Hillview Country Club, North Reading, MA :: Wedding Photographer :: Stephanie + Tim (Part III)

Stephanie & Tim got married!!! Did you miss the ceremony? Quick - go and catch up **here**

Here are the newlyweds outside of the church with all their guests and even Reverend Flately. If your wedding venue has steps to facilitate this kind of shot, it's a great idea to put a note in your program asking everyone to gather immediately after the ceremony for a group picture:


We got to Hillview Country Club for the wedding reception and it was time for some relaxed family photographs. In the last post I introduced you to Nicholas the ring bearer, today you can meet Clayton and Bella the other junior members of the wedding party:


Stephanie has two sisters. Tim has two brothers. Meet the siblings:


Many photographers choose not to show family pictures or "formals" on their blogs. I can kind of see both sides. Of course I love showing you the epic and romantic couples pictures or the crazy shenanigans of the wedding party ( believe me, you won't want to miss tomorrow's post) but I think family pictures are such a critical part of the wedding that they should be shown.

I also recently read an online article where a bride (not one of mine!) was super upset that her wedding photographer had chosen not to blog her wedding as "it wasn't cute enough". How awful. I blog my favorite pictures from every wedding (unless I'm requested not to!)
- it's a great way for friends and family to get a preview of the wedding pictures

- for the bride & groom to relive the wedding whilst it's still fresh and to see all of the little details that they might have missed on the day

- and to show the consistency of my work.

If I decided a wedding wasn't blog-worthy then frankly, it would mean I haven't done my job well!

Anyway, I'll get off my blog soapbox now, and introduce the parents:


Stephanie's parents:

Tim's parents:


My Mom is coming over to visit in October so I'm all excited about Moms in general right now! The Mother of the Bride & Groom both looked so beautiful that I thought they deserved an extra picture:


I like to shoot family pictures as fast as possible (to get you to cocktail hour!), make it as relaxed and painless as I can (because who wants to pose for formals for 2 hours?), but still get pictures that are worthy of a frame on the wall at your grandparents house and that will document your family in your wedding album as it's passed down through generations.

Extended families:

And that's it for today people. Tomorrow's post will be posted at 9:37am or before - I know that because I've already written it - and you do NOT want to miss it! Comments always welcome...

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