Married: Taren & Brian

If you've been reading our blog for any length of time now, you know just how much we LOVE our McKinneys!! And by that I mean their ENTIRE extended circle of family & friends. We first met Taren & Brian at Lon & Melissa's wedding (who we also just adore!!) last September and have since shot two engagement shoots with them as well as a family shoot for Taren's sister Shannon. So by the time the wedding rolled around we felt like we were part of the fam. We even got to go hang out with these guys at the rehearsal dinner on Friday night and they sat us at the head table with them!! Seriously?? Yea, like I said, LOVE THEM!!

Soooo without further ado, here are some of our favorites from the day!

I LOVE this shot I got of Taren in front of the Audrey Hepburn painting at the salon.

Her dress from The White Dress by the Shore was so gorgeous! It was all flowy and amazing...very midsummer nights dream!

I grabbed this shot of the gals checking out their flip flops by this incredible window light. I love how the symmetry is slightly weighted to one side like they used a lot in "The Man Who Wasn't There" (which we just watched with our PUG last night). Watch it if you haven't seen it!! It's awesome!!

Justin grabbed this killer shot of the girls getting ready to leave.

I was loving these lil' dresses so much and all the gold shoes that this shot instantly came to mind. I really love how it all started to look like a painting with a lil' Totally Rad Actions lovin.

This is one of the things I love most about having two shooters. J grabbed this shot of the girls looking down at me while I was grabbing a quick group shot. It's one of my favorite from the whole day!

The flowers were absolutely stunning. Seriously stunning. Wild Orchid in Middletown did them and we were just blown away!

The church!!

Hi!! These two guys were the ringbearers. Are you kidding me?!? Adorable!! My gal Val was with us again to second shoot, and between the three of us we just COULD NOT stop shooting them!!!

Yea...seriously!

Brian was so happy to see Taren!! I got all teary watchin the two of them and seeing how happy they were!

A couple of quick portraits with new Mr & Mrs

Taren was SUCH a gorgeous bride! Just incredible...her eyes are AMAZING!! ahhhh! Yea, gotta love that 85 1.4!

Cool shot!

While looking back through Josh & Beth's engagement shoot from this past May in San Francisco, I came across these two frames that I thought were pretty interesting side by side.   For this one I was across the walkway with the 200mm when this biker rode through my shot (which seems to be happening a lot lately!).  Both Josh & Beth and I were all standing still for the two frames, so you're just seeing the front of the bike in the first one an the back of the bike in the second one. Pretty cool!

Meet: Kim & Joel

Kim & Joel have no shortage of things they like to do together. In fact, their answer to this question on the Get to Know You Sheet filled up the entire front page and spilled on to the back. As Joel put it, "anything & everything, so long as it's with Kim." It was a veritable theme-making smorgasbord just ripe for the picking. Just give me an oversized hat and some gardening gloves and I'm good to go! But, as is always the case, one theme had to emerge from the crowd as the quintessential Kim & Joel. And it did. Oh yes, it did.

Golf!

They just love it. Mini golf. Big golf. Glow in the dark golf. Heck they'll even take to putting in the golf store if they have to. Just add in some yellow golf gloves and a visor to match and you've got yourself a photo shoot!

And faced with the prospect of all this yummy golf goodness. We. Were. In.

Meet: Kim & Joel
Their Theme: Tee for Two (yea, yea I know...go ahead and hate me!! )

All these shots were edited using the new Totally Rad Actions set with I LOVE. Love love love love LURV!!! They are so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up! :)

Doesn't Joel look like a pro? 

How trippy is this shot?!? Justin actually flipped it upside in post, so it looks like their shadows are wearing shoes!

Ring shot!

These two are so super cute! I actually had to restrain myself from pinching their cheeks!

Kim has the most incredible eyes!

This was their score card with their nicknames for each other. 

LOL!

After the mini golf, we headed out to Essex for some New England charm. Check out the sky that day!!

Love this shot I got of the two of them. It just seems so them.

mmmmm gold n' buttery!

See? There are those eyes again!! Just beautiful!

And Joel looking pretty handsome himself!

Kim & Joel, thank you SO much for coming all the way up from Florida to hang out with us! You two are so inspiring! We can't wait to see you again on:

Married: Matt & Lauren

Two Saturdays ago we had so much fun hanging out with our GIRL Val McCormick who second shot with us at Matt & Lauren's wedding. The day started off a little ominous, complete with crazy dark skies, a torrential downpour and flickering lights. But by the time the ceremony ended, we were good to go with some beautiful golden light!

Check out the radar:

But Lauren was a total trooper...and Justin didn't do half bad either! Do I have myself a keeper or WHAT?!?

I was lovin' this reflection in the makeup mirror at the salon

This was a shot of Lauren looking in the mirror for the first time after putting on her dress. I just love this moment Justin got!

There is something so celebrity about this shot to me. Which I guess makes US the paparazzi! Oh Snap!!!

The church was AMAZING!!

This shot was taken of a pretty cool set up of the bridal party, but I love how the low angle changes everything and makes it that much cooler!

Lauren & the girls

Matt & his boys

This shot is so intense! I love how he's looking at her!

Matt & his dad grabbing a moment...I totally dig the shadows on the ground!

Grandma & Grandpa!! A split second before this shot was taken, the Grandma shouted out "I don't think he's been this close to me in twenty years!!" HA! I LOVE IT!

Lauren was just an absolutely stunning bride. The wallpaper at the country club and this fun french chair made for some REALLY cool portraits!

See?? What did I tell you? Gorgeous!

And the Groom's looking pretty good himself. They are such a beautiful couple!

Lauren & Matt, I hope you guys are having a blast in Tahiti!! Drink a lil' umbrella drink for us!!