New York City Wedding Photographer Duo - James & Christine Photography

James and I dragged our friend Amanda (who is a fantastic wedding photographer) and her wedding dress out to my old college campus and we snuck into it’s bamboo forest. Being sorely disappointed with what I remembered the spot to be, we ended up in a woodsy clearing and did some bridal portraits there with Amanda as my ever lovely subject. The natural sunlight streaming through the trees was gorgeous and I ended up ignoring my lights for a while. That, combined with Amanda’s awesome and bubbly personality led to this:

I was down in Virgina and had the honor of second shooting a wedding for Li, who runs Estate Serenity Imagery. Quite a trip, and well worth it! The wedding (and not to mention the couple, Andrea and Brian!) were gorgeous and the folks down there were super awesome.

Before heading over to the ceremony, we picked up the flowers that everyone would be wearing/holding to photograph them in advance. I got to play with a LensBaby Composer for the first time (thanks Li!), and ended up buying one shortly after (oops). The images that come out of that lens are absolutely gorgeous!

While Li was off with the gals, I was handling groom portraits at their apartment (in NYC-language, it’s a huge house). The guys were awesome and fun to be around, and convinced me to stick around for the reception even though I had the choice of taking off for the rest of the night. =P

The wedding ceremony itself took place at a reception hall at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Gorgeous area. Oh, and they had a friend of theirs officiating at the wedding. How awesome is that? The ceremony was originally planned to be outdoors, but it was drizzling that day, so it was taken indoors. By the end of the ceremony, the sun came out and Li took the formal portraits outdoors on the lawn.

Over at the Piccadilly’s Public House, known locally as Brew Pub, was Brian and Andrea’s wedding reception. I loved the atmosphere and how they had string lights everywhere.