Chris and Jenn

We met with Chris and Jenn at Spot on Elmwood just a couple of months ago, and shot their engagement session just two days later since they live out of town. We loved working with them on that shoot and couldn't wait for this wedding to come around. These guys are super rad and they got everything JUST right for their day.

The wedding took place between two of our favorite places in Buffalo, the Mansion on Delaware, and the steps of the Albright Knox. As usual, here are some shots we liked. :)

So, for starters, it makes us feel really good when couples use our photos from a previous shoot in their wedding - but I don't think any of our shots have been edible before, and we were really stoked to see these M&Ms:

We kindof joked about having the wedding date stitched on a couple different items of clothing Chris was wearing (including his custom-made suit) so he'd always have a cheat-sheet to remind him of the date...but I'm not going to lie - Alyssa has our anniversary date tattooed on her ankle and I do occasionally check...not that I'd forget, you know, just to make sure...

Custom Jack Purcells for the groom and his groomsmen? Hell yes:

Fun Fact: Jack Purcell was a world champion badminton player....in case you were wondering.

Jenn and Chris wanted to do a "mini-shoot" before they got married, so we walked across the street from the Knox to Hoyt lake and had a good time while some neo-hippies drummed in the distance.

Just about now, Alyssa tried to go all Gene Kelly on a light pole and fell on her ass while demonstrating a pose we wanted to go for - all photographic evidence of this has been duly erased...just wanted to mention it...

If you're reading this and wondering, "So, how do you get permission to get married on the steps of the Albright Knox?" Never fear, we have the answer for you - you just show up with your friends and family and a judge and you do it because that's what you want to do and it's your wedding day. When they said they were going to get married there, we thought that was awesome. I always say it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.

How good does that look? The ceremony was beautiful. As Chris knows, it is one of THE Buffalo things to do to get photos taken after your wedding on the steps. If you walk into a home in Buffalo, I'd say 8 out of 10 times you'll see the shot above the mantle is there...so what not take it a step further?

After the ceremony, we all shot back down Delaware to the Mansion and Chris and Jenn hosted their cocktail hour in the gardens.

So, Chris really took a super active role in the wedding, which is awesome for a groom - particularly when the bride is a very, very busy doctor. He wanted his love for the city of Buffalo and its art scene to shine through the details - and it definitely did. However, as the wedding date crept closer, he was afraid that Jenn might think things were getting a little "too" Buffalo (is that possible?) on her - so he made a modification to their cake order. The cake is reminicent of a Piet Mondrian piece that hangs at the Albright Knox...

As it was explained to us, Jenn works with a lot of mice in her lab, so Chris thought that would be fitting for their cake. I'd like to have been at the cake maker's shop after that phone call came in...like, "Uh sir, are SURE about that....."

We found out once we got to the reception that a few of Chris and Jenn's friends would be spinning sets in lieu of a standard DJ - and of course the music was killer all night long. The coupled danced to the Velvet Underground for their first dance - rad.

It was a great wedding day and night, and we're really happy to have been part of it. All congratulations are due to Chris and Jenn!