Pirate golf, gators, and sunset!

The time before last, I briefly mentioned our adventures in getting to our photo shoot. Of course I went on and on about how worried I was that our pictures wouldn't come out. I've stopped fretting, partially because there's nothing I can do about it at this point, partially because Jake said that we could go back to Florida and redo our pictures if they didn't come out, but mostly because our pictures are READY!!!!!

*click-thump-clack* That was the sound of my jaw hitting the keyboard when I saw our pictures for the first time!!!! It was then followed by a string of OMGs, many Wows, and a couple of Holy craps. They didn't just make me smile, I was grinning from ear to ear and all sorts of giggly.

The photos are AMAZING, WONDERFUL, and PERFECT. They're exactly what we were going for: fun, candid, modern, and artistic.

Want to see what our friends are saying about them?



Love from Facebook. I just happened to have a screen
capture so that I could share the love with our photog.


One week turn around time, can you believe that? Jason's wife, Lucia, is amaze-balls! Not only did she have all of our photos lightly edited, posted for viewing, she also had a really cute (and long) blog post ready for us. Seriously, it can't get any better. Oh well, it can, just look at the photos! I can't stop sharing these. I also can't stop grinning. I also can't stop looking at them. 

OK, enough suspense. Go here for the blog post: Celia and Jakes Engagement Session.

If you want to see the entire album, just let Jake or myself know.


Jason Angelini Photography
Jason is amazing and a blast to work with, it felt more like we were all just hanging out.
I think the two of them are magicians who's medium is photos!

Changes

How do you like the new and improved look of the blog?

I thought the colors I previously had up were a little dark. We're not shooting for a gothic look or feel. I also noticed that the font was a touch hard to read on each of the post titles. Hopefully this cleans things up, brightens it with just a touch of color here and there. Although, it's feeling a bit sterile now.

I'll have a new title once we get picture back from our engagement session; they're saying sometime this week!

Florida: sweet surprise

*This is a dual post between this blog and my other blog.



Our photographer and his family are pretty amazing. I can't tell you how many questions and favors I've asked them over the last year. I'm amazed that they've put up with me, and we're still 9 months away from the wedding. Woah, 9 months! Crap!

Anyways, I wanted to thank them. What better way than a tasty treat? How about a tasty treat in the form of their logo?

Our photographer is Jason Angelini. Look them up, they're AWESOME!

These traveled well. I made them the night before we left to keep them as fresh as possible. Placed them in tupperware to keep them moist (at least that was the hope), frozen them, packed them in ice in a cardboard box, and then placed it in the fridge as soon as we got to FL. I was really worried about the heat and humidity, but as it turned out, Florida was experiencing record low temperatures.

Florida: Teaser

We're back! Well, kinda sorta. We're back to blogging, but we're blogging from Florida, see....



personal photo



Don't worry, there's construction directly below us too offset the awesome views:

OK, maybe a better word would be demolition. There were walls when we first got here. (personal photo)

So we met with our photographer, Jason of Jason Angelini and rocked our engagement session at a mini golf course, the beach, AND in the middle of a street. But I tossed and turned all night because now I'm worried that our pictures won't come out or that we won't have enough good one's to use as our table numbers. Was the lighting OK? Did we stand still enough for the street shots? I know, I know, I'm sure they're fine and I'm more than positive that he did a fantastic job (as always). But you see, we were 30 minutes late for a session. 30 minutes late before sunset is like racing against time. Why were we late? First we misjudged commuting times. The speed limit is somewhere between 25-35 mph here, we got stuck behind someone that went 25 for most of the stretch, so that was 5 minutes. Then it turns out that we went to the WRONG mini golf place. Stood around for 10 minutes before realizing it was the wrong place. Apparently there are two by the same name on the same stretch of road, 10 minutes apart. *Sigh* What's done is done, all we can do is wait for the final product.



Jason at work...I asked for an awesome shoe shot! (personal photo).



On a positive note, the wind cooperated with us! The 12 mph winds from Sunday died down to just a breeze.

I'll leave you with this teaser, because it's all that I have. Jason started our session off with the Fuji Instax camera! I was so excited that I was tonge tied. I've seen this everywhere in the wedding blogosphere.

Fuji Instax via Uncrate

Originals by Jason Angelini, photo of originals by me.

Wedding Train: Stop #8

Victoria and George

October 3, 2010

Colgate Divinity

Rochester, NY

Look closely at the picture in the right. What do you see?
Yes, that's a swing, look closer. The squirrel is swinging!

What a beautiful campus the Colgate  University! This trip was full of many firsts for me: first time riding in a limo (yep, that was the shuttle service to and from the wedding), first time in Rochester, and my first time eating pumpkin bread french toast (OMG, yum). This was also the first wedding we've attended all year in which the ceremony took place in a church.

You probably noticed that there aren't any picture of the bride and groom in the collage above. That's because I caught them on video. It was a bittersweet moment for all of us. Tropical storm Nicole ran its way up the NorthEast the day before the wedding. As you can imagine, this wrecked havoc on travel, specifically air travel. We were able to catch our flight from Boston to Rochester after some delay. However, our friends in Denver were not as lucky. There was no way for them to make it to Rochester until after the ceremony. Those of us at the wedding banded together and did our best to document the festivities for them. With my handy dandy point and shoot camera, I tried to capture what I could of the day.

Ceremony entrance (click here for the HD version):


Other vids from the day:
Ceremony: Sermon and Vows
Ceremony exit
Reception entrance, first dance, and speech
Father/Daughter and Mother/Son dances
Cake feeding


Aboard! Next [virtual] stop: Virginia and Indonesia; a shout-out to the weddings we missed.

Previously:
Wedding Train: Stop #1
Wedding Train: Stop #2
Wedding Train: Stop #3
Wedding Train: Stop #4
Wedding Train: Stop #5
Wedding Train: Stop #6
Wedding Train: Stop #7