Olivia and Chris met when they were students together at Penn State. While that’s where they met, they didn’t start their dating and courtship until they were attending an alumni ski trip and started to know each other a bit better. They lived apart from one another for four out of they six years they have been dating. They endured a long distance relationship and finally got to be together in 2011 when Chris moved to Texas where they live and work as engineers. Olivia and Chris are very organized and detail oriented. As a trained engineer myself, I appreciate and embrace some structured elements to the wedding day. I…

Diana and Phil really wanted to have a good plan for their wedding day. Especially Phil–he loves a good plan. I do too and I think that’s one of the reasons that Diana and Phil hired me to photograph their wedding. Having been in a number of weddings, they knew that wedding day schedules can be thrown off by anything–and they wanted to make sure their photography stayed on track. While we were taking photographs, Phil was checking his watch to make sure things were moving smoothly (and they were). While I felt a little self-conscious, I learned during the toast from the best men that without restrictions, Phil would…

Most people think about what the weather will be like on their wedding day. Some people even get obsessed with monitoring the weather in the days leading up to their wedding. Tim has been thinking about the weather since he proposed to Heather. But not in the way you might think! When Tim purchased Heather’s engagement ring, the jeweler had a policy in place that the cost of Heather’s engagement ring would be refunded if there was one full inch of rain on the wedding day. If this was a sensitive subject, I wouldn’t mention it. However, Tim mentioned his hope for rain to me during our first meeting together. It…

Nicole and Lou are a very kind and unique couple. Nicole is a very organized and motivated project manager (by training and in life!) who works in international business, and Lou is a lawyer. Every vendor that I approached at their wedding had the same thing to say: “Oh, this is the sweetest couple!” and “I’ve never seen a happier groom!” Nicole and Lou were married in the Hall of Sculpture at Carnegie Museum with beautiful flowers by Mocha Rose and ceremony music by Marissa Jill Knaub, harpist. They celebrated with family and friends at their wedding reception in the Carnegie Music Hall Foyer with a great dinner provided by Parkhurst Event Catering. The reception was rockin’ with music…