Adria & Tom:: A Hudson Valley Stunner

 “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs”

William Shakespeare

For a time, we were certain we were looking for something more….  then Kate & Sebastian found us in an online search from Brooklyn & wanted us to photograph their wedding in Vermont.  There truly was a connection, and a link to what we were missing…  People who saw further, felt deeper and had a love of Art and Music, culture and dreams….  Joe and I had found ourselves again in them…  just in time …  So, Adria is Kate’s best friend in the world, Kate’s parents like second parents to her – and Adria doted on Kate every moment of her wedding – it was amazing to watch – calming her fears, perfecting her hair, singing together… there’s just an honest love with them and I felt immersed in it.  Coinciding with this, was the friendship of Kate’s Fiancé Sebastian with Tom. When Adria met Tom… well – a love as passionate as we have seen outside of ourselves emerged & burned… Fast forward to 2012 on a hot summer Vermont day on the property that holds so much of Kate & Adria’s youth… it is just magical…  we were there to photograph the beauty of Kate & Sebastian’s wedding and for that we are eternally grateful, as we found friends we couldn’t deny were just a younger version of ourselves…  When Adria & Tom became engaged, we actually thought it was going to happen at Kate & Sebastian’s wedding during Tom’s best man speech where he got choked up giving so much credit and thanks to his best friend Sebastian and his new wife Kate for introducing him to the love of his life… But he waited a bit longer, and when he did, we were in tears when they asked us to come to the Hudson Valley and photograph their wedding day.  Clermont State Historic Park was the most amazing place with the ceremony overlooking the Hudson River with a train passing on the tracks below, and a gentle breeze in the trees above…  They were married by Kate’s father, and the table runners and napkins were hand-sewn by Kate’s mother. The details were DIY, borrowed and planned by the wonderful Wedding Planner Jennifer Lynn of Jennifer Lynn Event Design .  Gifts of Tea Towels Hand stamped with their silhouettes, Beer brewed by both Sebastian & Tom, Fruit filled hand-pies in stamped paper bags, Banners, Typewriters, and a taxidermy fox to match the grooms foxy tie…  I just can not possibly name all of the amazing features of this perfect wedding.  The chalkboard menu displayed the items in the passed family style meal by Another Fork in the Road Caterers and it seems everyone at this wedding from near and far added something to this day. Oh & did I mention Jazz musicians who had once played with Adria’s father? and Bocci Ball and Badminton? Organic raw no-conflict diamond rings by Satomi Kawakita….How about dancing in a field … Oh I can not possibly do justice to this …  I am just so overwhelmed with these amazing people and hope always to  have them in our lives…

 

Venue: Clermont State Historic Park

Wedding Planner: Jennifer Lynn Event Design 

Caterer: Another Fork in the Road