Fall Wedding in New York~ Alison & George

 On an incredibly beautiful fall day, Alison & George got married on Long Island.  When we first met Alison and George, we joked about how she worked at the Weather Channel. She certainly knew enough about weather to have a lot to worry about with a NY fall wedding.  Just years prior her family’s house was badly damaged by hurricane Sandy. Still, a fall wedding is what Alison and George dreamed of and they couldn’t have gotten more lucky with the weather. And with each other! I love the hustle and bustle of the girls getting ready, it’s always so much fun with so much energy in the air! Believe it or not this wasn’t even planned, the girls actually lined up and started doing each other’s dresses! Meanwhile over at a hotel, the boys were struggling with their ties. I love how George’s mom in the blue dress on the right is motioning with her hand what the boys should be doing with their ties!Like a great big brother, George fixes his little brother’s tie! I love this picture so much of George’s mom fixing George’s hair! So sweet! Back at the house, I was lucky enough to catch a tender moment of Grandma looking up at her granddaughter’s wedding dress.  This image will go down as one of my all-time favorite getting ready pictures!  Thanks Grandma!Alison’s dress had to be pulled over her head and everyone helped to make sure her hair and makeup didn’t get ruined on the way.  It was so much fun watching Alison emerge from the top of her dress! So much happiness on Mom’s face, I love the pictures that can be captured before a wedding ceremony.Now that Alison was dressed, Dad was allowed in to see his little girl as a beautiful bride! It was very emotional. In the words of Alison, “At least I got my crying over with for the rest of the day!”

They headed out for the ceremony in a beautiful Rolls-Royce. George anticipated the arrival of Alison with his best man, his little brother, by his side. Alison was escorted down the aisle by her father.  Family members and friends took in the ceremony with laughter, smiles and tears. It was a beautiful ceremony where the priest read letters that Alison wrote to George and George wrote to Alison. Such an incredible way to share and celebrate their love for each other with everyone. The rings were exchanged….… and then the announcement was made! You may now kiss your bride! Married!Alison and George exited the church which was surrounded by all their loved ones!!! Everyone then traveled to the Carlyle On the Green.  HUGE thank you to Janet who was the best bridal attendant EVER!!!

There was this beautiful tree lined street in which we wanted to take pictures on to showcase the fall colors.  The only problem was all of the cars going in and out. We waited patiently, almost got hit a few times but it was worth it!! I’ll give a little photo tip away on this one!  In order to make Alison and George look like they were surrounded by more of the yellow foliage,  I asked Greg to cut me down a branch with yellow leaves on it. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy! I then held the branch up to my lens and I photographed Alison and George through the yellow leaves. The result? A picture with lots more yellow fall foliage!
 One more with the bridal party!  Don’t worry the other side of the ledge wasn’t that far down! In this picture the sun was setting and it looked so beautiful… unfortunately it was setting over the parking lot. That was not so beautiful.   To everyone else it looked like I had taken a beautiful bride and handsome groom into a parking lot for wedding portraits! But I knew that if I crouched down as low as I could go and shot up and through the rose bushes I would be able to capture the pretty flowers and rose colored sunset.  And luckily it worked!  Thank you Alison and George for just going along with it!!!   I just love Alison’s dress with the low back with the long veil.  Such an amazing combination for a very elegant look.  Of course George looked very handsome in his tux too!
 While everyone was at cocktail hour the ballroom was being set up for an incredible evening! I love this wedding favor idea from Sam’s Soy Candles on Etsy.The flowers were done by Flowers by Burton. Such a creative way to let the guests know which table they are sitting at. For years Alison George dated long-distance.  I love this quote they displayed at their wedding, it couldn’t be more perfect.

 Alison and George got announced to their wedding reception and everyone went crazy!
 No time was wasted and the dance party started!!
 Alison’s father welcomed everyone who came from near and far to celebrate Alison and George. It was then Alison’s best friend’s turn to make the crowd laugh and tell funny stories about Alison when they were growing up! Next up to keep the laughter rolling was George’s little brother, the best man! He even had props, he placed gag gifts underneath the table Alison and George were sitting at!
Back to the dancing!  The maid of honor didn’t lie when she said during her toast that Alison loves to make up funny dances! And George, like a good husband, danced along with all of them!The band, called Gotham sure knew how to have fun! To slow things down a bit and give their guests a break from all the dancing, Alison and George cut their cake. Then Alison shared a dance with her father and then George shared a dance with his mother. I love this picture of George hugging his Dad after he danced with his Mom. Then George’s brother joined in on the hug!This lucky young man seems to be praying to the gods to thank them for his good fortune to be dancing with such three beautiful women! Gotta love Alison and George’s fancy feet on the bottom left, George wore blue socks to honor his Grandfather! The band was so incredible, they even came out and played with the crowd! We  stole Alison and George away from their party for a couple of minutes for one last picture!  Alison and George, thank you so much for the honor of documenting your amazing wedding day! We wish you lots of love and happiness for your future!

Be sure to check out Alison and George’s highlight video!   Meredith and Mike were so amazing to work with and we highly recommend Moho Creative for all of those in the tri-state area!