I am happy to announce that my wedding photography and Liza and Nia’s same-sex Boston area wedding has been featured on the popular gay wedding blog So You’re Engayged! Their wedding was on my photography blog here. View the write up regarding their wedding story and details or their day by visiting one of the best gay wedding resource blogs called soyoureengayged.com. You might also be interested in knowing that for their one year anniversary, Liza and Nia participated in Exploring My America and were featured on the website.
Here is a little video from their recent journey, congrats ladies!!!!
During the outdoor summer ceremony overlooking the ocean, Claire and Andrew exchanged vows amidst perfect weather.
They incorporated unity sand into their wedding ceremony with sand from various significant locations. 
Being that their destination wedding was in Newport, there were plenty of sailboats that afternoon.
Claire’s father who speaks Mandarin Chinese, made a toast which was his first speech in English. He did a great job with no mixups and happily welcomed Andrew into their family. 
Claire’s sister Claris came all the way from Taipei to share such a happy occasion with her sister.
Andrew’s father also gave a toast to the newlyweds.
Both Andrew and Claire were ecstatic on their wedding day and their smiles were contagious to everyone in the room at their reception.
As an asian bride, Claire integrated Chinese tradition by changing into a qipao. The bridesmaids changed into red qipao, while the bride blended eastern and western tradition, choosing a white qipao.
The cake was perfect for a destination wedding, using a beach theme integrating shells and adirondack chairs.
Alexa had ordered a personalized and custom made hanger for her wedding gown. As of this posting, I believe there is an 8-10 week waiting list on the 
The bride and bridesmaids wore 
The groom and groomsmen wore custom made light green neckties from Etsy seller 
The guys got ready in a room that had a set of antique vintage keys, probably to open the doors of all fifty nine rooms in the mansion.
Perfect for a seaside summer wedding, navy blue and white letterpress invitations were made locally in Massachusetts by 
Alexa and Andrew had such a modern color palette of navy, hot pink, and celery green. 
The mother of the groom made these fun table overlays!
The bride and groom were each in a sorority and fraternity and this was incorporated into the bridal bouquet. 
One of my favorite decorations from the wedding was the pinwheel theme. Guests found their name and table number on the colorful pinwheels which were arranged in a tray of white sand.
Alexa made a pink and white houndstooth card box complete with a navy blue bow.
Rather than use a traditional guestbook, the newlyweds invited their friends and family to add wishes, predictions, and words of advice on note cars which were pinned onto vibrant DIY frame cork boards.
Before their multicultural Jewish and Christian wedding ceremony, the bride and groom had their ketubah signing amongst close loved ones.
Guests were seated for the wedding ceremony in anticipation of the beautiful bride.
Alexa was walked down the aisle by her parents. She wore a 
The day could not have been more perfect. I anticipated hot and humid weather but I was proven wrong and so happy for the best weather of the year.
The Italian rose garden is really a secret garden, it is surrounded by walls and sunken into the ground a bit. Surrounded by trees, it is one of the many locations for photography at the Crane Estate. The bridal party at this wedding wore blue dresses and beige suits, similar summery colors that you will find if you look at this link for some of my 
I am a big fan of knowing what time the sun sets ahead of time, so that on a wedding day, if time permits, we can get photography with dreamy lighting.
At the Crane Estate, there is a half-mile-long man-made Grand Allée grass lawn that provides sweeping views of the sea. You can’t really ask for a better wedding ceremony location in my opinion. The Grand Allée is framed by classical sculptures and Norway spruce and pine hedgerows. Grand in scale, it is modeled after the beautiful Italian and French gardens of Renaissance Europe, and is the only known landscape masterpiece of its kind still in existence in North America – and one of just a few remaining worldwide.
The pinwheels were making appearances all day!
Andrew and Alexa had menus artfully designed, with rounded corners, signature colors, and fonts to match the atmosphere of their wedding.
After an indoor dinner, the party continued on the patio overlooking the sea, where Alexa and Andrew cut their cake. 
The first dance and parent dances as the sun was setting were about as magical as you can imagine.
Following the dances, there was a brief hora dance. Its one of the main reasons I love photographing Jewish weddings.
The Boston area band at the wedding was called The Return. 
This shot of the venue at night was hand-held. Every photo in this set was taken with available light. I enjoy the challenge of photographing in low-light venues. As the sun went down, this wedding reminded me of destination weddings held on the beach, because it had the same challenge of photographing outdoors under a night sky with little light available.
The beautiful bride wore a custom tailored suit.
Emilia’s and her mother share some words.
Rather than waiting for over a dozen women to finish getting ready, we headed down to the Hotel Sax lobby and Crimson Lounge to find the perfect photo location for the brides’ first look. Emilia waited for Megan to arrive. She was pacing.
Megan wore a slim white gown and an elegant birdcage veil.
If you carefully plan and budget a few minutes of time around sunset, you can get some of the 
If you would like to see a more complete array of wedding photos from 
Nicole and Victor got married integrating Mexican traditions into their ceremony such as tying the lasso, as well as welcoming guests into the reception with a mariachi band. Family played an important part in their celebration as relatives joined the mariachi band in singing songs to the newlyweds. Nicole and Victor look just beautiful on their big day.
