The rehearsal dinner was decidedly low-key, considering what was to follow.
Food, family & fun in a casual backyard setting.
(interrupted only by a quick run-through of the next day’s ceremony)

Even the soft drinks were special – small batch, home-made and delicious.

It may have just been a backyard cookout, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be amazing.
Mary and her team put together a complete set of gourmet condiments/chutneys/sauces to go with the grilled fair.

When is a s’more more n’ a s’more?
When its made with fresh, hand-made marshmallow chunks!

Time to bask in the sun and save up energy for the next days main event…
…which we’ll have up for you on Monday!

A single wedding from last year has been featured in not one, not two, but THREE different Utah bridal magazines:
Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom, Utah Bride & Groom, and Utah Valley Bride.

Now granted, this was a three-day event, was GRAND on a whole lot of other levels as well, so it absolutely merits all of this coverage.

So which 2011 wedding was spectacular enough to garner so much ink?
Tune back in starting tomorrow morning and we’ll let you see!

See you on Thursday.

And you can catch Shaun’s television debut on CW30′s The Daily Dish THIS THURSDAY at 10am.

Welcome aboard, Shaun!

I was honored to have these Manhattan natives fly me out and it was my pleasure to spend 3 days and nights with them and their energetic family and friends on this island paradise. It was 3 days of fun and activities, but in this post I’ve sort of truncated down to one story line, so…its a pretty long post. Enjoy!

After landing in Hamilton, I took the ferry across the bay to Southampton on the other side of the island.

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On the way to the hotel I took a detour to check out the island from the its tallest point – Gibbs lighthouse dating from 1846.
(Also happens to be the oldest cast-iron lighthouse in the world).

The view from the top – you really get a sense of how small this island really is.

Some local flora…

…and fauna.

And finally arriving at the Fairmont resort.

And the view of the beach below.

The water was a crazy color blue that I’ve never seen before.

But there is danger lurking in paradise….

….but at least its BEAUTIFUL danger.
And really not all that dangerous – they are super easy to spot well before they get anywhere near you.

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And finally we find our wedding party at play.

The rehearsal dinner was held on the beach.

Good times and great food.

So this is the Krokodiloes – Harvard’s oldest and most prestigious male a cappella singing group.
So what’s up with that, you might ask?
Well, our intrepid groom, Mickey, was a member of the troupe during his college years.

But more recently, Mickey actually proposed during one of their concerts.
From onstage.
At Carnegie Hall.
You can check it out the video here.

What can I say, Mickey has a flair.

Anyway, they flew them out to entertain their wedding guests.

Mickey couldn’t resist getting up there with the current crop of Kroks. He still has it.

I mentioned the food, right? Mmmm….

Wedding Day!

The Kroks performed at the ceremony as well. VERY cool.

And, as it will on islands, it began to rain.

You just got to roll with it.

The rain did make for an interesting effect for a couple of frames before I realized that my lens was wet however.

Mickey was convinced to take the stage with the Kroks one last time during the reception.
(It really didn’t take much convincing.)

Congratulations Marissa + Mickey!

And thank you for wonderful memories.

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These images are from the engagement session that Heidi and I did with this year’s winning couple, Katrina & Lee.  We did a combination of in-studio and on-location on The U campus to highlight our breadth of style (sadly Logan was shooting a wedding in Wyoming on the only day that we could schedule them, but she was there in spirit).

Enjoy, and then be sure to head on over to the Ultimate Utah Wedding site to vote for us (and whichever invitation design you like).  Voting ends on Friday, July 22nd at Noon, so please don’t delay.  Tell you friends!  And as always, thank you all for your support!

I met up with Becky & Justin at the historic McCune Mansion for their ‘groomal’ session!

For the uninitiated, a ‘groomal’ is like a bridal session where the groom comes along to participate.  Its sort of a combination of an Engagement and Bridal session.

We had a great time and they asked us to put together a little slideshow for them to show at their reception.  Now its time to share! Thank you Becky and Justin for letting me document your special day – I had a fabulous time!

Becky & Justin
March 29, 2011

Brian searched the wedding photographers in our area and decided I was the perfect person to capture the special moment.  We planned the whole day out and it all went off without a hitch.  I met them in Atticus a great little coffee and tea book store where I told them i was just shooting some promotional images for the store.  She totally bought it.

After they relaxed with some warm beverages, they headed across the street to the town lift where the proposal was to happen.  I stealthily followed behind, I was totally a super secret agent.  The moment Brian went down on his knee, I got all teary and a little bit shakey, I was so nervous for him.  She of course said “yes!” and I gave them a little more time before I popped out and let her know I was in on it.  She was so excited and suprised, it was wonderful!!

From there, we went around Park City for an engagement shoot.  Leslie was so great because she already knew how to hold herself and be comfortable in front of the camera.  Brian wasn’t finished with the surprises yet, he had arranged to take his best girl on horse drawn sleigh ride and finish the day with a fireside table for dinner at the Goldener Hirsch at Deer Valley.  So romantic right!?

Thank you so so much Brian for arranging such a magical day!   I loved capturing such a wonderful day for the two of you, and I hope our paths will cross again if you two make it out to Park City again!  Good Luck with the Wedding!!!   L, Logan

This is a video that Leslie put together of some of the images from that day and she has shared with us.  I was going to make one myself but she beat me to it and did a grand job. Thank you Leslie!!!

Every year at this time, we at ZumaPhoto fill our hearts with a rainbow of fruit-flavored, glittery happiness and love. This year, led by our own little Alpha-Corn, Angela, the ladies of ZumaPhoto went all out with happy-hilarious-head-horns, chirpy-cheerful-cupcakes, and perky-playful-pizza-pie!

All in all, it was a mirthful festival of all things blissful, blithe and gay! And an impressively elaborate excuse to avoid work for an hour.

From all of us at ZumaPhoto, here’s wishing you a tweeful unicorn day full of sunshine, pixie-dust, and MAGIC!

Next year, come join us on March 23rd!

‘Ad-horned’ with the very special unicorn horns fashioned by Angela, we kicked off the celebration in Shutterbooth’s photo booth.
We were truly a Glory of Unicorns on that day, I can tell you.

Here you can see the entire glory in the full glory of stop-motion gloriositude.
GLORIOUS!

Finally, Logan got creative with her iPhone in Self-portrait with Quinn.

Oh joy.