Last month I had the pleasure of being able to shoot Elisa and Jon's wedding. It was a hot July day at Tarara Winery in Leesburg, Virginia, and everything was perfect. Elisa and Jon's vintage sheik wedding truly felt like something from a magazine. The day was wildflowers, lace, and country elegance. Keeping with the theme, I tried to give the photography the same tone. For as much as I love color, I've also always loved sepia as well. I remember making my first sepia print in a darkroom way back when that was the only place you could make a print. It was an awful landscape image, but I loved it just the same. You can achieve the same sepia effect digitally now, but the look still reminds me of film; something I (sadly) now associate as vintage and think of with nostalgia.
Elisa and Jon, I wish you a wonderful and happy life together. Thanks for a great day of shooting. Also a special thanks to my lovely assistant photographer Brighid Uddyback of
Oz Images. More from this wedding to come...
The details of a wedding go a long way for determining the tone and style. Croched doilies, mason jars, wildflowers, and vintage mismatched plates set the tone for Elisa and Jon's day. Homemade spice rub favors (delicious by the way), funky table numbers, and (winery appropriate) cork name cards added that extra something. Perhaps the most amazing thing of all is that Elisa made most of these things herself. These images are all in true color as you can see. Vintage or not, it would have broken my poor color-loving heart not to show all of the detail that went into this. So cool...
