On Saturday, I got the worst sunburn I’ve had in a long time. I met Brad & Megan and their wedding party at Lakewood Beach (Chautauqua Lake) at 12:45 for pictures, then photographed the ceremony from 2-2:30, then we did family pictures til a little after 3, so I was basically standing in full, direct sun for 2 1/2 hours. I’m fair skinned, folks. Big time. I now have a painful inverted triangle on my chest from the blouse I was wearing, and the tops of my shoulders are about 110 degrees. I digress; the wedding was awesome.
I’ll start with this. Can you believe this is Chautauqua Lake? Someone from the board of tourism should be ringing me, for real.
This was the house next door. Yeah, that’s right. What an awesome place to photograph a wedding party!
Megan’s hair was SO beautiful – if Joe and I got married again (which I would love, due to the fact that Etsy exists now!!) I would take this photo to the salon and say, “Make it happen.”
I had never seen a pocket boutonniere before. It was like a pocket protector with flowers sticking out of the top and honestly, it was pretty darn practical vs. trying to pin one onto a dress shirt!
Her flowers were just gorgeous, and I loved the fact that none of the bridesmaids’ bouquets were the same either – everyones was different, and they were so very pretty.
Megan had to go hide in a car while we waited for guests to arrive and take their seats… this is her maid of honor who I was told “never makes a normal face in pictures.”
The caption for this photo (bride’s grandpa to bride’s mother): “If you stick me, I’ll punch you in the face.” All in jest, all in jest. Right?
I always love the smiles of people coming down the aisle.
The sky was so insanely blue. This photo is not tweaked at all. It really looked exactly like that.
The reception was at Roberto’s (the old Ironstone) and the food was yummers. The alcohol, was apparently even yummers-er. Nip slip? Check! Mullet wig? You bet! Drinking warm bourbon out of a bottle on a public sidewalk? Believe it!
I’ll end with saying that I’ve done almost 200 weddings (I counted and came up with 195) but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen pretend jumprope – and Megan absolutely rocked it with her sparkly silver Chuck Taylors.
For a reception that ended at 8:45pm, you guys packed an awful lot of fun into a few hours. I’m so glad I got to be there, and I wish Megan and Brad and both their families the best!
by Wendy
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