new york wedding photography ~ brianne and jesse part II

Here is Brianne and Jesse’s beachy wedding Part II. Like I said, there were so many images we just loved from this wedding, it just made it impossible to pick only 30 or so images. This post will have both the ceremony and reception picks. This is the view the guests had while the ceremony took place, gorgeous right?

A lot of the time, we get asked “but if I do my photos before with the groom seeing me in my dress, etc., I’m afraid he won’t still be emotional. Meaning, I still want that, that [special moment] when he cries and is overwhelmed with emotion. Well, this photo just shows what I tell my brides for years now….if your groom is the emotional type, meaning he cries easily at sensitive things, he is romantic, then being together for an hour or so prior to your ceremony, won’t affect anything. Just look at Jesse’s face! I mean, seriously……this guy was so overwrought as was Brianne, Brianne’s mom, guests….. If he is not that type, nothing you wear, do, etc., will make that happen. Only you know your groom, but the time and locations afforded to doing your photos beforehand, as well as, the time you get [just plain enjoying] your wedding, is the best advice any lifestyle photographer can give you.

Look at Brianne’s mom, she barely held it together as they walked down the aisle….

a tearful Jesse shakes the hand of his future father in law!

During the ceremony, little Kylie would use her flower girl basket to scoop up buckets full of sand and then dump it over near her head!

Their handwritten vows done by Brianne and Jesse, were another moment of tears for everyone present.

And, the new Mr. and Mrs. La Flair!!!

Jesse and Brianne are professional actors. Jesse is also a professional freerunner and parkour traceur. We had never heard of this before, and I have to admit, I did some “googling” to find out what that exactly is. VERY interesting……So to clarify for anyone who doesn’t know what that is, it is (the art of movement). It is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment. It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The goal of a practitioner of parkour, called a traceur if male, or traceuse if female, is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one’s environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails. Had I known of Jesse’s skills at the time he asked to do this shot, man, I would have made you work harder, LOL, as I was scared to death he would fall on his head. I mean, seriously, when has a groom ever asked to do a backflip on the sand, no less, at their wedding! You rock, dude!

Brianne, with their signature cocktail, blue of course….

The beautiful ballroom all decked out with shells, turquoise blue accents, high and low centerpieces, candles, and blue menus!

Our excited couple entering the room!

And, then their first dance was filled with wild moves, tender moments, artistic dancing, I mean, I couldn’t pick just one to represent it!

Just love the joy in their faces in this pic…

Gorgeous Gothic champagne glasses were set before them for the toast.

Jesse’s brother, Jeff, did one of three toasts….

Their night was filled with so many crazy moments…..this is just a representation of some of the moves, along with Brianne’s dad and Jesse’s mom, LOL, doing some of their crazy moves…

through the window, guests stood on chairs and were cheering, LOL..

Lemon drop shots got shared by all the friends!

Beach themed cake and cake topper…..sooooo cute!

Okay, let me preface these cake shots, LOL…..I kind of knew if we were going to have a wild cake cutting, this might be our couple to do just that, as both Brianne AND Jesse were crazy in their own right…..and I mean that with the fondest of affection. I said to them both before the cutting, “ok guys, now play nice” and both Brianne and Jesse let out a laugh. Now, in all fairness, Brianne played by the rules. She fed Jesse real nice and then nicely passed the fork over to him for him to feed her. In the background, were hoots and hollering from all the guests, “go Jesse”, “smash it Jesse”, and so on…… So, check out his face, he is starting out real nice, Brianne smiling……

then in the first picture below, she appears a tad hesitant, like not so sure I am trusting this boy….AND THEN just look at the face Jesse is making is the photo in the middle, cold, raw emotion and up comes the fork and BAMMMMM…..right in Brianne’s kisser goes the cake!!!!! So, what does any trusting wife do, you ask????? Gives it right BACK to him as he deserved it! You go girl, you made me proud, LOL……:-D

Ohhhhhh and then as if this wedding hadn’t had enough touching moments, Brianne said thank you to all their guests for coming, and traveling and sharing their day and then turned to Jesse and told him to sit down in the chair set before her. With that, she broke into a little speech about how sitting at work, she had written a song for him and wished to sing it in front of their guests. Her voice, was beautiful and the look on Jesse’s face said it all, he was so touched.

At one point, she, also was taken with emotion and stopped singing leaving Jesse to believe the song was done. He got up and started to approach Brianne but she raised her little index finger and said, “not done yet” to which Jesse took his place right back in the chair. Too cute…

And, then when she was done, he got up and grabbed his wife with all the raw emotion of a man in love with his new wife and planted a nice, big, juicy one right there on her lips!

And as we bid goodbye, the guests headed out to a bonfire set before them on the beach!

Have a great time on the islands of Hawaii, and please drop us a line on how you like the photos. We loved doing your wedding guys, you were so much fun!

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