Melissa + Rob: Take Two at Marist and The Walkway Over the Hudson

You can plan every last detail of your wedding from the venue down to the type of fork you eat with, but one thing you can never plan for is the weather.  When Melissa and Rob got married, it rained, so their plans to do photos at Marist College, where they met, changed last minute to group photos in the church and a quick set of photos during cocktail hour when the rain let up.

We wanted to make sure that they had the photo session they intended for their video, so we took them out the following week for a post wedding session with their photographer, Annette.  The great thing about a post wedding shoot is you can take your time and do things you would never dream of doing on your wedding day for fear of getting dirty or mussed up.  You also have all the time you want, so no rushing to fit it all in.  It's all very relaxed and fun and you end up with video footage and photos that might not have been possible on the day of your wedding.

Since Melissa was taking the time to get back in her gown for a second time, I showed up early to grab some shots of her getting back in the dress to start this "Take Two" segment.  When we got to talking about it, I suggested to them that we do more than one location since she was already dressed.  I offered them the opportunity to include a stop at the Walkway Over the Hudson as well since that is where Rob proposed to Melissa.  Once we got them out there, they were having so much fun, they would have agreed to go anywhere in their wedding attire.

There will be plenty more to come from their wedding day, but for now, here is 

Melissa and Rob's Take Two session at Marist College and the Walkway Over the Hudson.

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Anytime we've had a bride and groom on the walkway it's been great.  The crowds are so welcoming and warm.  We had several people give them well wishes and ask to take pictures of them and with them, but the group that really struck us were the cousins visiting from Florida that were creating a human chain across the walkway for a photo.  They asked if Melissa and Rob would join them for a photo.  What fun!

We're so glad that Melissa and Rob decided to go out with us!  We were so excited to go out and shoot it!!  It was so much fun and the footage is priceless!

Anniversary Session with Marissa and Justin

Long overdue for posting, this clip is the companion to our trash the dress video.  An Anniversary Session, Post Wedding Session or Rock the Dress Session is a great way to get more than one use out of your dress (and unlike the Trash the Dress, you don't have to get dirty).  We had such a great time shooting with Marissa and Justin.  They were both really ready to just get outside and have some fun!

Each year when Spring finally arrives, we just can't wait to get outside and create!  If you want to go out and have some fun with us, now's the time to secure your spot!  Hope you enjoy the clip!

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If you missed Marissa and Justin's Trash the Dress video, you can see it here.

Starbucks and the City

This is another post of Marissa and Justin's Post Wedding shoot. These stills are from a video that we shot on Mother's Day. If you recall, it was pretty chilly that day, so after we shot for a bit, we took a break at Starbucks to grab some coffee and warm up. Crowds just love seeing a bride and groom in an unexpected place. The staff and customers that caught sight of them couldn't help but smile. Who wouldn't. They are so adorable!

City of Poughkeepsie

This is the second in my series of posts featuring a post wedding session that we filmed with Marissa and Justin. These are just preview stills that I pulled from the video that we shot around the Bardavon. We shot a little bit there on their wedding day and we wanted to go back and do some more.



**Note to future brides and grooms: Make sure you leave plenty of time on your wedding day to do formals with your photographer and videographer. You will most likely find that you enjoy this whole process a lot more than you think you will. It will give your photographer and videographer some time to get really creative and you will have awesome, fun and artsy pictures and video to remember how you looked in your wedding attire. Some couples have been setting aside time before the ceremony to do this in order get to enjoy their cocktail hour with their guests and to not make their guests wait through a long break between ceremony and reception. Also becoming popular are these post wedding day session with just you and your new spouse. This gives you an opportunity to do some shots you may never have considered because you were too worried about getting dirty on your wedding day.

Walkway Over the Hudson

A Post-Wedding Shoot with Marissa and Justin


This is part one of a series of posts for a post-wedding shoot that we did with Marissa and Justin. On the day of their wedding, they were so willing to be filmed and had so much fun doing it that they decided to do a series of post wedding shoots with us. This first set of shots is from the Walkway over the Hudson, the newly opened walkway connecting Dutchess and Ulster County using the old Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge. Not only are the views fantastic, but it is also very peaceful and calming to be up above the river.





We took a walk with Marissa and Justin and they got quite a bit of attention. Not only were people surprised to see a bride and groom up there, but they were shocked to see that she took her coat off. We shot this on Mother's Day and it was VERY COLD and cloudy, especially way up there over the river! Marissa was so committed to having shots done up there that she shed her fleece jacket and worked that walkway like it was 80 degrees! Because of the heavy cloud cover, it made the shots look very dramatic. For now, I only have some video stills that I pulled from the footage we shot, but I can't wait to play with the video and edit it all together!!! I can't decide if I like the color shots as much as the black and white. Black and white just really pops the clouds and increases the drama for me. Hope you enjoy!