Battery Gardens

Another amazing garden wedding this summer was at Battery Gardens in Lower Manhattan. Tucked away at the tip of Battery Park, Battery Gardens is a fresh taste of country in the city.

Our bride and groom were a power couple with incredibly busy careers and had a refreshing relaxed attitude in their approach to their nuptuals. Perfectly matched to the location. Sophisticated but chill.

For prelude music as guests entered we had harp amidst the flowers.

As guests came upstairs to enjoy the panaramic view of NY Harbor our "Silhouette" quartet played romantic classical music and for the processional we performed the following:

I Can't Help Falling in Love - Groom and Bridal Party

Simple Gifts by Aaron Copeland from Appalachian Spring - Flower Girls

All I Want Is You by U2 - Bride

 Viva La Vida - Recessional

 

Lauren, Hannah, K8 and Ariana

Lauren looked perfectly etherial against the window with the light pooring in.

 

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Continuing our garden series of events, we did an electic ceremony this summer for an uber-hip international couple from Brazil and London at The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. The weather was picture perfect and we set up our 8 peice group under the trees beside an open field.

This groovy couple chose "As My Love Is For You" by FIVE DAY WEEK STRAW PEOPLE for the groom and bridal party, "Over the Rainbow" Jason Castro version for the children and "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver for the bride. We performed our rendition of this repertoire with string quartet, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion and vocal.

The recessional was an upbeat, foot-stomping version of Ray Charles' "Halleulujah, I Just Love Her So."

Once again, huge hugs to Jung Lee & Josh Brooks at Fête for bringing us in on this groovy collaboration!

gardens

This summer has been totally off the chain for us with weddings and special events, so I have sorely neglected our blog.  I finally have had a chance to come up for air before our next wedding and want to give you a glimpse of the gorgeous gardens we have performed in this summer.  Ranging from the tip of Manhattan's Battery Gardens, to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens up to the private estate in Greenwich CT.  Below are shots from a stunning birthday party in Greenwich.

The pool house was our "green room"

Annie Sullivan's dress

As promised here are a few shots of Couture Bridal designer Annie Sullivan's own gown from her March wedding at Alder Manor.  Everything about her wedding was sublimely chic and romantically sophisticated. She was so stunning, I just kept staring at her. 

We love Annie and her gowns.

http://www.annie-sullivan.com/

Jimmy Lafave

I recently discovered the amazing music of Jimmy Lafave. His voice is off the chain.

http://jimmylafave.com/

i love brian dorsey studios

Photography to me is an art form that provides unending inspiration. If my husband and son would let me, I would spend hours just looking at photographs; which is what I like to do late at night with my favorite moody music playing, the room dark and just a splash of light on the photo or computer screen.

Which brings me to a part of my job job that completely humbles me.......getting to work with unbelievably talented vendors.  Brian Dorsey and his award winning team are one of my fav's. American Photo calls him “One of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World."  Without a doubt.  http://www.briandorseystudios.com/

Doing a photo shoot is one thing (and I'm certainly not diminishing the complexity of a shoot) but having to weave in and out unobtrusively at a wedding, and immortalize those least expected magical moments, is a completely different beast which requires a cocktail of skill, intuition and talent.  Not to mention, a great event photographer must be a master at arm-wrestling fate & time to capture the perfect shot.....all night long.  Brian & his team rock this ability with seemingly flawless ease. 

Which is not easy at all.  This is why you should always hire the absolute best photographer your budget will allow. 

The following photos of us are provided by Brian from a recent event that we shared at one of the hippest Catholic Churches in NYC, St. John Nepomucene.  http://www.stjohnnepomucene.org/

Thanks Brian!

i love the brooklyn museum

We did another wonderful event with Jung Lee and her amazing team at Fête  http://www.feteny.com/  at the Brooklyn Museum.  What a fantastic space for a wedding.  Amidst the soaring glass ceiling at the entrance to the museum, we performed a very personal ceremony for this "classic with an edge" couple.  Jung timed this event perfectly to the sinking sun, so that the view of the sky was stunning as Katie & Andrew said "I do." 

Andrew choose to walk down the aisle to "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel.  The flowergirls danced into "My Favorite Things" which alone is very magical, but we arranged it for the girls to have a little added whimsy. Katie walked in to one of her father's favorite Roy Orbison's songs, "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and they broke the glass to "All You Need is Love."   

We heart Brooklyn.