Yes, you read the title correctly. This was a pre-wedding shoot!
I'll often do a first look with couples before their ceremony:
- the bride and groom get to have a beautiful private moment before they get married
- the time spent together on the wedding day which is all about the two of you is longer
- hair and make up is fresh and you look awesome
- you can do all your wedding party and family pictures early
- we'll have more time for those epic couples portraits
- so you can enjoy the champagne and appetizers at cocktail hour
You can see some first look wedding pictures at the Hyatt Cambridge **here** or at the Winter Garden at the Seaport Hotel **here**
Anyway, this was the first time I have ever done a first look a few weeks before the wedding! But Jenn is not your average bride. She's pretty darn awesome. And Eric, her husband to be, is a lucky man and an absolute trooper for taking pictures on a steamy Thursday evening in August! We met up at Kimball Farms in Westford, MA. They will be providing the ice cream sundae bar at Jenn & Eric's wedding which is coming up very shortly.
Kimball Farm is also a great unusual wedding venue north of Boston. They offer New England Clambakes or All-America BBQ! Wedding party pictures on the bumper boats? Yes please!
Kimball Farm is also a great unusual wedding venue north of Boston. They offer New England Clambakes or All-America BBQ! Wedding party pictures on the bumper boats? Yes please!
#1 reason Jenn is awesome: She dyed her crinoline underskirt hot pink. With RustOleum. Yup, when her seamstress told her you couldn't dye that kind of fabric, Jenn just went ahead and 8 cans of hot pink RustOleum later she was all set.
#2 reason Jenn & Eric are awesome: they're having a candy-themed wedding. From candy invitations to different dessert tortes on each table and the ice cream sundae bar. It seemed only fitting that we should get a picture of Jenn with a giant lollipop:
Jake is Jenn's son and he's pretty cool too! Before Eric arrived, I took some pictures of him with Jenn and then on his own. All the more time to enjoy the ice cream at the wedding!
#3 reason Jenn is awesome: not only did she schedule her hair and make up trial for the pre-wedding shoot but she'd even ordered an extra bouquet! Love these pictures:
#4 reason Jenn & Eric are awesome. There are probably not that many brides who would come up with the idea of a pre-wedding shoot at Kimball Farm. And probably even fewer grooms who would put on their suit and dress shoes in 97 degree heat. But that's Jenn & Eric for you. They're kind of opposites but they go so well together:
Gotta love the random chickens at Kimball Farms. Almost as much as I love the mint choc chip ice cream with hot butterscotch sauce:
Also loving the old beat up truck we stumbled across:
A final few pictures of Jenn as it started to get dark:
I think people were a little bemused at the sight of a bride hanging out in the line for the grill and seafood but I think you are all aware of my obsession with twinkly lights by now...
Jenn & Eric - you guys are truly awesome (see above reasons) and I can't wait to photograph your wedding in a few weeks! And don't worry - Jenn gave me permission to post these pictures prior to the wedding :)
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#3 reason Jenn is awesome: not only did she schedule her hair and make up trial for the pre-wedding shoot but she'd even ordered an extra bouquet! Love these pictures:
#4 reason Jenn & Eric are awesome. There are probably not that many brides who would come up with the idea of a pre-wedding shoot at Kimball Farm. And probably even fewer grooms who would put on their suit and dress shoes in 97 degree heat. But that's Jenn & Eric for you. They're kind of opposites but they go so well together:
Gotta love the random chickens at Kimball Farms. Almost as much as I love the mint choc chip ice cream with hot butterscotch sauce:
Also loving the old beat up truck we stumbled across:
A final few pictures of Jenn as it started to get dark:
I think people were a little bemused at the sight of a bride hanging out in the line for the grill and seafood but I think you are all aware of my obsession with twinkly lights by now...
Jenn & Eric - you guys are truly awesome (see above reasons) and I can't wait to photograph your wedding in a few weeks! And don't worry - Jenn gave me permission to post these pictures prior to the wedding :)
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