Frank DiMeo Photography

WOW would be an understatement for this wedding! I have been looking forward to working together again with Christina and Liam since we did their incredible engagement session. Sometimes when people hire me they ask if I think I will be able to work my magic for them. Can I transform them into one of the beautiful couples on my blog? This case was much different because they cast a spell on me the moment we met. In fact, everything they do is enchanting. They both have such incredible eyes and are so much fun to be around. We talked about a few locations I scouted beforehand so we could take advantage of every minute we had together on the actual wedding day. They were more than up to the challenge, and willing to try everything and anything I suggested. The end result is a ton of fabulous images, and a body of work that I’m sure any photographer would be proud to produce in one session. It was extremely difficult to narrow down the number of images for this post to a manageable amount. I couldn’t get it down any lower because there are so many I wanted to share. Christina and Liam really are a dream couple, both just as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside. It has been a pleasure communicating back and forth for the last year and a half, and this is definitely a wedding I wish was ahead of me rather than behind me.

Another super nice thing about this wedding is that they choose to get married at St. Mary’s of the Lake in Watkins Glenn. The church is actually about fifteen minutes away from my house, so you can bet that was a treat for me. Especially considering that where I live, nothing is fifteen minutes away. The tough part was that Christina and Liam were planning everything from out of state and they weren’t too familiar with the area, or any of the vendors. I made a few suggestions that they ended up going with so they were in good hands. First off was the venue, and The Fontainebleau Inn is a Historic Bed and Breakfast located in Alpine, New York. The house/Inn has been a labor of love for owner/operators Terri and John since 1990. It is a wonderful place for a wedding, and I enjoy it more and more every time I am there. There are usually other great wedding vendors there with me as well which adds to the experience. My favorite local caterers Katie and Tina from Word of Mouth Catering are two of the nicest people I know in the wedding industry and they always do a fabulous job. As always, their food was incredible and there congeniality much appreciated. We were a little late because we had so many different places to shoot at between the ceremony and the reception but Katie, Tina, Terri, and John just rolled with it like the true professionals they really are. Again, I apologize for us holding things up a little and really appreciate how everyone handled it. To top everything off, or perhaps the pièce de résistance, was DJ’s extraordinaire Nicky Wood and Jeannette. Nicky is a huge favorite of mine. He and I have done a lot of weddings together now and I can say for sure that it is comforting to me when I know he will be there.

Well thank you so much for everything Christina, Liam, your families, and friends. It was a special treat for me to be able to do this with you and I hope we created many images and memories that will last a life time plus. I wish you the very best and lots of love now and forever.