CLB Wedding Photography

Finally - I am all caught up with our blog posts for 2008 weddings!  We ended our year with a great couple, Matt & Lara, with a beautiful New Year’s Eve wedding at Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, NJ.  The boys relaxed with a shave at “Shaves” in Wall, NJ while Lara and the girls glammed it up at home in Freehold, NJ.  This was possibly the most laid-back couple yet, with a few major differences in wedding themes.  They had an “Un”-bridal party - everyone involved got to wear what ever they wanted and never once complained about taking picutres!!!  We were banned from the aisles of church, so we perched ourselves up in the balcony for artsy ceremony photos - loved it!  College pride took over: the bride attended Michigan State and the groom is Fighting Irish from Notre Dame.  But in the end, New Year’s came and a great time was had by all.  Congratulations Matt and Lara!!!

Cold feet?  Not Matt…

The “Un”-bridal party.

Best Friends!

Seeing her groom for the 1st time.

Beautiful, old church - very drafty from our perch in the balcony!

Chris being creative - I just really like this shot.  Killer shoes!

1st kiss of 2009!

Enjoy! - Suzanne

 

 

What started out like your typical ‘let’s catch the bouquet’ moment, quickly turned into a wrestling match. It was something to see two bridesmaids’s jumping away from the rest of the girls in line for the toss; each of them had a hand on the bouquet as they hit the floor.

 

We quickly got the sense of what was happening and just kept shooting.  Neither of the girls would let up once guests started cheering them on.

 

It took one of the girls to pin the other to the ground with her foot & rip the flowers out of the other bridesmaid’s hand.  In the end, one got the bloom, the other got the stems!

 

You should have seen the look of the best man who caught the garter.  Very few of our weddings still do the garter and bouquet toss - this wedding was refreshing!

 

Had to share,
Suzanne