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You’ll remember Frank and Jean from their in Fells Point and at the Cylburn Arboretum engagement session. I met with them for the first time at their engagement session, just before hopping on a plane to San Juan for Valerie and Ray’s destination wedding in Puerto Rico. After their wedding, I flew back to Baltimore for Frank and Jean’s wedding at the University Baptist Church in Baltimore. Traveling so much for weddings can be exhausting, but it can also be exhilarating, this two week span was exhilerating!!!
I had spoken with Jean over the phone while I was in San Diego about her and Frank’s upcoming wedding. She had been referred to me by Bridget and Matt … I shot their wedding so long ago, I can’t even provide a link to their blog post because, well, back then I didn’t have a blog! (I love my couples, and I love that even years later, they’re still referring me … even after I moved across the country!) Any way, I spoke with Jean on the phone about their plans, and even though their wedding was coming up so soon, it worked out perfectly as my travel plans were taking me back East just before their wedding anyway. Since, they wanted to have an engagement session, we scheduled to meet in person the day before I left for Old San Juan, then fly back from Puerto Rico to document their wedding in Baltimore. Again, it can be exhausting, but so much fun to travel this much!!!
Jean and Frank chose the University Baptist Church, just across from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as it was her childhood church, and even she had moved out of the city, many of her family still lived in Baltimore, and went to the church. Jean got ready in the back of the church right next to the small chapel. After the ceremony, I took Frank and Jean back to the chapel to get some quiet portraits of the two of them. It’s such a beautiful little area in the church with fantastic light!
To see a few images from the first part of their day click on the large image or any of the thumbnails above. I’ll be posting the second half of their wedding day including their reception at the Valley Country Club tomorrow!
Friends and family members can log onto to see all their wedding photos as well as their engagement photos at pictage.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011 Posted in Blog, Destination wedding, Destinations, El Convento Hotel, Location, Photography, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Travel, Weddings
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Friday, June 24, 2011 Posted in Blog, Destination wedding, Destinations, El Convento Hotel, Location, Photography, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Travel, Weddings
I had the absolute pleasure recently to travel from San Diego to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Caribbean for Ray and Valerie’s destination wedding at the beautiful El Convento Hotel. The historic El Convento hotel is located right in downtown Old San Juan, and is a beautiful location for a destination wedding. Ray’s mother and father grew up in Old San Juan so in addition to having an incredible location to shoot, I had Ray’s father helping me scout locations around town. In the four days I spent in Puerto Rico, I fell in love with Old San Juan … from the cobblestone streets, to the beautifully painted buildings and architecture, to the fantastic food, to the walkable nature of the city (I spent most mornings running around the town which both served as my morning workout as well as familiarizing myself with the city’s layout).
Valerie and Ray’s wedding day started beautifully, and I walked to La Bombonera for my morning Mallorca … I used my morning runs as an excuse to be able to eat these delicious but most definitely OFF the diet treat! If you’ve never had one, think of it as a Puerto Rican McGriddle mixed with a New Orleans Beignet … like I said, off the diet! Valerie and her girls got ready in the Gloria Vanderbilt suite at the Hotel El Convento, and it is a fantastic suite. beautiful colors, beautiful light and plenty of room for all the girls, the makeup artist and stylist! Just as Valerie was finishing getting ready, the Puerto Rican rainy season reared it’s head and started to rain. We spent the next two hours shooting family portraits, the bridal party and Valerie and Ray around the El Convento, while watching the skies and hoping for the rain to move out for the afternoon. Shortly before the ceremony was to start the skies cleared long enough for the chairs to be set up in the courtyard only to open up again. Gladly the chairs were still set up in the Oller Salon just off the main ballroom where the reception would be. Since Valerie and Ray had a fairly intimate group of friends and family, the Salon was just large enough to fit all their guests and create an intimate feel. We’ll get to the ceremony and reception next, but in the meantime I wanted to share some of the photos from the early part of the day.
To see a few images from Valerie and Ray’s wedding, click on the large image above, or any of the thumbnails below.
Continue reading for more of Valerie and Ray’s destination wedding to Old San Juan Puerto Rico!
Family and Friends can register to view all their images on Pictage.
I honestly don’t know how to talk about this wedding! If you remember Alix and Nate’s engagement session on the blog, you know that I’ve really been looking forward to their wedding. It’s not that I don’t look forward to all my weddings, but this is one of those weddings where I felt like I was photographing a family member. Getting to know Alix over the past four years in her friend’s weddings I had the honor of photographing, then getting know Nate at the engagement shoot and hear their awesome story of how they met I knew this was going to be a fantastic day.
Since their wedding was on a Friday, I flew into Baltimore on Wednesday and apparently brought the San Diego weather with me. Instead of hot, and rainy the weekend was outstanding in the upper 70s and passing clouds. I met up with Alix and her girls at her mother’s house just a few miles from the Valley Country Club in Baltimore. After getting ready, we went to Valley Country Club to photograph the girls alone before guests started arriving. Alix and Nate held their ceremony on the steps to Valley Country Club with their cocktail hour on the front deck and main hall of the mansion. Then on to dinner and dancing in the ballroom.
Alix and Nate, thank you so much for including me in your wedding day plans! It was so great spending your day with you and seeing Jennifer and Sean, Ella and Mike, Heather and Chad, Alison, Ursula, and Tory again!
Friends and Family members, Alix and Nate’s wedding photos will be live soon, you can hop over to Pictage to see all the images from their wedding. In the meantime, check out a few images below and of course a few more on the slideshow over at the podcast!
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