Issy Schmid Imaging

Alison and John were married on a beautiful summer day July 18th at the Church of the Incarnation in Mantua, NJ. The reception was held at Auletto’s in Deptford, NJ. Austin and I were so excited to shoot this wedding ever since we shot their engagement pictures a few months back. The wedding day was perfect, and everything ran smoothly. These two are so sweet together, and are fortunate to be surronded wonderful families. Aulettos had so many great places to take pictures and Ali and John gave us plenty of time to get some pictures of them and their bridal party. Ali is a first grade teacher, and she invited her students to her wedding ceremony. The kids were so cute, and they were so proud of their teacher. Once we got to the reception, the party got rolling right away. The dance floor was packed all night, and even during the last song of the night, there wasnt a spot left on the dance floor. Being around this couple and their family made me realize once again why I love shooting weddings! Here are a few of my favorites of the day:

I love this one of John and the groomsmen

At this point in the ceremony the priest had them turn away from each other. He proceeded with talking about what marriage means and ended it with “With everyone in this church as witness, we hope this is the last time you ever turn your back on each other”How cute is that? I’m a sappy chic…. so I teared up… just a bit

Yes, I have some very exciting news…. I am an aunt! Austins sister Erica welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world on Tuesday afternoon. His name is Alex John and he weighed in at 8lbs and 21 inches long. I am very excited to have a nephew, and I know that Austin feels the same way.

The story of the birth of this baby from my perspective was that of an emotional rollercoaster. We got a phone call at 5am on Monday morning to let us know that Erica started having contractions, and we were so excited that the baby was on his way that we waited it out a while. At 8am, nothing had changed and they said it would be a while, so we went on our way keeping our phones nearby in case we got another phone call saying it was time. That night I sat on the computer editing photos and getting updates via text message from Glenn about Erica’s status and his soon to be son. They finally headed to the hospital when the contractions were 5 minutes apart for an hour.

At 2am we got notice that they were giving Erica the epidural, so we packed up… I grabbed the camera… and off to Delaware we went to Christiana Hospital. Needless to say… the little guy had no intention of coming out just yet… so we waited all night/morning. Austin’s mom was in the delivery room, but we eventually had some company in the waiting room around 6am when Austin’s dad and stepmom arrived. More hours went by… and in the early afternoon the doctors decided it was time to do a c-section. Shortly after, Alex was welcomed into this world. Erica had been in labor for 33 hours! I can’t even explain how excited we were to see the baby. When it was Austin and my turn to head up and see him, we both had butterflies. We each got a chance to hold the little guy only a couple hours old, and I already started informing him that I am going to be the favorite Aunt!….haha…

This one is my favorite because he looks like he is smiling:

Proud Daddy Glenn

Austin holding his nephew

The FAVORITE aunt holding my new nephew

A couple weeks ago I ventured down the shore to the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City to shoot with Nate Juliano . Sherry and Matt were the cutest couple, and Sherry’s smile could light up the room. I was in my glory with the decor that they chose because everything was pink! Every detail of the day was pink, black and white… The ceremony was held in the Garden room and the reception was in the upstairs ballroom. I loved everything about this location that sits right on the boardwalk.

Sherry was so curious about what was going on down there, that she had to get in a little peek.

Coloring books for the kids… now thats some good planning

They surprised their guests with a choreographed bridal party dance. This was the best first dance I have seen.

My favorite pic of the night!

This year my mom asked for Beyonce concert tickets for her birthday, and I was fortunate that Austin was able to get us good seats. The concert was at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. Well, what I saw of the show was amazing… Her entire band was female, which is not something you usually see. Beyonce was such a good performer and the whole place was on their feet the entire time. There were two stages, one at end court which was the bigger stage and the other was a smaller stage directly in front of us. I was so excited that she was going to be so close and I was thinking about all the great pics I could get from there. Well, unfortunatly I had been sick all week, but I thought I would be fine to go to the concert. About 1/3 into the concert I couldn’t breathe and spent the rest of the night listening to the concert from either the medical room or outside. Austin actually had to drive all the way over to the concert with my asthma medicine for me. So, I missed a lot of the concert including the part where she was on the stage in front of us. My mom got some great pics and she and my sister had an awesome time. So, I dont have many pics from the concert, but I did get a few of us getting ready to go beforehand…

My mom and sister

My mom and I
Marcus and AJ
This little cutie was sitting next to Dink and she not only knew all the words to every Beyonce song, but I was surprised when she was singing all the lyrics to the Michael Jackson songs too.

While editing Amanda and Jim’s wedding I got to one photo that was a little different than the others. This one had a little edge to it, and Amanda totally understood what I was looking for. So, just for something a little different….