Posts Tagged ‘weddings’

Kirsten and Matt met while in school at Carnegie Mellon studying theater. They both live in NYC but for the past six weeks, they have been apart while still planning their wedding together. Kirsten stayed in New York, while Matt has been performing in Pittsburgh with the Pittsburgh CLO and with her mothers help locally, he was working hard on getting the wedding just right.

Kirsten and Matt lead the busy life of actors. Between rehearsals auditions it made it hard for us to connect. So when Kirsten and I finally had a chance to speak on the phone, it was awesome because her vision for her day aligned perfectly with my vision for my photography, but more on that to come later. For now, here are some of the awesome details from their wedding last Friday at Longue Vue Country Club.

Some details:

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Mr. Jimmy Choo and her beautiful dress

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Her Grandmothers horseshoe hair piece.

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The flowers were beautiful.bs_07

Grandmothers ring, along with her rings.

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Until later when I can get some awesome photos of the couple up, I hope these details can tide you over. Kirsten, Matt, thanks for such an enjoyable evening. I hope your honeymoon was more amazing than your wedding.

If you really must try and imagine the wedding though, think of the reception as one of Gatsby’s parties.

Stephanie and Patrick were so much fun on their wedding day, and they made me feel like I was a friend when they asked me to come over for their rehersal luau the night before the wedding.

Thanks for the being so cool and welcoming with me, and I pray that you have a blessed life.

And now the moment that you have been waiting for: Your photos!

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I love this shot of the pastor talking to them both before the ceremony! Its not often that I have a chance to capture photos like that.

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A few portraits:

Stephanie with her daughter and brother. In case you haven’t picked up on a theme yet, there was a ton of laughter this day!

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The majority of their family and friends came in from out of town so they wanted to shoot some “Pittsburgh Portraits”. Since it seems like everyone goes to Mount Washington for those photos, and the sun was still high in the sky, we decided to hit up PPG Place. You cant get more Pittsburgh than that!

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On to the reception: and cutting the cake: more laughter!

These next few have some off camera flash courtesy of Nikon D700 CLS and an SB-800

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I love trying to find unique angles that tell a story, and this tells the story of the night; guests danced till they couldn’t dance any more.

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Heading out for a few more portraits when the light was really soft!

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I love this moment right before the kiss.

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Maria and Matt were married a few weeks ago at St Mary of the Mount on Mount Washington’s Grandview Ave. While it was a hot and humid day, Molly’s Trolley’s a/c kept everyone cool and helped move us around the city and to the Radisson Hotel in Greentree, Pa.

Maria and Matt met back at Virginia Tech where they both attended college. As a result, they are both HUGE VT fans and their wedding theme was fun and based off of their time at VT. The cake was actually based off the VT football field; pretty cool!

Anyways; Maria, Matt, enjoy the photos. I hope your honeymoon went well and that your life together is blessed. To all your southern friends, sorry about all the Ovechkin and Redskins jokes. But seriously, GO STEELERS! lol. Enjoy guys.

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Thanks for allowing me to share in your day. I hope you love the photos!