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Jen & Brian Part 1 | Harrisburg, PA Wedding Photographer

We traveled up to our hometown of Hershey, PA for the wedding of Jen & Brian. We really couldn’t have asked for better weather. Bright blue sunny skies! We had similar weather for their engagement session we did a couple of weeks prior to their big day (those photos coming soon!).

For Jen it was a whirlwind of hair and makeup in the morning with the much appreciated mimosa to calm any nerves. Isn’t Jen just a stunner! Fierce!

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How gorgeous are those earrings!

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Meanwhile the men where hanging out at the hotel swapping stories and getting ready. As a gift to all of his groomsmen, Brian got them all matching argyle socks from Banana Republic. Aren’t they great!

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The church had some crazy beautiful light coming in through the stained glass windows! Fun fact – each of the 7 windows in the church depicts an artists rendering of the 7 sacraments.

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Notice the bow and rosary in Jen’s bouquet. I love all the little details that were put into each and every aspect of their day.

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Jen, your eyes definitely have the stained glass beat for most gorgeous blue in this shot. Hello handsome bride and groom!

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The priest’s homily was not only touching but funny. It was perfect.

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Married. This one makes me smile every time I look at it.

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Mandy & Nick the Details | Harrisburg, PA Wedding Photographer

When we posted the ceremony shots from Mandy and Nicks wedding, we promised to also post some shots from the reception as well as shots of all the cool details from their ceremony and reception – Mandy’s a graphic designer, and her influence was everywhere.

Mandy’s little cousin carried this basket around for hours before the ceremony and was handing out programs and bubbles to whoever would take them – she even asked if I wanted one!

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Instead of a traditional card box – they went with a rustic looking mailbox.

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Their first dance. Mandy kept trying to hold back the absolute most ridiculously big smile the whole time

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Nick got a little fancy on his feet. I did a little post processing on this image to give it an old fashioned look.

Mandy and Nicks guests sure knew how to get down, after all the formal dances were done, the floor was packed the rest of the night!

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Below is photographic proof that no guy really want to catch the garterAll these guys *look* like they are trying realllly hard to catch that thing; while one of the guys shows off by balancing it on his head!

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Congrats Mandy & Nick!

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Mandy & Nick’s | Harrisburg, PA Wedding Photographer

Ben & I traveled up to Blue Knob, PA for Mandy & Nick’s wedding. Blue Knob brought back lots of memories for us since Ben & I went there when we first started dating. It was my first time skiing so lets just say that it really tested our relationship early on…;)

It is such a beautiful area so I was not surprised to hear that they were getting married there. Mandy and Nick had a small wedding party (a MOH and Best Man) and their officiant was the guy who introduced them! How cool!

They got married by the gazebo. I love the lanterns hanging down from it. Mandy is a graphic designer and her creativity really shined through in the details of her wedding. Wait till you see their cardbox! (it will be in my next post!)

The love these two had for each other was soooo obvious. Any nervousness and tension from the day just went away the minute they saw each other.

Having some fun after the ceremony. I love this part of the day. When there is no need to worry about your guest and just steal some moments away as husband and wife.