I have lots of wedding stuff to post, so I'll start it out with Brittany + Toph!  You may remember these two from their fun engagement session we did on the rides here.  Always a pleasure to work with, I also shot Brittany's boudoir session this summer.  I can't even begin to tell you how this party rocked on every level imaginable.  The band was rockin' and Brittany's brother sang a few songs too!  Even after a long day, the party was still going strong at the end of the night, they even extended the reception for another hour because no one was ready to go home!  Thank you guys for a great day!

Venue: Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Florist: Valley Green Florist
Dress: Ulla Maija
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik
Band: Vincent James Band

Brittany and Toph's wedding will be revealed on the blog soon!  I usually post a nice moment between a couple for a teaser, but thought I'd change it up today.  For now, I thought I'd tease Brittany with her piles and piles of hair!  Hehe, not to worry, she will be seeing the entire wedding this week!

Alyson + Shane had a wonderfully intimate ceremony at the Joseph Ambler Inn this summer.  You may remember them from their Italian Market e session.  Much like myself and Zach, these two have been together for forever!  Though it seems like they can't remember what life was like before they met, there was absolutely no shortage of love and emotion.  Shane teared up a bit during the ceremony and Alyson made it all the way till the best man speech before cracking a tear, but it was definitely there!  It was a beautiful day with some beautiful images!

             

When not shooting a wedding of my own, I've been quite busy second shooting this season with some fellow friends and colleagues.  I've been able to tag along on a bunch of Ryan Estes's weddings this summer and we have a few more this fall I'll be working on for him.  Here are a few of my favorites from Jennifer and Ryan's wedding!  They actually had a Mister Softee ice cream truck come out for all their guests! 

A good friend of mine sent me the link for Color Suckr last week and I've been having a ball testing it out!  All you have to do is link the url of an image you'd like to pull a color scheme out of and it automatically pulls the most common colors out of it!  It also gives you all the info needed on the colors to pull them up in programs such as Photoshop.  You can also drag around the colors on the page to move and compare.  Besides this being a great tool for decorating your home, it could be very useful in coming up with your wedding palette.  Maybe pull some colors from one of your favorite images or paintings.  Here are a few of my favorite prints that I tried it out on...

A print by JMW Turner
a print by Vincent Van Gogh

So, I'm finally starting to blog some weddings from this season.  This whole summer has seemed to revolve around portraits on the blog!  Amy and Josh were married at the spectacular Masonic Temple in Philadelphia.  I think this place is one of Philly's best kept secrets for both weddings and architecture!  The place was amazing.  The ceremony was followed by a ridiculously fun reception at The Loews Hotel right around the corner in downtown Philadelphia.  Amy and Josh just ooze cool, I just love 'em!  Not to mention they have fabulous taste in music!  Here are some of my favs from the day...