A Intimate Wedding in a Theatre and a Ship in Trenton and Philadelphia, PA.
This post is long past due. I’ve been wanting to share this couple with you for awhile. They live in Thailand and run an Art School in Chiang Mai. Laura is an amazing artist (AH mazing!!) and Bradley is a Musician who just makes your heart sing. I have a very special place in my heart for these two. And now, their families too.
When Laura first contacted me about shooting her wedding we both knew it was meant to be. And so it was. Laura arranged her entire wedding with the help of Bradley’s brother and sister-in-law who run a small community based theater company in Trenton NJ called Passages (at the Mill Playhouse). She managed to do this all from half a world away.
There were a couple of firsts for me at this wedding. The first was that Laura’s first husband was there and was was actually the one who did the floral arrangements and who helped her get into her dress. I still laugh at how unusual that was… and yet how absolutely comfortable it seemed. The second thing was that they got married at the Moshulu Restaurant, a permanently docked old ship along the Philadelphia Waterfront. I’d never been inside it before. It was a mixture of sun, very very dark theater and then after we all got safely inside the ship, it began to pour. The kind of rain that soaks you through.
By the the time I left her parents in the parking lot, I was soaked and my shoes were squeaking water. I have beautiful memories of this day, the beautiful people I met and the fun that ensued when the musician friends and Bradley all did their thing around the piano. So, for Valentines Day… Laura and Bradley……
To Laura and Bradley, I will see you both very soon!
If you’d like to see their slide show, you can view that here.
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I adore that last ceremony shot- fabulous!
Sheri, very cool wedding. You did an amazing job. Great photography.
Love the colors and angles. Beautiful wedding.
Shari, this is such a cool wedding! I have this thing for ships. You did a superb job lady!
Wow.. you rocked it. Love the shots of them playing on the edge of the ship. Wild that the first husband was involved, much less helped her into her dress! Great story!
Wow so theatrical. It couldn’t have been easy shooting in that dim lighting but you rocked it Shari.
I love all of these! Confession: before I read the top, I scrolled through the photos. But your photos of the two of them and the wedding looked so interesting and happy that I went back up and read your post. You captured all of the wonderful uniqueness in this wedding so beautifully!
especially LOVE the ceremony shot!
These are soo cool! I love that ceremony shot!!
Those portraits on the ship are killer – I would love to see those larger!
Awesome work mate! Love this set. Love the negative space ceremony shot!
Wow – the series of four shots on the boat totally had me thinking modern day Titanic. Beautiful!
Beautiful! I love the ones on the boat and your last shot.
Wow! Those getting ready shots were beautiful and the location for the bride and groom pictures makes me absolutely jealous. Gorgeous photos, gorgeous couple!
Beautifully captured. I love the use of black space during the ceremony and the DOF on the dock. What an awesome wedding.
Beautiful crisp colours – great capture!
Gorgeous work Shari. I love that ceremony picture from the side. What a cool angle.
I can honestly say I love every image on this post!
Love this post Shari. Your images are so crisp, clean and timeless. Well done.
Laura and Bradley, you two look amazing!
Great wedding with lots of awesome details. What was the lady in purple mixing in that bowl?
It was filled, metaphorically, with spiritual goodness, Cole.