Kate & Rob // Weaver View Farms, Penn Yan, NY // Wedding Rehearsal

“There’s something about a marriage of adults, people who own homes and businesses and have families and patterns and traditions. Of course, there is something so sweet and shining about a young bride and groom, and their first home and first dishes and first set of towels. But there is a different beauty and a different force when two people who have been down that road far enough to hit some bumps decide to bend themselves once again toward partnership. Where there was naivete, here there is sobriety. Where a young bride leaves her family, an older bride brings hers along with her. Where a young groom hopes all goes well, an older groom knows what to do when it doesn’t.
That night felt sacred and beautiful and imbued with something heavy. It was a hard-won celebration, a willingness to re-believe in love, to fall again, to teach and be taught, to enter through a door both had believe was closed forever.” – Shauna Niequist Cold Tangerines

I don’t get to photograph wedding rehearsals all that often – strike that – I never get to photograph wedding rehearsals! But when I met with Kate & Rob & we talked about their wedding, me being there for the rehearsal came together as the perfect plan. We were able to take the majority of the family formals that night & allow all the family that had traveled in for the big day to enjoy cocktails and appetizers together instead of waiting in line to have their photo taken. It was a marvelous plan & it went perfectly.

Stay tuned – I have so much more to say about this family but I’m saving it until I post their wedding photos!!