Last but not least is Erin & Dustin’s New York Reception. Held at a former winery, Erin really tailored the event to them- wine from around the area, large canvas prints from the wedding in Jamaica around the room, 4x6s of the wedding as favors… the food was even made from food grown in her and her grandmother’s gardens. It was beautiful.

erin used large canvas prints from the wedding in Jamaica to decorate the reception

flowers matched the tropical wedding colors

Their favorite wine from the region

4x6s from the Jamaican wedding

Even the signs for the food matched the theme!

the grand fireplace, with a favorite photo from the Jamaican wedding

another favorite from Jamaica. It looked so nice against the grey walls

a view of the entire room

the exterior

the wedding party

Erin's dad making a toast

the best man was from Texas, so he toasts with beer

Erin and Dustin with their kids- a "family toast!"

the guys on the back parch, overlooking the lake

the first dance- perfectly choreographed

The father-daughter-granddaughter dance

a little moment

Dustin and his daughter

Faith getting down

Erin's adorable grandparents

dancing!

I posted about Erin and Dustin’s fabulous Jamaican wedding two posts ago, but here is the New York End of their wedding. Since I love too many of them, I’m posting here about their portrait session the day before the wedding.

It was great working with Erin because she not only loved photos and wanted as many varieties as possible to commemorate her and Dustin’s marriage, but she had such a distinct vision for the different shoots we did (all in all there were 4- the Jamaican wedding, the day-after shoot in Jamaica, the day-before shoot in New York, and the reception in New York). It was nice that she scheduled in the extra shoots to really capture the area they were in for the wedding and the reception… this allowed her a ton of time with her guests at both events. Plus, it let her and Dustin have a lot of time to get really creative (you think it was easy hiking up to that waterfall in a wedding dress??) and not be stressed for time.

Hopefully this shoot can be an inspiration to you who are trying to find a place to have your engagement photos- this was a special place to the both of them and they were excited to go there in their wedding attire. Erin has probably worn her wedding dress more than anyone else I’ve ever met!