Throughout this pandemic, I’d venture to say that hosting a wedding, with all things considered, has been quite manageable; that’s because the rules were clear because there haven’t been (too) many unknowns. The hardest part? Trying to host a wedding while transitioning INTO a pandemic, and OUT of a pandemic – those were some...
When I used to live in a small town of 10,000, I thought it was pretty awesome to know everyone in town. From the post office workers, to the bank tellers, to the teenagers who stocked the shelves at the local mini-mart. For someone who lived in relative anonymity growing up in a big...
When I arrived at Samantha’s suite on the morning of her wedding, there was an assorted pile of wedding items sitting in the corner: a few jewelry pieces, her flower bouquet, a little note that Chris had written her, and an old photo of what appears to be two very young adults rocking out with...
“Do you have any marriage advice for us?” Anita & Ashwin asked, as we made our way into Center City for their wedding photos. Our newly married couple was Philadelphia’s newest husband-and-wife, freshly minted at the groom’s home church merely an hour ago. In all my years of documenting weddings, I get asked many...
A last minute scramble to put together a wedding appears to be common theme for many of our couples this year; for some, it’s an “appetizer” of sorts – a ceremony now, with the “main course” scheduled for whenever we humans find ourselves in a better place, hopefully in healthier times. For others, it’s...
