Andrea & Dan placed a special emphasis on portrait photos- we had a fabulous engagement shoot with them over the summer so they knew they wanted lots of photos of them enjoying each other on the day of the wedding. Since we had done that engagement shoot (you can see a couple of the photos here: http://cirasphotography.com/blog/index.php/boston-public-garden-engagement-photos/) they trusted Jesse and I to really rock their wedding day photos and they set aside an hour before the ceremony to have a portrait session. For all of you who don’t mind seeing each other before the ceremony- this is the way to go. You not only get real, intimate photos of the two of you right before you’re married, but you also get a chance to enjoy each other’s company because the rest of the day will be a bit of a blur!

Because we got so many great photos of Andrea & Dan’s Boston wedding photo shoot, I’m going to split this into two separate posts, one on the getting ready session, and tomorrow’s on the ceremony and reception inside the stunning Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.

The details:

Wedding Coordinator:  Marisa Grassi (Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel)
Hairstylist & Makeup:  Bride’s Hair and makeup:  Erica Boudreau- El Coco Aveda International Beauty Salon

I love how Andrea and the model in the photo behind her are mimicking the same head tilt!

Andrea showing off her bride shirt while getting her hair and makeup done at El Coco Salon

The girls watcing Andrea's beautiful birdcage veil from Sarah Gabriel going in!

Andrea's stunning dress- Reverie by Melissa Sweet

The girls heading back to the hotel

The view from the wedding suite!

Getting into the dress!

Getting ready is a whole lot more simple for guys!

the men casually getting ready

The bouquet- designed by Wholefoods in Newton

the room was flooded in light. It couldn't have been more perfect!

A traditional formal photo- yeah, we do those too!

A no-so traditional wedding formal!

off to the portrait session

an "unordinary" portrait

using unique negative space to create a powerful image

here we used off-camera lighting to have high contract... if we had just pointed and shot, they would have been back lit (aka "unseeable")

playing in the street!

i love the sun flare in this photo

inside the hotel- how cool is this random hallway??

a happy little moment

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Jesse running the the rain

In honor of the yucky day, here’s one of Kristen and Matt’s from last September. The bad weather can’t get us down

To see the photos from the wedding: click here for a Warren Center Wedding!

To see the photos from the engagement session of the couple getting married at the Warren Center in October 2010: click here for Boston engagement photos.

Jesse and I headed over to the Warren Center in Ashland this morning to scout the area for awesome photos at Jess and Ryan’s wedding at the end of the month. (If we’ve never shot a wedding at a venue before, we go out there to scope it out at least a week before the wedding.)
This place is gorgeous! It’s on a lake, and has about 40 acres of land. (I promise, Jess, that we won’t make you hike the whole thing in heels!) We were drawn to several locations- an old barn, a silo, a flowering tree, a clearing in the woods… I hope Jess and Ryan have given us plenty of time for portraits! This place will make for the ultimate New England wedding!

such a beautiful time of year- lots of pinks and greens!

Hopefully the weather will be better when we do shots around the pond. Jess- you interested in taking a dip?!

a nice clearing in the woods

A great barn- perhaps for family formals and whatnot

I <3 this tree!