Thursday, August 11th, 2011
I first met Nick when we started the MPS in Digital Photography program at the School of Visual Arts just about 4 years ago. It was an amazing time and I have fond memories of running between classes with Nick to grab a bit to eat, often falafel, before photo illustration or scripting class would begin. By the end of the year, we both had new portfolios and skills, but luckily for Nick, he’d also met Julia and fallen totally in love! It was exciting for me, ( old married woman that I am :), seeing their love blossom. It isn’t often that I get to photograph a wedding where I got to live a bit of the couple’s story, so it was a rare and special pleasure to be there for their official union!
Nick’s family has a home on Fire Island, naturally a fantastic location for a wedding! Aside from Nick, there are two other photographers in his family, his aunt and his grandmother, Lillian Bassman. She is one of my photographic heros, and if you know her work or check this out, you will know why! So naturally I was honored to be chosen to photograph the wedding. The location was truly magical, the food divine and I’m so happy my friend Nick found his Julia!
Ceremony and Reception: Private Home, Fire Island
Catering and Cupcake: Lucullean Catering
Flowers: DIY
Officiant: Family Friend
Dress: Vintage
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
The following day after their fun beach rehearsal dinner, Caroline and Jack were married at St. John’s of Lattingtown. The reception took place at the Meadow Brook Country Club in Jericho, New York. And I’m so happy that the world didn’t end on May 21st, their wedding day, because that seriously would have put a damper on Caroline and Jack’s celebration! Aside from some rain during and after the ceremony, mother nature was very well behaved and this beautiful Spring wedding went off famously.
I photographed Caroline’s cousin and bridesmaid, Andi’s wedding, on Nantucket last September and I was so thrilled to be asked to photograph her wedding to Jack. It was so nice to see many familiar faces and photograph a group of people who really know how to throw not only beautiful weddings, but very fun ones indeed! Everything from the flowers adorning the tent to the cake invoked Spring. The Mike Herman Band was truly great, keeping everyone dancing the whole time! And a special thanks to my second shooter Jon and my assistant AKA, my husband Ryan, for helping to make sure things ran smoothly on my end.
Ceremony: St. John’s of Lattingtown, Locust Valley, NY
Reception: Meadow Brook Country Club in Jericho, NY
Band: The Mike Herman Band (a Hank Lane band)
Flowers: Petals in Locust Valley
Dress: Monique Lhuillier
Shoes: Stuart Weitzman
Cake: Sylvia Weinstock
Bridesmaid Dresses: Thread
Photography: Kristy May Photography
Second Shooter: Jon Lemon
Caroline’s mom and sister sew jewelry onto her delicate veil
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Just perfect timing, the sun setting on the horizon and Brandy and Mark’s first kiss as husband and wife! It isn’t easy to get the weather and ceremony timing to cooperate, but things just fell into place for their wedding at Carter Plantation in Springfield, Louisiana. Now home to a golf resort and a residential community, the former plantation is a fun place for a wedding. The old plantation home is a great location for photos, in addition to the beautiful greens and lush scenery.
Brandy and Mark incorporated lots of South Louisiana details into their wedding. The groom’s cakes represented the 3 football teams most important to Mark, Springfield High School, LSU, and the Saints. The favors were Hubig Pies, a local favorite, with ‘Brandy & Mark, Just Married” specially printed on them. There were also roman candy pieces, another local favorite, adorned with purple ribbon and little rings. Finally, Brandy and Mark took the beer coozie, a popular wedding favor in Louisiana, to a whole new level by having a graphic designer friend turn the popular New Orleans waterworks logo into their own wedding logo!
I always love photographing people dancing at the reception, but rarely have I see this level of commitment on the part of groomsmen and the groom. After a rousing version of Shout!, Mark serenaded Brandy with the 80s classic, “It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right”. Indeed! And the sparkler gauntlet followed by a quick escape via gold cart concluded the evening perfectly.
Ceremony and Reception: Carter Plantation, Springfield, Louisiana
Florist – Ann Madry
Videographer – Chris Huk
Cakes – Cocoa Bean Bakery
Band – Good Feelin Band
Ceremony Music – Peter Simon
Favors – Hubig Pies and Roman Candy
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Annalise and Scott tied the knot back in March in New Orleans. I just love working with couples living in New York and getting married in New Orleans, best of both worlds. We did their engagement session around the Brooklyn Bridge a while back. New Orleans is such a great destination wedding location and this wedding brought the best of the city together. The ceremony was held at the beautiful St. Charles Presbyterian Church uptown. (I have a special place in my heart because my parents were married there and after 35 years, they are still in love!) We then made a quick visit to Audubon Park for some portraits. And the reception was at the Windsor Court, my favorite place for afternoon tea. I must say, it was also a great place for a party too and the views of the city at night are amazing. The food was excellent and the cake, a strawberry shortcake like filling and chocolate from Melissa’s Fine Pastries was one of the best I’ve ever sampled. Just a lovely wedding and I’m so happy for Annalise and Scott!
Ceremony: St. Charles Presbyterian Church
Getting Ready and Reception: Windsor Court
Flowers: Nola Flora
Cake: Melissa Cake
Band: Deacon John
Dress: Provinas
Hair and Make-up: Salon Diversions
Photography: Kristy May Photography
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
After the wedding was over, we headed back to Ed parent’s house to take a few pictures on the porch. I stepped back for a minute or so and watched Ed and Andi swing, relax and intertwine their feet. It was such a quiet moment, totally opposite from the boisterous second line up St. Charles earlier in the day, but a fitting end to a lovely wedding day.
The day started off with heavy rain. I was pretty much expecting the planned second line from the church to the reception to be canceled give the pretty dismal forecast. However, the isolated thunderstorms stayed away from uptown and following the ceremony at the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian church we were able to dance our way to the reception after all. Did I mention it was also 70 degrees! Luckily there was plenty of champagne with hibiscus flowers on hand at the Round Table Club for all of the parched guests. (I had to wait until I got home to have mine!) The music was great, in fact you should visit Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns website and run it while you finish this post! When it came time to cut the cakes, rather, stab the croquembouche, Andi and Ed’s sword wielding abilities were impressive. None of the croquembouche went to waste and it was one of the most entertaining cake cutting I’ve seen.
I know you’ll be jealous to hear Andi and Ed are honeymooning in New Zealand and Australia!
And thanks to Misty McElroy for the awesome job assisting and second shooting. I had her running up and down the avenue all afternoon!
Ceremony: St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian New Orleans
Reception: Round Table Club (Private Club)
Planner: Julie Thomas with Fusion Event Productions
Second Line: Algiers Point Brass Band
Band: Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
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