JP Wedding Photography

Here are some of my favorites from Adrian and Samara’s wedding at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. It’s an amazing restaurant… the upstate cousin of Dan Barber’s Blue Hill, complete with an onsite farm where many of the ingredients come from. This place was called by one critic “the most important and gutsiest restaurant in America right now”.

I got up there early and took some pictures while everyone was getting ready.

Adrian’s kids took charge of Samara’s makeup.

After the ceremony, the main focus, as you can imagine, was on dinner (and yes, I did get to snag a few of the amazing dishes for myself).

It was a fun challenge to shoot a wedding that didn’t have the usual dancing action.

Blessing the challah bread.

Bedtime.

Here’s some of my favorites from James and Vivian’s recent wedding. These guys were lots of fun. They got married at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, and had the reception over at Smack Mellon. The original game plan was to just have everyone walk over to DUMBO after the ceremony, an idea which I really loved.. but we had a little rain thrown in the mix. They had Dianne Velez from Color Blind Productions coordinating everything on the day, and she was great! She even called me before things got started to suggest a few spots where we would be able to get a few pictures outside, even though it was raining.

Vivian hid out in the church basement while the guests were arriving.

I loved shooting at Smack Mellon.. It’s hard to go wrong with the Manhattan bridge right outside your window.

They had some great details, including hand written menus on each table, as well as oolong tea as a favor.

Kelly and Koye got married in Hawaii, and came back for a reception and party at the Montclair Art Museum. It was a really fun diverse crowd, with a real party atmosphere.

Everyone met upstairs in the galleries for a cocktail hour.

Kelly and Koye arrive! They had been dealing with the rain and getting friends out on a bus.

The party moved downstairs, and Kelly and Koye make their entrance.

They showed a slideshow with pictures from the ceremony in Hawaii.