A Boston Wedding at The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel | Rita & Sami
Rita & Sami’s Boston hotel wedding at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel was a really fun mix of glamorous, luxury and raucous, wild party. The Fairmont Copley is one of the most iconic Boston hotels so I was excited to photograph my first wedding there. I was not disappointed - what a place!
Rita & Sami’s Boston hotel wedding at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel was a really fun mix of glamorous, luxury and raucous, wild party. The Fairmont Copley is one of the most iconic Boston hotels so I was excited to photograph my first wedding there. I was not disappointed - what a place!
Rita and Sami first reached out to me to photograph their engagement photos only as they had plans to get married in their home country of Lebanon (where they met!). I had so much fun getting to know them during their Boston engagement session, so when their plans changed and they decided to get married in Boston I was thrilled!
When chatting with them about their wedding reception plans, they told me that they were letting their friends roast them instead of doing more traditional wedding toasts. I loved this idea but was a little bit nervous for them not knowing their friends. It turned out to be SO much fun. As a documentary style wedding photographer I live for situations like this that lead to big emotion, laughs, and authentic reactions. It was so obvious that Rita and Sami are absolutely beloved by their friends and family and the people they selected as their “roasters” did an amazing job (see below for all of the fun reaction photos).
My favorite part of the night was when the amazingly talented Young Love & The Thrills started playing and everyone took to the dance floor (literally the tables cleared!). It was such a fun party and continued early into the morning as is Lebanese tradition.
Congratulations to Rita and Sami!
Rita & Sami’s Wedding Vendors
photography: Kayla Rice Photography // venue name: Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA // planning/catering/bar: Jessica Cooper/Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel // florals: Flou-er // hair stylist: Elias Saba // makeup artist: Face Design by Denise // cake/dessert: Dessert Works // band/dj/ceremony music: Young Love and the Thrills
Romantic Microwedding at The Mount (Lenox, MA)
Taylor and Sam’s romantic summer microwedding in the Berkshires was such a memorable day and introduced me to one of my favorite New England venues - The Mount.
Taylor and Sam’s summer microwedding in the Berkshires was such a memorable day and introduced me to one of my favorite venues - The Mount. This venue was one of the most unique, beautiful places that I’ve ever had the privilege of working at and it is now at the top of my list of my favorite New England venues (blog post on those to come!).
The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts was once the home of celebrated author Edith Wharton. The historic estate was designed and built by Wharton in 1902.
The property includes over 50 acres of meticulously landscaped grounds and has lots of gorgeous options for ceremony and portrait spaces. Taylor and Sam chose to have their first look in the intimate Italian Garden, their ceremony in the Versailles-inspired French Garden, and their dinner in the linden tree-lined walkway between the two gardens known as the Lime Walk. They also used several rooms and spaces inside the house itself for getting ready and portraits.
My favorite part of their day was the intimate dinner they had at long tables surrounded by twinkly lights set up between the rows of trees in the Lime Walk (see below for photos of the details!). I photographed Taylor & Sam’s wedding day primarily with my digital cameras but was testing out my grandfather’s old Konica Minolta film camera for fun so I threw in a handful of film shots as well for them. See if you can spot them!
The Mount is a great option both for couples that are having smaller, intimate microweddings like Taylor and Sam’s and for those who are having a larger celebration with room for up to 250 guests. The space allows for so much flexibility! If you’re looking for a unique and historic wedding venue in a beautiful location like the Berkshires, I highly recommend that you check out The Mount!
Taylor & Sam’s Wedding Vendors
photography: Kayla Rice Photography // venue name: The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, Lenox, MA // planning/catering/bar: Mezze Events // florals: Carolyn Valenti Flowers // hair stylist: Good Vibes Beauty Co // makeup artist: Liz O’Malley Makeup