Boyne Highlands Chapel Wedding atop the Mountain | Harbor Springs, Michigan

August 23, 2010

Wedding Boyne Highlands Chapel Harbor Springs, MI

Intimate family Wedding of Katy and Bill high atop the mountain at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs, Michigan. The original plan was to ride the chairlift up to the Chapel and get married until the weather was rainy in the morning and made for some damp chairlifts. We took a rugged road up the mountainside to the Chapel instead. The Chapel is beautiful and is a perfect location in nature to get Married. There were a total of 18 people with the Wedding and we had a nice time together.

Boyne Highlands Chapel ~ Harbor Springs, Michigan

Following the Wedding Ceremony at the Boyne Highlands Chapel the Wedding party made their way down to the cocktail hour on the patio at the lodge.

Chandlers Restaurant Wine Cellar Wedding Reception Petoskey, MI

The Wedding Reception and dinner took place at Chandlers Restaurant Wine Cellar in downtown Petoskey, Michigan. The Wine Cellar at Chandlers has a lot of character. They have enough different wines to satisfy even the professional winos.:-)

Wine Cellar at Chandlers Restaurant

Harbor Springs, Michigan & Petoskey Michigan Professional Wedding Vendors

There was just a short list of Wedding Vendors and Wedding details for the day.

The Bride wore a beautiful white Prada Wedding Dress with these cool pockets. She also wore white Stuart Weitzman Wedding shoes. She looked beautiful, and comfortable in her dress and shoes. Very elegant!

bride prada short dress gown stuart weitzman white wedding shoes image

Prada gown Stuart Weitzman shoes

Wedding flowers by Sky’s the Limit Flowers in Petoskey. Wedding Cake by Johan’s Pastry shop in Petoskey. Harbor Springs and Petoskey Wedding Photography by Paul Retherford Wedding Photography.

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- Paul RetherfordYou can contact Boyne.com to get pricing. Here is a pdf that I found http://www.boyne.com/ConferencesAndWeddings/PDF/Highlands%20-%20Wedding.pdfReplyCancel

Harbour View Inn Wedding | Hotel Iroquois Wedding Reception

August 19, 2010

Mackinac Island Wedding Harbour View Hotel Iroquois

Earlier this month I worked for Kelly Sweet Photography on her Wedding as a second shooter. We had a great time shooting an outdoor Wedding together at Harbour View Inn and Hotel Iroquois at the Carriage House on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

The bride started early at Astor’s Salon at the Grand Hotel. They did a wonderful job with her hair. The flowers all came from Margaret’s Garden at the Grand Hotel. They were as fresh as you can find.

harbour view inn outdoor wedding mackinac island photo

harbour view inn gazebo wedding

Here is a selection of images from the beautiful Wedding day.

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Your Wedding day…read it like a book

August 19, 2010

Telling a story on your Wedding day

Every good book has a beginning, middle, and an end. Have you ever read a book that just didn’t capture your interest? The Wedding day should be looked at just like a book. Every Wedding day has a beginning, middle, and an end. In order to document a perfect Wedding day the Photographer needs to capture moments from each section of the day.

Have you ever seen a Wedding album with beautiful images? Most people have. Now, have you ever seen a Wedding album that has beautiful images but tells a story. Can you look at a friend’s Wedding album and it speaks to you? You feel like you are a part of the day. If so, then the story is well told.

Any Professional Photographer should be able to make beautiful images. If you are looking for just beautiful images than why do the shoot on your Wedding day? You can rent dresses and tuxes, for much less, and go out and do a fashion shoot purely for the reason of building a beautiful album. Do you see my point here? I have seen lots of pretty images in my life on blogs and Wedding albums but the images on a Wedding day need to speak to you, literally. You don’t need captions for a perfect image.

When I shoot a Wedding, I am not shooting for the album. A lot of people shoot purely for the sake of making an album and what you get are a lot of pretty pictures. The album is beautiful but lacks the life from emotions and personalities coming out of the bride and groom. When you get in a mindset to shoot for the album, and a lot of professionals do this, you limit your creativity and vision.

Keep an open mind and capture the story of the Wedding day for the bride and groom. I just bet that they will love the images because they speak to them. When their kids get married you will most likely get the call to do their Wedding too. It is all about the story.

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