Pearl Weddings & Events | Vendor Love

I worked with Chelsea Suddes of Pearl Weddings & Events late last year for an elopement at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and was blown away by her talent, style and design visions!  She is sweet as pie and cares so deeply about her clients and their experience during their engagement and wedding planning process!

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Benefits of Hiring a Wedding Planner or Day-Of Coordinator

For some couples, a wedding planner is one of the first vendors (if not the first) they’ll hire to help with the planning of their big day.  Other couples may not fully see a planner being a worthwhile investment for their wedding.  If you and your partner happen to fall into the latter category, I want to explain a few reasons why you shouldn't quickly dismiss the idea of hiring a wedding planner!  As a photographer, I’ve photographed weddings where a planner was on site and others that didn’t have one involved.  In my overall experience, weddings that did have a planner always result in a much more relaxed (and less stressful!) day than those without.

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Yale University Anniversary Session in New Haven, CT | Shannon & Jamie

Shannon and Jamie share such a beautiful chemistry and sweet love story.  They've known each other since high school and started dating in college.  Throughout their session, Jamie would gently kiss Shannon on the forehead or softly take her hand as we walked around the university campus.  It rained during the majority of their session, so he made sure that she was covered with the umbrella as we walked from place to place around Yale and even held her dress to avoid any puddles!  Let me tell you, it was the sweetest thing!

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Connecticut Boudoir | Kiki

I absolutely adored having Kiki in the studio for her boudoir session!  We've worked together many times, as Kiki is the owner and lead hair stylist and makeup artist at Belle Noelle Beauty located in Branford, Connecticut!  This time we worked together was a bit different since I actually got to photograph her!!  Let me tell you, she totally rocked her session!

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Featured on Junebug Weddings: The Violet Hotel Wedding in Staatsburg, NY

Some of you may know that Arturo and I started dabbling in the art of wedding videography last year.  Though we've primarily kept our focus on wedding photography, I did have the opportunity to play a part in a cinematography project late last year at The Violet Hotel in Staatsburg, New York.  This shoot was recently featured on Junebug Weddings, and I couldn't be more honored to have our video work on such a prestigious wedding blog!

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Cake Lore Co. | Vendor Love

Wedding desserts are some of my favorite details to photograph on a couple's big day.  This past fall, I had the opportunity to photograph a beautiful wedding cake created by the very talented Samantha Miller of Cake Lore Co. during a beautiful Yale University elopement in New Haven, Connecticut!  Sam is a Providence, Rhode Island-based pastry chef who is truly dedicated to her craft.  Her attention to detail is amazing and her confectionary designs are truly unique!  I recently chatted with Sam about her confectionary creations as well as Cake Lore Co. and am so excited for you to get to know her!

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