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so when we last left our beautiful bride, she was awaiting the beginning of her wedding ceremony at new york’s famed st. regis hotel

a great room for a ketubah signing…

and a final moment to collect thoughts before walking down the aisle…

the ballroom at the st. regis

and the view from the headtable …

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we photographed another beautiful wedding at The St. Regis Hotel recently and  i must say, if it absolutely has to rain on your wedding day, The St. Regis is a nice place to be – there’s plenty of stunning space to work with inside.

our many thanks to the always wonderful Ellen Kostman of Sidekick Events who did the planning and to Dejuan Stroud for the flowers.

check out this stunning hand calligraphied invite courtesy of Sloane Madureira Design.

Makeup artist: Lori Hamlin
Hair stylist: Courtney Benedetti

the bride’s dress was Elizabeth Fillmore from the incomparable Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier.  we love mark and his staff!

and some sweet blues from manolo blahnik.

and the groom’s custom suit was by Mr. Ned with groom and groomsmen’s coordinating ties by hermes.

it was a great day or everybody.  ok, almost everybody.

more to come …. in part 2

Here’s a lesson to friends of the bride.

If she gets a set of cupcakes delivered to her as she’s getting ready that say, “I CAN’T WAIT TO MARRY YOU!” pay attention to the order in which you eat them!!

Especially if you choose to eat some before the photographer arrives!

Our good friend Laura Nadeau of Lo & Co. did a wonderful job on Kim’s makeup. What a surprise to just bump into your friends on the job.

Gena and John LOVE Grand Central and wanted to take some pictures there on there wedding day. I thought it would be a great place then to give John his first look at his bride.

So we plunked him down in the middle of the Great Hall at Grand Central and brought Gena out to meet him.

So that we could catch his reaction…

Such a great moment.

For this classic shot, I went again with my custom Digital Cyanotype toning that I developed.

If you remember a few weeks back I mentioned the value of lighting at the reception. Look at what Gena and John did at the Penthouse Ballroom at the St. Regis. Not only did they pinspot the centerpieces, but they uplit the walls AND had 4 MAC Lumieres (moving head lights) on pedestals to crosslight the chandeliers and then break into moving disco gobos during the dance sets. And then during the first dance, they lit up the couple’s new custom monogram that was inlaid in the dance floor.

Here’s a centerpiece NOT being a black hole.

Even the Korean Paebak was a rockin good time.

first of all, you have to know that the st. regis holds a special place in my heart. as more and more of grand old new york fades into condoblivion, places like this become even greater treasures. back when celeste and i were dating, the company that she was working for would put her up in the st. regis (even though she had an apartment on 78th st.) and we would have our own little vacation from the city in the city there. they were such great memories and such a special time for us that ultimately i proposed to her there. (on valentine’s day no less – how out of character for me! – but what better way to catch her completely by surprise).

so when we went there again for amy & scott’s wedding day – it was special for us too.

every bride approaches her wedding differently. amy was intent on having a blast. and that she did.
first off, I knew she was planning for fun when I saw her shoes…

how fun are they?

amy beamed the entire day.

on the way to the altar…

during the vows… (and scott beams back)

ok, you can’t see her in this shot of the room and the cake but she’s still beaming.

the first dance…

and in the st. regis tradition – the cake cutting (with sabre) – (while john, the captain, gives the old, “be careful, it’s sharp!” warning….

so she beams while yielding a sword…

now, as an aside, people are always asking how we do our “still live display”, since showing images during a reception isn’t something that most people have seen done in an elegant environment. so we thought we’d show you… (as she beams looking at the images we took of them that day)

and the beaming continued all night long…

weddings are all about smiles after all, aren’t they?