Altared Visions Blog

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

[Rockstar Wedding] Lauren & Ben's Rustic Rhode Island Wedding [East Providence, RI]

VENUE: http://www.squantumassociation.com/
BAND: Sweet Tooth and the Sugar Babies...http://www.sugarbabiesband.com
DATE: November 5th, 2011

Lauren & Ben have a long history. Their wedding was filled with photographs and stories of Lauren & Ben as kids, then as a couple, then as exes and right back to a couple again...this time, for realsies.

We started our day with Lauren and her family and friends, fastening hand-knit (be still this knitter's heart) shawls around the shoulders of the wedding party and slipping into one beautiful dress with proud parents beaming in the background.

Lauren was lookin' pretty fabulous, yes?

All the pretty maids...

Meanwhile back at The Biltmore in Providence, RI, one nervous fella was looking over his vows.

Coolest gift ever...a framed ticket from Lauren and Ben's first date. How is that for a classic 90s first date?

Back with the ladies, our chariots arrive.

I love this photo. You can read a lot from that expression.

We arrived at the BEAUTIFUL Squantum Association in Providence, RI and got ready to do the first look. Here's Lauren beforehand on the beautiful staircase inside the wedding hall.

GO TIME! This was probably my favorite first look of the season, there was so much joy and a sneaky audience hiding on the balcony.

Ben waits.

Look at those smiles! Damn, I love my job.

From James' angle

Right about here they heard squeals from above...

Sometimes I make weddings even more fun by betting with myself on which uncle will have his tie off and dancing first and whether or not a groom will cry. I so had Ben pegged.

The wedding party before the ceremony.

I like to call this one "Holy shit, I'm getting married!".

Go team!

Ceremony time! Lauren and Ben were wed by their friend, Christoper and serenaded by friends Greg and Erik. The wedding party entered to a Bon Iver song (Re: Stacks) and the bride was escorted by her rather dashing father, Alan to "Forever" by Ben Harper.

After the ceremony, I headed to the balcony to get the group shot of EVERYONE! This venue was great for this!
ATTENTION COUPLES! We *love* doing shots of all your guests. Never be afraid to ask!

Reception time! There were great details!

Signature cocktails are my favorite wedding trend this year. So cool.

Cupcakes!

The band was fabulous, they're called Sweet Tooth and the Sugar Babies and they're a Berkley band. They were fabulous!

Thanks for having us Lauren and Ben!! We had a blast! We wish you a lifetime of happiness and big giant smiles like this.

Here's a Few We Missed! Kayla & John's Renaissance Engagement!

I admit it. I am not the best blogger on the internet. NO...NO...it's OK guys, I can admit it.

Alright, so I am a mostly terrible blogger. At least in my head, a good blogger blogs every day or at least three times a week and me? Well...I don't do that. So here I am, at the beginning of 2012. It's Altared Visions' third year in business and I am DETERMINED to integrate regular blogging into my schedule with the ease and enthusiasm of my other daily habits. Habits like making lists I will never, could never, complete and refreshing Pinterest in between actual work.

Anyway, because I was such a lousy blogger in 2011...we didn't get a chance to blog a few sessions we did!

One of which was shot on location at a popular Renaissance Faire you New Englanders may recognize but I don't think I'm supposed to tell you or the King Who Shall Be Unnamed will surely have your head on a pike. In front of his castle. Which may or may not be in Carver, MA.

Kayla was looking sassy.

Her betrothed, John.

Meet me at the tourney field!

I had to do this one. +1 for Kayla's skill at bending in that corset!

Kayla and John's wedding is also Renaissance themed (they met while working the Faire together...awwww) and we can't wait to shoot it!

Newborn: Nolan and his sleepy little face! [Quincy, MA]

GRATUITOUS ADORABLE BABY CONTENT AHEAD!!!

Meet Nolan. Gush over him. Adore him.

This is Momma, Tracey...just a few month before on Wollaston Beach, all pretty and incubating. I realized while looking for photos from this session that I never blogged it! I'm batting a thousand with this blogging thing, aren't I?

FEETS!

As you might have guessed by his name, his daddy is a pretty big baseball fan. (The baseball might have given it away, too.) One of the best things about being a photographer is the opportunity to work with friends, in this case, ending up photographing a high school friend's baby. A high school friend who married my daughter's auntie! That makes Nolan my...well, not at all related to me but whatever, that isn't the point. He's cute and unlike the strangers at the mall, his mom lets me touch him. That is the point.
I like to call this one "What The Hell Are You Doing to Me?"

This is NOT gas. He smiled because I'm awesome and I'll hear nothing more on the subject.

Thanks for having us, Tracey and Brendan...and of course, Nolan!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Rockstar Couple: Laura and Ian tied the knot! [Swansea, MA]

As you know, the blog really suffered as we got unexpectedly buried over our heads this Fall...so timewarp back to late summer with us and watch Laura and Ian go from this:

To this!

You might remember Laura and Ian as our carnival engagement shoot during the Bristol, RI Fourth of July celebration.
They tied the knot a few months later, on August 20th at the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, MA (web) with their reception at the Venus in Swansea, MA. Here's some of our favorite shots!