Jeni & Tyler’s Tewksbury Country Club Wedding
Kicked off the 2011 wedding season with Jeni and Tyler’s wedding February 26. The couple had a Catholic ceremony at St. Michael Parish in North Andover, Massachusetts. I captured a photograph of Tyler and Reverend Hogan minutes before the ceremony and I’m amazed how relaxed Tyler looked. In years of weddings, most grooms are nervous and serious and he was surprisingly calm. Seems to run the family as his brothers were his best men and their toasts at the reception didn’t require any notes. The reception was held at Tewksbury Country Club, which is a great spot for a winter wedding. They have a nice stone bridge very close to the building so that outdoor photos can be taken and then bridesmaids can hustle back inside where it is warm. There’s a bridal suite, a nice staircase, piano, a balcony over the ballroom and finally a huge fireplace that can be used for portraits. In deference to Jeni’s Jewish roots, guests conducted a Horah circle dance, hoisting the couple in chairs to the traditional Jewish folk song, Hava Nagila.
Eugene & Kseniya’s Brandeis Faculty Club Wedding
We had great sunny, comfortable weather for wedding photography Sunday, May 16 as associate photographer Don Himsel and I headed to the Brandeis University Faculty Club for Eugene and Kseniya’s traditional jewish wedding. They met on JDate and both of their families are from St. Petersburg, Russia, where they weren’t able to have anything but secular activities. So Eugene and Kseniya decided to have a traditional Jewish wedding, complete with Ketubah signing (marriage contract), Chuppah (wedding canopy), the breaking of a glass, and Yichud, the custom of the couple retreating to a private room for 10-20 minutes after the ceremony.
We were especially honored to take part in what was a rare event for their family because of the nature of the customs and politics in their country of origin.
Don and I were pretty excited about the copper-clad backdrop of the Shapiro Campus Center for portrait photography. Check out this slideshow which is a mix of my photos and Don’s from their wedding:
Amy & Dave’s wedding at the Radisson Nashua
Didn’t have far to go to photograph Amy and Dave’s wedding at the Radisson in Nashua, May 9, 2009.
