Katie and Matt in Saratoga Springs

If you know me, and have been following my blog, then you know that when the images come first, there is usually a lot of type to follow.

O.K. so I knew going in that this was going to be a phenomenal wedding, and was really looking forward to it. I love Katie and Matt so much, and they are the nicest couple. There was absolutely no way it could have been anything but. They arranged two rooms for George Cannon (please click on his name to see some great images he captured) and I to stay in at the magnificent Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa in beautiful Saratoga Springs, and treated us like family the whole time.

I decided that since I was in town, I would shoot the rehearsal dinner, and do a slide show at both brunches on Sunday. Then Saturday morning I was looking for Katie, (who was out running in the park at 6 am to start her wedding day) when I saw some incredible light coming through the trees and decided to try and talk Katie and Matt into waking up early Sunday morning to go out and shoot some day after images. We were all pretty beat Sunday after partying until almost 1:00 the night before. Then I was up from 4:30 working on the slide show, when Matt called at 6am and said they were up for it if I was. Wow! I am so happy that we did it too because for the next two and a half hours the three of us went around and created some magical images together. We ended up in the lobby by some built in phone booths that I had been eyeing since we walked in and finished shooting there while their guests started coming down for the new day. It was such a laugh too because everyone thought we had spent the whole night together. George joined us at this point too so we dropped him into the other phone both for an image that we all loved.

George and I went up stairs, and worked on the slide show until the very last possible second. Then we flew over to Matt’s Mom’s house for the first brunch. Showed the slide show, and went to Katie’s Mom’s house for an encore presentation. It was so much fun, and everyone really appreciated the effort that went into creating the images and slide show, so it was special to both George and I. So now it is around 1:00, I have eaten three full meals already, and it is time to get on the road. Good thing George was with me because after I almost drove off the road twice in the first ten minutes, we decided that maybe he should drive us home. I got into the passenger seat, passed out in about fifteen seconds, and didn’t wake up until we were about twenty minutes from home.

Monday I slept until 1:00 in the afternoon (very rare for me), then went to do some birthday shopping for my wife, Happy Birthday Heather! Then we went out for a wonderful dinner, came home and I slept again all night. Actually I didn’t start to get my energy back until mid-day on Tuesday, just before I had to go to a photo shoot for my friend Lauren Tillapaugh at the Aurora Inn. My body was exhausted, but it was so worth all of the energy and time involved because we walked away with some of my favorite images of the year so far.

I have some pretty fantastic weddings coming up with some awesome couples but I have to say that it is going to be tough to top this one. No matter what though, Katie and Matt will always have a special place in my heart.

Thank both of you, all of your families, and friends for such an awesome adventure. Special thanks too Katie’s Mom Carol who welcomed us with open arms from the moment we arrived, and constantly looked out for us, making sure we were fed and didn’t need anything. Thanks again George for all of your help, I’m sure that I couldn’t have done as nice of a job with out you, and just spending time together is a treat on its own. Katie and Matt, I wish you two many blessings and love, now and always. Please click on an image to see it larger, and click here for the slideshow.

Comments

[George Cannon]

Frankie,

Glad to see you're catching up. This one was a blast. Loved it all. It was exhausting but paid off with GREAT images. As always, working with you is always a trip and thanks for including me, and the link. See you soon.

George

[bobbi+]

EXCELLENT!

[Maureen Lee]

Wonderful pictures - as usual!! Above and beyond what others are willing to do and it is so evident.

[Sofie]

Firstly, happy birthday to your wife, Heather :)Secondly, great shots. I love how you ALWAYS manage to capture so much emotional variety in your images.Thirdly, you need to give yourself a break!! You sound shattered!

[becky bean]

Oh, Frank. These are great. What a cool thing you guys did. The images are amazing - lovely couple. Can't wait to see you soon!

[beth]

Fantastic! I am LOVING the phone booth shots - wow!

[Katie]

Frank,

These are perfect. I have watched the show at least 5 times in the past half hour and I'm laughing and crying and smiling like crazy. I can't stress enough that choosing you to photograph our wedding was one of, if not the best decision we made during wedding planning. Not just because of your unmatchable talent and ability to capture the best weekend of our lives, but also because of your personality, energy and ability to make us feel like a prince and princess for the weekend.

Thank you millions of times over. I will look at these forever. Be careful too because I think you may be getting lots of phone calls from our friends and family in the future. They loved you even before they saw the images.

Happy Birthday to your wife Heather and thanks again.

Love Katie

[Roxanne Benton]

Wonderful images! I'm so glad I joined OSP and found you in the process! LOVE the phone booth - and your commentary makes everything even more special. Thanks so much!

[rowena]

Frank, You did it again! Love all that you captured, thanks for the inspiration!

[Michelle G]

These are beautiful! They are such a great mix of classy and fun photos!

[Mike Warren]

These are awesome Frank!! I loved the story, sounds like you guys had a great time!!