Liz and Mike were married Friday with a wonderful winter wedding at the Publick House in Sturbridge MA–light snow, relatively warm temps, clear roads, and fun that wouldn’t quit.

LOTS of photos!

Are those working buttons ?!!?!?!?!?

Doesn’t Liz make the most beautiful bride?

Liz and Mike decided to do a first view before the ceremony

And all the formals! A real time saver, and everyone could get right into the cocktail hour!

I love sequential shots that tell the story a few moments–these were from the few quiet moments the bridal party had before the ceremony started.

I don’t wanna wear shoes! Mia, I’m with you on that!

A fabulous ceremony table! Friends and family, past and present to help and suppost Liz and Mike on their journey. VERY touching!

That’s enough–I am SO done with this!

I told you guys that nothing would escape our lenses!!

Holy smokes. I wouldn’t want this job–even with 2 hands!!!!!!

One of my favorites of the day–Johnny stole Liz for a few alone minutes.

The softball crews

Thank you all for your hospitality, your warmth and laughter.

A few special thanks since this was a bit unusual for me.

9 days before the wedding I broke my wrist in 4 places, when the dog walked me over black ice and I went flying.

Literally, before I got into the house, my first thought was ‘oh rats’ (insert your favorite expletive here and rats is not my favorite)’what am I gonna do on the 26th. Immediately after I got x-rayed the next day, my mind was at ease when Johnny agreed to come and help out. I didn’t think I would last through 3-4 hours and I couldn’t risk a collapse over the dinner plate I know Pete, who is my current second shooter, is a fabulous sniper with the long lens, and I figured I could work at least part of the day, but really needed to make sure Liz and Mike had what they were contracted for. Thank you Liz, for not missing a beat when I had to make the awful phone call telling you about my situation–for trusting that the day would go as planned. You’ll never know how much that conversation contributed to recovery.

As it was I think we got some of my all time favorite images — I had to work with a lighter lens than what I normally use-but it afforded some real creativity with the shallow focusing, Pete used other than his normal lenses, also with shallow focusing and Johnny made use of off camera lighting for the formals and reception that I would never have been able to do, one handed. Thank you all. We made a great team

I hate having my picture taken but this one during the formals light setups made me laugh. Man, I gotta get the sling right!

Date: February 26

Ceremony and Reception Location: Publick House, Sturbridge MA

Kelly and I started the day with Lauren and her bridesmaids—8 of them!—and her wonderful parents and future mother in law in Stonington at their beautiful home on the water. These guys were good! All on time, and having fun getting ready and having some last minutes practicing and sharing memories. Lauren was stunning and was a good sport letting me jump on chairs to show off her bird cage veil.

Her Mom and Dad were so relaxed and were cracking jokes the whole time,We braced ourselves for a few — quick— bridals outside–it was COLD! and I think the girls didn’t need encouragement to cheer that they were going back inside after this one!

After a full mass at St Michael’s in Pawcatuck we went to the Seamen’s Inne in Mystic where we immediately went outside-after borrowing coats and mittens and braved the cold for some great fun with the bridal party;

Lauren and Tanner were great sports and wanted to walk to the lighthouse-and we were rewarded with great late afternoon light

The service at the Seamen’s was excellent as always with a big shout out to Kimberly and Janet who organzied and made sure Lauren and Tanner had everything they needed before they knew it. And a personal thank you to Janet who seemed to be there whenever Kelly or I needed anything, too! Ryan at Ripp Entertainment has a real knack for keeping the dance floor packed–and there was barely room to move.

These photos really touched me–we re-created the old photograph on the cookie table in front of Lauren and Tanner and their parents which was a photograph of Lauren’s grandparents about 50 years ago. I hope that their grandchildren will recreate it 50 years from now.

Thank you all for your kindness, your bravery, and for making us feel so welcome.