Heather Fuller Photography

Kara and Aaron’s wedding at The Publick House Historic Inn, Sturbridge, MA

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Kara and Aaron opted to have a first look before their indoor wedding ceremony due to a late November evening wedding. There are a variety of good reasons to have a first look. I wrote an article here. We were able to get all the family formals and couple portraits out of the way prior to the ceremony. The wedding ceremony was also held at Publick House in Paige Hall. Since we had all the formals taken care of, they were able to enjoy cocktail hour relaxing with their friends and family. Justice of the Peace Michael Backer performed the ceremony and DJ Dave Donato provided the music and entertainment for the wedding event. The beautiful floral arrangements were created by Michele Bernard. The bridal bouquet was a combination of all the bridesmaids flowers. Each bridesmaid had a different flower in her color scheme of pink and white, pink and white roses, hydrangeas, pink gerber daisies, white cali lilies and pink orchids. What a neat idea. The grooms black wedding band was also really unique, I believe they mentioned it was black titanium. The second shot of the groom during the first look was taken by my assistant Melissa Nykorchuk. Here are a few of my favorite photographs from the wedding day.

Heather & Josh’s wedding at Zukas Hilltop Barn, Spencer, MA

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:15 +0000

We started off the day at Heather’s parents home for getting ready shots and some outdoor portraits of the bridesmaids and family while Laura Pineda, my second shooter, started with the guys over at the commons in front of the church for groomsmen portraits and his family formals. Heather & Josh were married at First Congregational Church in West Brookfield, MA on 11/11/11 on veterans day. Josh is active military and had just arrived back to the states for the wedding, so they hadn’t seen each other for awhile. After the ceremony we headed over to Zukas Hilltop Barn just in time for sunset and we were able to get all the bridal party and couple portraits done outside before it got dark. We headed indoors for the family formals. Always a concern at that time of year, especially after day light savings. When planning your wedding, if you want outdoor portraits, make sure you look at the sunset times for your wedding date. Here is a helpful website http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/weddings/planning/sunset. Best time for outdoor portraits are 1-2 hours prior to sunset. The cute pink bride teddy bears from Build a bear workshop were given as gifts to her two cousins who were flower girls, so cute. There is also a photograph of the custom guest book we created using images from their engagement session I photographed last spring at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in West Boylston. A great winter location for garden-like engagement photos. Without further ado here are a bunch of my favorites from this wedding. It was so hard narrowing it down.

Dawnrae and Aaron’s Wedding at Publick House Historic Inn, Sturbridge, MA

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:38:27 +0000

Dawnrae and Aaron were married at the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge, MA. I have shot a bunch of weddings there recently as it is very local to me. Dawnrae and Aaron had met on match.com and created a cool commercial that they played during the reception for their guests. How creative. The ceremony was held in Paige Hall as well as the wedding reception after cocktail hour in the barn. The color scheme was purple and green and Michele Bernard did a fabulous job with the flowers for the wedding. DJ Paul Giroux “Got the party started”. Dawnrae wore a beautiful Paloma Blanca wedding gown. Below are a few of my favorite images from the day!

Tim and Peter’s wedding at Salem Cross Inn West Brookfield, MA

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:53:27 +0000

Tim & Peter were married at the Brookfield Unitarian Church in Brookfield, MA. They had a beautiful heartfelt intimate ceremony, it even brought tears to my, and my assistant Melissa’s, eyes. A guitarist played an accoustic version of Elton John’s Danielle during the ceremony. They took part in a neat sand ceremony, where they had all their guests pour a bit of sand into an hour glass as they were leaving the ceremony. Peter’s children and their friends were in the wedding party. The wedding reception was held at Salem Cross Inn, a quaint historical colonial restaurant, located in West Brookfield, MA. Jeffrey Sekscenski created the beautiful bouquets and centerpieces. Tony Valley Entertainment provided the music for the reception. I highly recommend Tony to any wedding couples looking for a DJ. Tim and Peter are the nicest couple I have ever met, which is evident with how many close family and friends took part in their wedding day celebration. They treated us like we were guests at their wedding. Tim & Peter generously donated all proceeds from their dollar dance to a local charity. From the reception images, you can certainly tell how much fun their guests had dancing away and having a great time. Here are a few of my favorite images from the day.

Stephanie & Joel’s Wedding at Phillips House in Dorchester, MA

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:39:38 +0000

We started out the wedding day at the brides parents home, while my second shooter Laura from Alternate Angles Photography in Newport, RI, started with the guys at his dad’s home in South Boston. The fun groomsmen shot was taken by her. The wedding ceremony was held at Taxiarche/Archangels Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, MA. In between we headed over to Castle Island where we took some fun bridal party shots on the beach and on a special bench that was dedicated to Joel’s late brother. The reception was held at Phillips House in Dorchester, MA. Here are a few of my favorite shots of the day.

You may notice a bit of a different look to the way the images are now posted. I am excited to say I have updated my blog format. The new design has a lot more options.

Lori & Eric’s wedding at Colonial Hotel in Gardner, MA

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We started the day at Lori’s parents home for some getting ready shots. Lori and Eric were married at Barre Congregational Church in Barre, MA. The weather was perfect for a fall October wedding. October seems to be the most popular month to have a wedding here in New England. Then we all headed over to the Colonial Hotel in Gardner, MA for some wedding reception fun. Here are a few of my favorite images from the day!

I love the inspiration of fall colors of orange and brown and the deep reds they chose for the flower girl basket and bridal bouquet. I don’t think I have ever seen an orange Cali lily before. Flowers created by Brooks McMannis Florist, who is also a recommended vendor for Colonial Hotel in Gardner, MA

I don’t usually blog family formal portraits, but I thought this one with the parents of the bride was cute.

I like this shot of the groomsmen taken by my second shooter Kim Jones. Wedding dress is from Elegance by Carbonneau.

Beautiful ice sculpture and yummy deserts oh my.

I had a lot of my wedding couples this year made donations to charities for their wedding favors. I really like the idea for various reasons.

I absolutely love it when the grandma’s get out on the dance floor and boogie down. Entertainment was provided by Timeless Productions DJ, they got the party started!

A little strip tease by the groom for the garter removal.

Congratulations! A fun wedding and a good time had by all.

Caissie & Dan’s wedding at Boston Marriott in Quincy, MA

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Caissie and Dan were married 9/10/11. We started out with bridal preparations at Caissie’s parents home. We all headed over to The Church of the Holy Ghost in Whitman MA for the church wedding ceremony. The fun-filled wedding reception was held at The Boston Marriott in Quincy, MA. Here are a couple of my favorite wedding photographs from the day.

Tara & Matt @ The Harding Allen Estate, Barre MA wedding photographer

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:38:00 +0000

Tara and Matt were married at the Christ the King Church in Worcester, MA. They held their reception at the The Harding Allen Estate in Barre, MA. What a great venue to photograph a wedding at. I look forward to photographing more weddings there next season. It was a little bit rainy, but overall it was a nice overcast day. We were able to go outside for some bride and groom portraits in the beautiful garden on the Estate. Some of my favorites of the season. They are such an easy going, fun loving couple as you can tell from the photos.

Here were some of the amazing vendors:

Florist: Kathy’s Flowers and gifts
Hair: Ubi Hair Studio
Make-up: Kristie Lee McCaffery/NKD
DJ: Bob Solano
Invitations: Bride Design
Limo: Grey’s Rolls Royce
Wedding Dress: David’s Bridal

Some of my favorite images of the day. Love, love love these Calvin Klein ivory embellished wedding shoes.

Tara’s aunt surprise her with a gift, a rose made from pieces of her grandmothers wedding dress. Such an emotional moment.

Beautiful colors inspired by the peacock. There were little touches of peacock feathers throughout the details of the wedding, from the wedding invitations to the bridesmaids’ headpieces.

Sisterly love!

Wanted to give a little vintage feel, I usually don’t like to over-process my photographs too much. Just a touch of warmth.

She was just having a blast out on the dance floor.

This grandma is 93 years old. So awesome, how she was out there boogying down! You go girl! I just hope I have that kind of energy when I am that age.

What a fantastic wedding. Visit my facebook page to see their slideshow! www.facebook.com/heatherfullerphotography

Abby & Travis’s backyard wedding in Thompson, CT wedding photographer

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Abby was a referral from her sister, a former co-worker of mine, so it was nice to know part of the wedding party. My assistant Melissa and I started out the wedding day at Abby’s parents home in Webster, MA with the bridal preparation after the girls got back from getting their hair and makeup done at Orange Salon. Abby and Travis were married at the All Saints Church in Worcester, MA. The church had a really cute private courtyard where we photographed most of the family formals. Terry and her assistant planner Nikki, of Something Borrowed, Something New Events did a wonderful job as wedding coordinators for this well thought out backyard wedding. Their wonderful wedding coordinating abilities kept the wedding running smoothly and on time. It was the first time working with a wedding planner and it was a positive experience. After the church wedding ceremony we headed off to a local farm down the street from the Groom’s parents home (where the reception was being held) in Thompson, CT to take some fun photographs of the bridal party before heading over to the backyard wedding reception. Tents for rent provided the tent for the reception and some really cool red, white and blue globe chandeliers to fit in with the red, white and blue wedding colors. Flying Rhino Restaurant catered the meal. The food was awesome. DJ Tony Caramello kept the party going well into the evening. Some of the other wedding vendors that worked on this wedding are: Florist; Louisa, Cake; Erin Perry from Chocolate Rose, Videographer; Alex Deciccio, Limo; A Limo Affair. I had SO MANY favorite images from this wedding that it was hard to narrow it down to just a few, this is probably the most images (55) I have posted from any one wedding, I think I should put them in a slideshow (my next project, as well as a sample album). I am also trying my hand at some blog collages which I incorporated many of the wedding detail photographs.

The wedding videographer provided these cute little video cameras to capture the bridal party’s view of the wedding day, what a great idea! The bridesmaids had such a timeless look to them.

Just Love the red shoes!

The ring bearer looks so thrilled with his job.

Abby’s Mother walked her down the aisle.

Abby surprised her mom with a slideshow of images of them growing up. It was a nice personal touch, that brought some tears.

Here is a blog collage of some images of the red, white and blue beach themed details from the wedding reception. Abby and Travis made a donation in lieu of favors to NECOPS (New England Concerns of Police Survivors.) This seems to be a trend with the last few of my weddings that I have photographed. It is such a great idea.

I love a good cake smashing! It doesn’t happen too often, but when it does, it makes for some fun photographs.

Congratulations!

Courtney and Joe’s wedding at Publick House, Sturbridge MA

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:58:25 +0000

Hurricane Irene was an unwelcomed guest at courtney and Joe’s wedding at the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge, MA. Luckily the hurricane wasn’t as bad as predicted, but it did deter some of their guests from venturing out in the rain. My home photography studio isn’t too far from the reception venue, so I had no problems venturing out to photograph such an important event. The groom’s aunt, of Weedweavers of Wakefield, RI, did a beautiful job on the flowers, centerpieces, bridal bouquet, maid of honor bouquet, corsages, and floral decor. She surprised the bride with a whimsical, forest, woodland theme, that incorporated the brides love of rabbits. It came out fantastic. If I wasn’t already married, it is just the type of decor and floral arrangements I would love for my own wedding. DJ Mike Wish kept the party going on the dance floor during the wedding reception. The Beatles seemed to be a favorite choice of the evening for both the father/daughter dance and the bride and grooms first dance. Here are a few of my favorites of the day, it was hard to narrow to just a few images from the wedding though.

The MUA couldn’t make it because of the storm, so Courtney did an excellent job on her own make-up and hair.

The details in the wedding dress were exquisite.

And to continue with the bunny theme, these cute bunny cufflinks are just adorable.

This was the first time photographing an indoor ceremony in The Publick House’s Paige Hall it was quite nice, usually they are either outside in the gazebo, or in the barn. I have a couple upcoming late fall/winter weddings that are scheduled to be performed in Paige Hall. The lighting from the window is pretty.

Love these silhouettes, my artistic side coming out.

We didn’t let a little rain stop us from venturing outside for some bride and groom portraits. Joe bought these umbrellas to use. The white one is silk that has been waterproofed, what a neat idea. Below is a result of a huge wind gust.

More of the bunny theme. Love the groom cake topper. The image after is a close-up of the wedding cake topper, too cute. There are so many unique cake toppers out there. I should do a blog post of just cake toppers.

This is such a sweet photo of the bride with her grandfather.

Even though it was a small crowd, they knew how to party!