Every year we try to make at least one trip out to Letchworth, and this year I was lucky enough to photograph a wedding there, at the Glen Iris Inn. Unfortunately the day turned out to be pretty terrible weather-wise, but Laura and Cooper weathered the storm (teehee) and had a great celebration regardless.

The Glen Iris Inn:

The library room, where brides traditionally get ready.

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The bridal party consisted of one groomsman and one bridesmaid. Easy peasy!

The handsome groom

Showtime!

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Love this!

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The view from the library room

Bouquets by Bonnie did an excellent job with the flowers, as usual.

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“uh oh, I felt a rain drop”

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You can stand under my umb-uh-rella, ella, ella…

One part of the ceremony had to be moved indoors due to rain.

Thanks to my assistant Michael and a big umb-uh-rella, I was able to take family formals outside at the front entrance to the Glen Iris Inn.

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Miraculously, it stopped raining just as we started wondering what to do about newlywed pictures.

Laura’s adorable sons

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This beautiful wedding cake was created by Lori of Lori’s Luscious Layers

Simple yet beautiful centerpieces and decorations. The trees came apart so everyone could take a sapling to plant at home.

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Michael took some great environmental pictures while I was photographing the reception.

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First dance

The “DJ”

Glen Iris at night

Thanks to Laura and Cooper for having me and Michael at your wedding! And thanks to a random wedding guest for taking this fabulous picture (please ignore the wet look I’m sporting)

With love,
Kristina
(Rochester Mt. Morris wedding photographer)

Happy holidays everyone! Hope you had a nice time with your families and friends.

I was bored today, because I decided to be sane and not go shopping – but I didn’t want to do any actual photo work. So, for one more day, I’m ignoring album and announcement design, and instead poking around the internet for yummy recipes and playing Bejewelled   However, because I *am* a photographer, and I *do* feel guilty about not doing anything photography-related, I decided to show you a TTD (except I call it Time After Time) session I did last fall with Naomi and Kyle at Letchworth State Park. Just a few images for your enjoyment, and no hard work involved on my part

Love the fall colors at Letchworth, and the painterly feel of this shot

My favorite shot of the day, taken on the steps at Woolf Creek

I was extremely proud of Naomi for going into freezing cold water (hello autumn in upstate New York!)

Rochester has so many cool places for pictures.  My 2010 bride Kelli told me that she found this amazing little park with a waterfall on google, so we decided to shoot her engagement pictures at Corbett’s Glen Nature Park. We didn’t have much time so we walked straight to the water and took some fun pictures with them and their dog. Here’s a teaser, the rest will be posted just before their wedding.

Amy is getting married in Buffalo, but she wanted to have her engagement photoshoot at Letchworth Park.  We decided on a date a few months ago, never even thinking that the weather might not cooperate. Well, it rained cats and dogs all the way there! But as soon as we got to the park, the rain stopped, and sunshine peeked out behind the clouds. It was a perfect afternoon.

Laura and Paul joined us later in the afternoon at Letchworth for their engagement shoot. They told me they had never been there before. I knew immediately that I had to take them to all the cool spots and outlooks! We took a different route from Amy and Greg, and ended up in the Archery field and later in Wolf Creek. This image was taken on the Wolf Creek bridge.

I love my couples! Engagement photoshoots are such a great way to get to know each other, how I work behind the camera, and how the couple reacts to me and to each other while being photographed. It helps us become friends, and come wedding day, we are already comfortable around each other.   I hope to blog more pictures from these sessions eventually, but for now, I gotta run. Bye!