JP Wedding Photography

Brad and Elizabeth got married at St Bart’s on a Sunday afternoon and then headed over to the Central Park Boathouse for their reception. While I’ve definitely ended up shooting a lot in Central Park since I moved to New York 4 years ago, this was an exciting one, because it was my first time shooting at the Boathouse. Elizabeth is a graphic designer, and I think her taste came through in a lot of the details throughout the day. The best of which were the personalized M+Ms with portraits of them on it.

They had a gondola reserved for a couple hours, complete with a crooning gondoleer so everyone got to take turns heading out on the lake during the reception. I went into action mode and managed to destroy a pair of pants while jumping over a fence in search of a spot to shoot them from the shore (but cheers to Harold at the Boathouse for grabbing me some safety pins right away so I could make it through the last hour of the reception).

After that everyone headed over to the Perfect Pint for their after party.

Julie shot this one with me, and did a great job.

Bella and Matt really had a chance meeting. They both went to Israel with the Birthright program. On the flight over, everyone was seated alphabetically according to their last name. That put them right next to each other, and so the two strangers ended up getting to know each other on the trans-atlantic flight.

I was excited to be shooting their wedding at a classic New York spot: Twenty Four Fifth.

They were absolute troopers through the torrential downpour that we experienced during most of the day. At first it seemed like it was going to be a bummer, since we had scouted out a bunch of awesome locations around Greenwich Village. But in the end, it was great for the pictures, because we were able to basically take over the bar at the hotel and have a lot of fun shooting there.

Matt and Bella’s style really complemented the whole atmosphere. Matt rocked tails and a white bow-tie, and Bella had a dress made of feathers.

Dress: David Tutera by Faviana from Bridal Reflections
Flowers: Maria Nino at Pristine Events
Headpiece: Boutique de Voile fromBridal Reflections
Cocktail music: Stephane Wrembel Trio
Location: Twenty Four Fifth