What better way to follow up an engagement session at Fenway Park than with a wedding on St. Patrick’s Day? And that’s exactly what Meghan and Lucas did! It also happened to be Marisa’s oldest son’s birthday, but missing holidays and birthdays comes with the territory of being “weekend warriors”.  We had such a great time with Meagan and Lucas at their engagement session that we couldn’t wait for the wedding.  Not much could top having Fenway Park all to ourselves but we did it!  The wedding day was beautiful!  That doesn’t happen often in March.  Meagan dreamed of being able to go outside for pictures and that is exactly what we got to do.  Of course there were some unruly groomsmen (you know who you are), but we’ve yet to meet any that are well behaved so it’s ok.  We would wish Megan and Lucas ‘good luck’ on their marriage but we are pretty sure they already nailed that one down!  Since the luck of St Patrick is on their side we will end with an old Irish blessing…  “May the love and protection St Patrick can give be yours in abundance as long as you live”

It was one of those perfect March days at Oceancliff Resort and Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island.  The kind of day with blue skies hinting at the warm days to come and the brisk wind of the winter that has passed. Downtown Newport was bustling with tourists wishing for spring and Missy and Jamie were getting married!  Oceancliff proved to be the perfect backdrop for Missy & Jamie’s vintage hollywood inspired wedding.  As a young girl Missy and her sister were fascinated by their grandmother’s antique hatpin collection.  Knowing that she wouldn’t be able to travel to the wedding, Missy wanted to incorporate some of these hatpins into her bouquet and the wedding theme then blossomed. The reception area at Oceancliff was transformed from their usual set up.  Instead it was cut in half – one side a fine dining room and the other a dance floor and lounge area.  The room was littered with mercury glass, candles and gorgeous flower arrangements by Toni Chandler (who stayed all night making sure the hydrangeas kept drinking!).  From the first look to the last dance Missy and Jamie were a wonderful reminder of why we love photography.

Wedding Venue – Oceancliff Resort in Newport

Florist – Toni Chandler Flowers and Events

Lighting and Entertainment – David Anthony Music Productions

Linens – Rentals Unlimited

Hair and Makeup – Formal Hair and Makeup Design by Lynda Williams

 

We get so many thank you notes from our clients.  They are all just too amazing not to share!

“Dear Marisa and Melissa,  First of all we would like to say that we hope you had a wonderful time at our wedding, even though you were busy snapping photos.  You guys are a blast!  We can not thank you enough for the beautiful work you did on our wedding day!  We absolutely love the pictures!  We can tell that you both are best friends because you make such an awesome team!  We didn’t feel like you were there as photographers at our wedding but rather good friends who happen to be photographing us.  It is because you are both such nice people and made us feel relaxed.  We are so glad that you got pictures of everything from the landscape and the details to us, the wedding party and all the dancing.  Also we love the photobooth.  It really helped to make our wedding special.  Our guests were able to cut loose and have a great time and now we have all the pictures from it.  We can’t wait to see the official wedding album because you laid it out so perfectly!  And we know it seems like forever ago but we still look at our engagement photos and think how beautiful they are and how much fun we had at the session.  We can’t describe how wonderful your work is.  When we saw the pictures we are so happy that we had you both as photographers.  Thank you so much!  We know M.Studios is going to go far because you are both so talented.  We wish you and your families the best!  Love Kim and Justin“