Whenever we meet with our clients, we always ask them what they're most excited about for the wedding. You know what they say? Aside from the actual getting married part, everyone is always most excited for the people. It's a pretty rare thing to have all the people in the world closest to you in the same place at the same time to celebrate you. And Sarah and Ben have a pretty phenomenal group of people around them. Their friend Sam wrote and officiated one of the most beautiful ceremonies we've seen, and it was obvious that these two come from very loving and supportive families. I should know, Sarah's mom, Lyssa, taught me English in tenth grade, and she was one of my favorite teachers. In that sense, I was also excited for this wedding because I got to see lots of familiar faces (and two of my other favorite teachers) from my high school. But, enough about me.
Sarah and Ben were married at Occidental College, which provided a gorgeous setting, and we had a great time wandering the campus for portraits, especially since Sarah knew lots of secret spots. And Ben and his groomsmen kept the dance floor packed all night long which made for a super fun party. Congrats you two!
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Just going through some personal pictures from last year, and found these two from one of our trips to LA that I liked:
Ariadne and Nicholas were married in Pasadena, CA, where I pretty much grew up. Actually, Ariadne and I went to high school together so it was really fun to photograph her wedding in my old stomping grounds. We hit a number of different spots throughout Pasadena including City Hall for some portraits, before ending up at her parents' house for one of the most beautiful summer backyard weddings that Adm and I have been to. She and Nicholas live in New Jersey, and so Ariadne's mom did almost all of the planning and coordinating, and she just did a fabulous job. There were so many sweet details, like the colorful shawls hanging over the backs of the chairs that not only added to the decor, but also served as favors for guests to take home and use as the night went on, or the signs that instructed guests how to play games which were set up in the front yard. Everything about the wedding felt very natural and comfortable, and we could tell that a lot of thought and care had gone into trying to make guests feel welcome and at home, which is exactly how I remember Ariadne from high school. She was always calm and collected, and genuinely expressed her care for other people and what was going on with them.
