Beth and Chris are married!

 

How do you photograph the wedding of someone who looks at wedding photos all day almost every day?  I mean she knows everything about wedding photography!  Beth is a graphic designer/digital re-toucher at a professional photo lab in Poughkeepsie, On Location Studios.  She is the person who fixes photographer’s goof-ups and mistakes.  So when Beth asked me to photograph her wedding, it was quite a compliment.

Beth and Chris met 8 years ago while both were students at Marist College.  I see Beth at the photo lab all the time, but I’d only met Chris once before.  But I can tell you I instantly picked up on the fact Chris was both anxious about the wedding and extremely neat – based on the fact he had lined up trail mix, a money clip, bottled water, his room key and cell phone in the tidiest pile I have ever seen on the hotel bed.  Beth, on the other hand, was completely relaxed or at least faking it really well to me.  As Beth got out of the limo at Marist Chapel, a usually kinda anxious moment for most brides, she was laughing – a very good sign of things to come.

I don’t usually see Beth as glamorous – I usually see her in sweatshirts and jeans, no make-up.  But WOW!  She is stunning!  She should wear a wedding dress and updo every day.  A beautiful ceremony at Marist College Chapel was followed by photos on the campus and then everyone moved on over to Locust Grove for a party that had 150 people on the dance floor from the 1st song of the night onwards.  I got to see Jackie and Brendan again (I photographed their wedding a few years back) and also hang again with my coolest dj friends, Stephanie and Jeff of The DJ Solution.  They weren’t very challenged on this night though – we finally guessed that these partier’s couldn’t find a song they wouldn’t dance to.  That floor was packed all night long!  The caterer’s, Holbarts, were the same caterer’s Beth’s parents had used at their own wedding 30 years ago.  Which is amazing and a huge compliment to them.  Congrats Beth and Chris – you guys made things so much fun.  I really couldn’t have a better job!

Ceremony at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Marist College; Video by Bob Gellar; Reception at Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie; Music by Stephanie & Jeff of The DJ Solution; photos printed at On Location Studios, Poughkeepsie;