Simone & Shawn's Intimate Wedding at the Four Seasons One Dalton
Simone and Shawn originally booked me for their Fall 2024 wedding at the beautiful Four Seasons One Dalton, but less than a month after booking I got an email from them telling me that plans had changed! The couple found out that they were expecting a baby so they decided to adjust their plans to have a much more intimate wedding with their closest family in May.
Simone and Shawn originally booked me for their Fall 2024 wedding at the beautiful Four Seasons One Dalton, but less than a month after booking I got an email from them telling me that plans had changed! The couple found out that they were expecting a baby so they decided to adjust their plans to have a much more intimate wedding with their closest family in May 2024. Luckily, I was available for their new date!
I got to know Simone and Shawn a bit better in March with an engagement session at their favorite neighborhood bar, park, and at their apartment. It’s really nice to be able to meet a couple in person before their wedding day so that we can get to know each other and have a “test run” for our wedding day portrait session. Typically I’ll meet couples through an engagement session, but a meetup can also be done at an in-person planning meeting, or a venue site visit.
Simone and Shawn were originally drawn to my work because of my documentary style. They wanted the photos from their more intimate wedding to feature candids of them with their close friends and family prominently.
On their wedding day, the couple got ready separately with family and friends, and then saw each other for the first time that day with a first look on the hotel’s balcony overlooking the neighboring Christian Science church and plaza. The first look was followed by some more portraits in the plaza with family. After portraits, the couple had a ketubah signing with their families followed by a wedding ceremony with some Jewish elements integrated (such as the chuppah and the breaking of the glass) which was officiated by a close friend. Simone and Shawn wanted to use their wedding photos as a pregnancy announcement, so we incorporated their ultrasound photo into some of their portraits which I thought was beautiful!
After the ceremony, the guests gathered in a small ballroom for a cocktail hour where dancing spontaneously began. Cocktail hour was followed by a dinner enjoyed at one long table with a beautiful toast given by the bride's father.
Congratulations to Simone & Shawn who welcomed their baby boy in October!
Vendors
Venue/Catering/Bar: Four Seasons One Dalton
Photographer: Kayla Rice Photography
Floral: Table & Tulip
Hair & Makeup: Charlotte Phinney
Ceremony/Reception Musician: RD King
Remis & Kali's Intimate Wedding at Walden Pond
Remis and Kali were married at sunset at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. The ceremony was gorgeous with the sun setting behind them, and they added lots of special details like readings from “Walden” in their ceremony.
I was introduced to Remis and Kali less than a week before their December wedding after their original wedding photographer had to back out. Despite the stressful circumstances, they were so easy going about everything and I could tell that they were a lot of fun. They told me that their wedding was “Roaring 20’s” theme and that guests were encouraged to dress the part - the guests (and the couple) did not disappoint! Everyone took the instructions seriously and looked amazing. Their wedding was a small, intimate ceremony with close friends, family and their children which made it feel really special. They were married at sunset at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Walden Pond is a special place to the two of them and I loved that they incorporated readings from “Walden” in their ceremony. Passersby couldn’t help but stop and listen and watch as they couple were married next to a gorgeous sunset over the pond.
“The scenery of Walden is on a humble scale, and this pond is so remarkable for its depth and purity as to merit a particular description. Walden is blue at one time and green at another, even from the same point of view. Lying between the earth and the heavens, it partakes the color of both.”
(Henry David Thoreau)
Congratulations, Kali & Remis!
Reception Venue: Colonial Inn, Concord, MA
Dori and Joe's Wedding (Manhattan, NY)
Dori and Joe had an intimate, family-only wedding in Manhattan in July. The couple were married at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle near Lincoln Center. Due to Covid regulations, the priest wore a face shield and guests wore masks while they sat in the first row of pews. Despite all of the Covid precautions and adjustments to their original plans, the wedding was absolutely beautiful and Dori and Joe truly made the most of their situation.
Dori and Joe had an intimate, family-only wedding in Manhattan in July. The couple were married at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle near Lincoln Center. Due to Covid regulations, the priest wore a face shield and guests wore masks while they sat in the first row of pews. Despite all of the Covid precautions and adjustments to their original plans, the wedding was absolutely beautiful and Dori and Joe truly made the most of their situation. After the church ceremony, we walked through Central Park where we took some couple and family portraits and ended at Rosa Mexicano for a celebratory lunch, speeches, cake cutting, and a first dance on the sidewalk. Congratulations, Dori and Joe!
