway. I'm sure the pictures were. Oops! Sorry about it!

This house is EPIC.

The ballroom was faaaancy.

This is the main entrance.

Guests arrived in awe.

So pretty. The whole house was open for exploration. (I've toured it before.)

The welcome reception was held out on the terrace overlooking the back "yard" and ocean...

Abby was like, "What's the big deal? It's just grass."

LOVES a mansion party!

For dinner I had the short rib. MMMMMMMMM.

All the rooms of the house were so pretty.

Love those chandeliers!

Abby's dad gave a lovely speech.

And there was a slideshow.

And more speeches.

It was basically a wedding. Without all that silly ceremony stuff and a big white dress. And stress.

Better than a wedding.

And cupcakes!

Yeah...your wedding rehearsal probably was not/will not be like this...

The End.