Dana and Andrew were married at Bridgewaters (where I will be photographing several weddings this year). Michelle Larner did the make-up.
The day began at Dana’a apartment, which by coincidence is only two blocks away from mine. Many of my brides have chosen to get ready at a hotel, but I must admit that doing the preparation in Dana’s apartment lent a lovely, intimate family feel to the shoot. Besides Dana’s Mother, Andrew’s Mom, Dana’s sister and friends, I also had the pleasure of being introduced to her cat hiding in the closet, who if not sensing the emotional pressures and excitement of the wedding day, was at least scared from all the noise. Dana and I shared our funny stories about cats, and I told her about one of my three crazy cats who is actually taking Prozac – no kidding :)
I never met Andrew before the day of the wedding itself. When we were in Dana’s apartment, she showed me a picture for the first time and I could immediately sense his good energy (I guess that is special sense you develop when you look at ten of thousands of photos all the time!). This was of course confirmed later when I actually met him and I wasn’t surprised as Dana is also an amazing person.
One day after the wedding, I received an absolutely gorgeous bouquet of flowers with a very appreciative thank you card from Andrew and Dana. The doorman actually jokingly asked my husband what was going on with his marriage, with busy-bee Shira never home and now splendid flowers arriving for her (and not from her husband :)
I will be adding the story of how Dana and Andrew met when they return from their honeymoon in Greece.
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