september wedding

September Wedding at Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt, NY // Kerri + Brian

September Wedding at Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt, NY // Kerri + Brian

A minor threat of rain. A few blue details. A sunlit church. Many tears…

Mount Gulian Wedding // Haylee + Brian

Mount Gulian Wedding // Haylee + Brian

Confession:

Sometimes I choose the photos for blog posts, but then let myself mull over the right words to put down to describe these beautiful days that I have the honor of being a part of. I chose the photos in this blog post in April. It’s now June, and here I am, finally putting figurative pen to paper to describe Haylee + Brian’s wedding day. Sometimes, it’s just so dang hard…

Jeannine + Derek // An Overcast September Wedding at the Links at Union Vale in LaGrangeville, NY

Jeannine + Derek // An Overcast September Wedding at the Links at Union Vale in LaGrangeville, NY

If there is anything I absolutely adore about a wedding (besides, you know, the obvious), it is getting to interact with and become an honorary family member on these beautiful days. I love to watch how excited the parents are, and see how they caress their child’s face right before they walk down the aisle. I love to watch the grandparents, and see how they fret over straightening the groom’s tie or tucking one hardly-seen hair behind the bride’s ear. I love to watch the sisters help the bride into her gown. I love to watch the brothers get slightly inebriated, and toast to the groom in their hotel room suite.

Weddings are about so much. A lot of this “so much” is family.

Gabby + Mike // A Golden Hour Wedding at The Country Club at Otterkill in Campbell Hall, NY

Gabby + Mike // A Golden Hour Wedding at The Country Club at Otterkill in Campbell Hall, NY

Oh, it is so hard to put wedding days into words, isn't it? Maybe descriptive cut scenes are better - a mash up of adjectives and nouns to best explain the nuances.

The small, fragile hands buttoning Gabby's gown. The smile you couldn't wipe off her face if you tried. The way Mike read his card from Gabby with such care. The helping hands he was to his groomsmen even thought it was his wedding day. The taste of the end of summer on the breeze at the ceremony, and in the sun as it began to go down after the recessional...

Lauren + Andrew // A Warm Fall Farm Wedding at Owls Hoot Barn in Coxsackie, NY

Lauren + Andrew // A Warm Fall Farm Wedding at Owls Hoot Barn in Coxsackie, NY

It didn't take much for me to realize that Lauren and I would be fast friends from the day that we met. I remember vividly our first conversation over coffee (and omelettes? I think), and having a sense that this girl was one of the good ones...

Nora + Dan // A Blush and Navy September Wedding at Highlands Country Club in Garrison, NY

Nora + Dan // A Blush and Navy September Wedding at Highlands Country Club in Garrison, NY

I think this might make me some type of grade-A weirdo, but I tear up every time I look through Dan + Nora's wedding gallery. Every. Single. Time. Even though I am self conscious of this fact (haha), I think there is something to be said about their wonderfulness, considering that...