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In late October I had the opportunity to photograph Amy & Julianne’s wedding in northern Vermont. The autumn foliage had already fallen off the trees that far north although there were trees in central Vermont that still had some beautiful autumn leaves.

I have known Amy & Julianne for years! And they are my favorite lesbians of all time so it was an honor to be selected as their photographer. We spent a few days before the wedding visiting Vermont and acting like tourists and I took a ton of photographs. I think that made this destination wedding a blast and memorable.

And they are just the cutest couple! I am excited to share these photographs with you. If you are offended, then you shouldn’t read the rest of this blog post. And I am probably not the wedding photographer for you. However, if you support equality and love and you are cool and groovy then I know you will love the photographs I have captured and created for Amy and Julianne’s special day.

If you ever want to visit the best bed and Breakfast in the east coast you must check out Phineas Swann Bed & Breakfast. The accommodations, food, and atmosphere is just amazing. I took a ton of photographs and even supplied the folks at the bed & breakfast photos they can use in their marketing.

I love the sunlight peaking over the mountain behind the wedding gowns. The sun was setting quickly and I was able to set up the gown photograph before we lost the sunlight entirely.

The nice thing about a lesbian wedding is the brides did hair and makeup in one location. If there was a bride and groom I would have to bounce between two locations to take preparation photographs.

Preparation photographs – of makeup, hair, putting on the gown aren’t critical but they help tell a story of the day. Things were running late because the couple and friends and family had been touring the cider mill and the Cabot cheese factory earlier in the day. Weddings almost always will run a little bit behind schedule. Just remember, there is rarely a reason to panic – enjoy your wedding day.

Taylor was excited for the wedding as well!

I had to be quick to capture this photograph. We don’t want to capture photos that are embarrassing or show to much.

Because of the delay in the wedding we didn’t have much time for formal wedding portraits with Amy & Julianne. Good thing I am prepared and I can work quickly. We spent 5 minutes taking these photographs by the river. This was late October in Vermont and the autumn foliage had been knocked to the ground earlier in the month due to a hail storm. It is still beautiful there and we were able to get a number of wonderful photographs.

We were uncertain if we would be able to have a wedding outside or inside. The weather was just warm enough that the brides decided they could have the wedding outside on the back patio of the Bed & Breakfast. The ceremony was short and beautiful. I even captured a few teary eyes of the brides.

Montgomery Center is such a small town that many people in the city have multiple jobs and responsibilities. The caterer was also the Justice of the Peace who married the couple. After the wedding she was going to be performing with her band at the local drinking establishment.

Capturing the exchange of wedding rings is a challenge – and I told the brides ahead of time to turn the hands so we could see the rings being exchanged. I also want to be able to capture these moments with the lens.

Always the best moment – and some people kiss pretty quickly. So I had less than a second for the first kiss.

Immediately following the wedding ceremony we held the group, family and friends photographs & portraits behind the Bed & Breakfast. Everyone was able to brave the cold and the brides were true troopers – they had goosebumps at the end of the photo session.

The sunlight and twilight were falling quickly so we had to photograph quickly to get a few portraits and formals of Amy & Julianne. Such beautiful brides! I wish we had more time to get some formal portraits but we work with what we have.

I absolutely love this photograph and so do Amy & Julianne. I hope they put a big print on the wall!

Once it was too dark and cold for outside we moved indoors for a few photographs. We didn’t want to take too long. There was still the dinner, cake cutting, and spending time with their friends, family and guests.

Each wedding bouquet was unique. And one of the bouquets feature a prominent white flower as a tribute to Romeo and Juliet where a white rose figures prominently in their love story.

While everyone is enjoying dinner is a perfect time for me to photograph the wedding rings. It can be a challenge to find a perfect location to photograph wedding rings. I usually try to find flowers from the wedding and I definitely succeeded in that regard. These two wedding ring photographs are among my all time favorites.

The following photograph is going to be featured prominently on their wedding album. It is going to be on a two page spread – I love it!

And the last few photographs are the wedding cake and the cutting of said cake. There was no cake smash on this occasion.

Thank you for reading my blog! I certainly hope you enjoyed the wedding photographs for Amy & Julianne. I would love, love, love to photograph Vermont weddings more regularly. The area is beautiful and I understand there is a shortage of wedding photographers in Vermont. I’m available!!

And from now on I will be blogging weddings from both straight couples, gay couples and lesbian couples. I realize that this might drive some potential clients away from my wedding photography – and I realize that they probably should find someone else. Personally, I believe that you need to have a good relationship between brides, grooms, photographers, and even the parents.

Anyway, I will get off of my mini-soap box and I hope to hear from you!

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