Jane and Ted had the most beautiful wedding at The Old Mill, which I can’t say enough good things about. I shot the wedding with Lauri of Lalee Photography, which is always so much fun. Plus, it was an outdoor wedding with perfect weather, and there is nothing better than that! The day really couldn’t have gone more smoothly.

Jane and Ted are a great couple and they compliment each other so well. They are both reserved, but at the same time it’s clear how much they love each other and how happy they were to be celebrating their wedding with their friends and family. They found me through Bill and Emily and when they decided to use Lauri and I for their wedding photography, I was absolutely thrilled. They were exactly as laid back and wonderful as a bride and groom as they were at their engagement session. Not to mention what a stunning couple they make all done up for their wedding.

So here are just a few of my favorite moments I captured from the day …

I love this reaction from the bridesmaids seeing Jane in her dress for the first time.

Jane and her mother had so many great moments through the day. I could tell that they have a special relationship.

Jane’s uncle, who had the honor of walking her down the aisle, got to see her for the first time.

When I ask a couple if they’d like to see each other before the wedding for photos and they say “yeah, sure … why not?”, as Jane and Ted did, it is music to my ears. It just makes the formal photo time so pleasant and relaxed.

The flower girls were really adorable.

Jane’s first sight of Ted.

The Old Mill’s ceremony location is INCREDIBLE. I would get married there in a second.

I love the serene feeling of this one, just after the ceremony.

I know Ted was really nervous for their choreographed first dance, but they did awesome.

Ted is a tough customer with the smiling, so I was happy to get this one. :-)

I have never stood next to a cake that smelled as good as this one did. It smelled SO good, plus it was pretty.

Someone thought the wedding cake looked delicious.

This is a silly photo, but it reminded me of paparazzi gathered all around Jane and her mom. It’s like they’re on the red carpet.

This photo was taken immediately before Jane threw her bouquet directly into the candelabra over her shoulder. AH! How adorable is she?

Last photo of the night of the newlyweds. :-)

Danielle and John have come to be two of my most favorite people. The are incredibly genuine and fun and so easy to work with. I would be thrilled to have 100 couples just like them. So I couldn’t have been more pleased to have had three, count ’em, THREE portrait sessions for them in addition to their wedding. John must really love her, to go through all that, huh?

This first photo is actually from their “day after session” which we did at Lehigh University’s beautiful campus. I will definitely do a whole post of solely those photos, but for now I promised Danielle a few teasers in their wedding post. So there’s one. I shot both the wedding and all the portrait sessions along with Lauri of Lalee Photography, so I’m sure she’ll have up some fabulous photos of this session soon.

Now get ready, cause this post is gonna be a long one! Since Danielle and John are blog readers, I want to make sure I do their day justice. ;-)

When I first showed up to start photographing the getting ready, this is how I found Danielle. Haha. I love it.

Danielle’s mom demanded absolutely no more photos until her makeup was on, so Danielle gave her a little bouquet shield.

I realized when I was going through the photos that I had selected for the blog, that I had A LOT of Danielle laughing. And I don’t mean just little, “hehe” laughs, I mean full on laughs. I think that is a great sign on a wedding day when the bride is relaxed enough to laugh like that.

I don’t know why I like this one, but I do. It looks like she’s making a decree from the bridal throne.

This photo was a special request by Danielle. A few weeks before the wedding, she sent me a scanned in photo of her mom on her wedding day. She said that since she was a little girl, this had been her ideal of bridal beauty, and if it was possible, she would love to have a photo like that of herself on her wedding day. I told her that I’d do my best and this was the result. I hope it lived up to its predecessor. :-)

I love the hustle bustle feel of this one as Danielle rushes down the steps to the ceremony.

Danielle’s first sight of John.

Some wedding shots. It was a beautiful ceremony and reception, both held at the adorable and intimate, Centre Bridge Inn, on the water in New Hope.

I love the way John is looking at Danielle here.

Danielle and her grandmother share a moment.

Love how her mom is beaming at her!

The ladies.

Some speech reaction.

The flash didn’t fire for this one, but I like the mood of it anyway.

Haha! this one cracks me up. Check out the guest in the background here.

This couple for sure lit up the dance floor! I suspect that they might have…possibly…taken some dancing lessons. But that’s just a guess.

:-)

Danielle and John decided not to have their own first dance because the idea of all eyes on them didn’t really thrill them. I hear that. But since both of their parents coincidentally had the same wedding song, they did ask the band to play that. Here are John’s parents. I have to admit that I always get a little teary eyed when I see couples who have been together for years dancing. I think it’s so romantic. :-)

…and the equally adorable parents of Danielle…

I took this shot quick from outside and it is all sorts of technically wrong. But it cracks me up and I sort of love it anyway.

And I’ll end where I started…with a day after session teaser. When we were shooting this session Danielle told John not to look at the pictures on the back of the camera and to wait until we post them because then it’s like Christmas. I love that analogy!

More day after coming soon, soon, soon…

I have known Lindsay since we lived on the same hall freshman year at Muhlenberg College. I was lucky enough to have an awesome freshman year experience and I’m still friends with so many of the girls on that hall….these girls. :-) We’re all super busy and I miss them a lot, so any excuse to see each other is always welcome.

Lindsay asked Lauri to shoot couple photos for her and Jack after seeing the awesome job that Lauri did for Jason and I. :-) Lindsay and Jack have been dating for several years now and I think they are such a great match. It was lots of fun to watch them being silly together during this shoot. I’m so glad Lauri invited me along.

I think Lindsay looks fierce here. :-)

I love this one. It’s like it’s just them in their special moment. So cute.

Lindsay had a little bit of trouble with this pose…so Lauri and I had to model it for her. Oh yeah. Wish there was a photo of that! Anyway, in the end, I think she pulled it off like a pro.

Lauri workin’ it…

Such a happy couple.

Definitely check out Lauri’s photos of Lindz and Jack too. She absolutely ROCKED this session. :-)