Well, I would say, "Grab a cup of tea and get comfortable," due to the laaarge volume of images I'm posting here, but it's more like, "Grab a 5 course meal and get comfortable..." ;0) This trip was a grand adventure for me, so posting these for you to enjoy is only 1/2 of my reason this time. The other 1/2 is to record a few of my memories so I'll have them preserved!
My main assignments were to shoot the groom and groomsmen, and details, and wide angles... so that's mostly what you'll see here! Amber got a gazillion amazing shots of the bride, and bride and groom, and everything else, too--go check them out on her blog!
The wedding site, where the bride's family lives, is only accessible by boat. Here's Amber holding on to her camera bag for dear life as she gets ready to hop on the skiff:
We boated past icebergs, looked for snow on the Canadian Mountains, and were greeted by an eagle walking along the shore as we arrived:
On Day 2, we attended a very rainy rehearsal:
Back at the house, there was some pretty good story-telling going on, as everybody related their different arrival experiences:
In-between the rain showers, Amber and I scouted out portrait location possibilities, and she found a little buddy:
The rainy, stormy weather made for some awesome night-time color:
On the wedding day, a couple people from the town bakery were boated over with the cake, and they put the finishing touches on it when they arrived:
After grabbing a few last minute detail and preparations shots, I made my way to the Mill House to meet up with the groom and his groomsmen:
These guys were total thespians. Check it:
They were like little boys with those swords, I tell ya:
After they got that out of their system, they actually played along rather nicely--even holding the reflector for me, which sure makes a huge difference:
After grabbing some portraits, we headed for the ceremony site. I wanted to grab a shot of them walking, but it wasn't so easy... These guys are speed-walkers! I was literally running to get ahead of them, and they just laughed and said they were always told while growing up to walk quickly, because daylight was burning (or something like that, anyway):
Oh yeah--And I had to dodge guests being transported from the house to the ceremony site via 4 wheeler:
I love this pre-ceremony moment between some of the parents:
The guys were hidden in the trees, and made their way to the ceremony bridge through this field. I thought it was pretty cool:
Not to be outdone, the bride made her entrance via raft:
(You've GOT to check out Amber's view of this; she was on the other side of the creek, and there were rose petals drifting along in the foreground.)
We grabbed a few portraits of the newly minted Mr. and Mrs. before heading to the reception:
(I was inspired to play around with a few new processing "recipes" as I went through these... I like the "historical" feel of this one, above.)
And then we ate like kings at the reception (in the fleeting moments in-between our photography duties, of course!):
They did this fun human chain/dance thing:
Here's a snap of one of my bunkmates from the weekend:
I love this shot of Adam dancing with his flower girl neice, but even more than that, I love what's happening behind him. His sister had been snapping away, and the family is enjoying what she captured:
Another great moment, with Haley on her Pa's lap:
Chase and Hillary were our "cabbies", getting us to and from Petersburg. They were awesome tour guides:
There were tons and tons of super unique and fun details to this wedding, from the swords to the wooden guest book and glass jar of ink:
The day after the wedding, Amber and I had the chance to walk around Petersburg (Thank you, Andy, for taking this pic, and thank you to you and your wife for being such perfect tour guides!) before catching our plane:
I made a poster of some of my snaps from around Petersburg:
What a trip! Amber, thank you again and again for inviting me. You are so fun, and adventurous, and thoughtful... and a FABULOUS conversationalist. You're everything I could pray for in a friend, and lots lots more. I love you like a sister, and can't wait for our next great adventure!!
And to Adam and Haley: May God richly bless your union!
If you would like to book a wedding or session, e-mail me at jamie.zanotti@gmail.com
