Saratoga Springs Wedding Photographer :: Lunda + Jonathan

Umm, I guess this is actually the third post of the Lunda & Jonathan series and we're only just at the getting ready fun. This is what happens when you make a full weekend of it.

My co-shooter for the weekend was the lovely, the fabulous, the talented Susan Ashe of Ashe Photography. Should you be looking for a superstar photographer in Michigan, don't delay - call Susan! I would have been lost without her :)

Anyway, after a quick trip to Saratoga National to set up our lights for the wedding reception, we headed over to Make Me Fabulous just 7 miles from Saratoga Springs in the little town of Ballston Spa. Alayne, Kyle, Kara and Angela were simply hair and make up geniuses or should that be genii? The ladies of the wedding party were hanging out, sipping mimosas, getting all sorts of delicious updos and flawless make up.

The best kind of friends are the ones that are so happy for you they just start crying:


Lunda writing a note in a card to her husband in t minus 4 hours:


Here's the card and the wedding rings (Helpful note to brides: if you have the wedding rings with you whilst you're getting ready I can take pictures of them then rather than having to ask you to remove them after you're married - which just feels wrong!)


One more helpful note, make sure you eat something before the ceremony, here's Lunda with a little sandwich:


General hilarity and random dancing:


It was then time to head over to the Museum of Dance where the ceremony would take place. The girls were all on one side of the building getting dressed and the boys on the other.

Kathy is the mother of the groom and was also responsible for all of the flowers - the bouquets, ceremony flowers and the centerpieces which you'll see later in the week.


Hello shoes:


Although they'd agreed not to do gifts, Lunda broke the rules and sent over a watch for Jonathan. Throughout the day, I caught Jonathan looking at his new watch and I don't think he was particularly interested in what time it was...


And now you're probably hoping to see Lunda in her wedding gown...you'll have to come back tomorrow...in the meantime I'll show you the reaction of her bridesmaids:

Are you excited? You should be. I think we'll review the ceremony tomorrow. Comments make me happy....