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Intimate State Park Wedding with Abby & Patrick

December 17, 2013

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Hello everyone!

Merry (almost!) Christmas! This past weekend we photographed our final wedding of 2013, with Abby and Patrick at Rough River State Park in Kentucky. It has seriously been an incredible year, and we are SO thankful to each and every couple who trusted us to document the moments of their wedding days. So awesome. Abby and Patrick’s wedding was the perfect celebration to end the year! You may remember their engagement session in NYC, where they currently live, but they had their intimate state park wedding back home in Kentucky, where they both are from. They chose Rough River State Park for their outdoor ceremony, because it’s just so peaceful and beautiful! Not many people would have been brave enough for an outdoor ceremony in December; even though it was FREEZING, it was absolutely perfect! Their friends and family all gathered outside the lodge to see Abby and Patrick get married below, right at sunset. We have just loved getting to know these two, and had such an amazing time with them and their friends and family! So many sweet moments, topped off with an awesome party!

My favorite thing about this intimate wedding was how intentional they were, and that they weren’t afraid to go outside the box and prioritize the things that mattered to them (great photos, and fashion!).

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Patrick’s awesome tie was made by Abby’s friend Tyler, who owns Dap Kitsch in Brooklyn

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Abby works in fashion, so of course her dress by KaufmanFranco was gorgeous, and the Jimmy Choos were to die for!

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Love this. So beautiful!

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One of my favorite shots of the year! Fun fact: they later turned the tree from this image into a tattoo that they both got. What. Bad-ass.

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Abby’s dad made her bouquet! It was so unique, and I loved it!

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A little “hand facial” before the ceremony 🙂

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A few details, including a gorgeous letterpress stationery suite designed by Megan Wright Design Co., and incredible macarons from Bisous Ciao in NYC!

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CONGRATULATIONS, Abby and Patrick! Thank you SO much for giving us the opportunity to create for you 🙂 And for letting us do the Cupid Shuffle at your reception haha! 😉 You guys are the best! Have an amazing (and warm!!!) time in Aruba! We can’t wait to hang out in NYC again some day!

A huge thank you to each and every one of our clients this year! You were all incredible, and we can’t thank you enough! Have a great week, everyone!

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  1. Amber says:

    Love the pictures!

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BEHIND THE LENS

A note from Jen

Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...

I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.

And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.



And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.

Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen

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