Samantha and Josh got married in beautiful Look Park in Northampton, MA, and it couldn’t have been a more amazing day. The Pines Theater nestled in the trees at the park provided a truly spectacular backdrop for their intimate ceremony. The guests then moved off to the Garden House just up the hill while we got to spend a little time with the two newlyweds for some intimate, relaxed portraits before they walked over to join the party. From there, the evening was incredibly relaxed and a lot of fun. Since Josh is such a huge soccer fan and a player himself, the wedding was infused with a little World Cup spirit and excitement. Thank you guys for allowing us to be a part of your day and we wish you many happy years together!

Check out this little slideshow we put together (watch it in full screen and turn up your sound!) and click on the link afterwards to see the full gallery and order prints.

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After Sam and Josh had their beautiful wedding ceremony at the Pines Theater in Look Park in Northampton, MA, we took them for a brief portrait session and then it was off to their reception at the Garden House next door. We only spent about 10 minutes for portraits afterwards since they opted for the first look before the ceremony. All their family formals were done, so they got to hang out with all their guests at the cocktail hour. It was a very laid back reception, which was very fitting for the couple. They had a first dance (to “You Are The Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne, which fit the two of them PERFECTLY) and toasts, and the rest of the night was completely unscheduled. The bride and groom’s laid back attitude allowed the night to flow naturally and everyone had a great time.  Here are a few of our favorites:

This next one is one of our favorite shots of the wedding. Sam really knows how to work that smile for the camera:

There were little Irish touches that showed up throughout their wedding day.

The entrance of the bridal party was certainly animated……

However, the real party started when Sam and Josh entered. Some of you may remember that Josh is a HUGE soccer fan and a player himself, so since this wedding was right in the midst of the World Cup, there was a hint of those festivities around the room, including the happy couple entering to shoults of Ole, Ole, Ole! Josh made such a rockstar entrance here, he even sacrificed a small part of his pants leg to this floor, but it was well worth it for this entrance:

A beautiful first dance, you can really see how happy they are here.

Samantha’s sister gave a very touching, beautiful toast.

A little dance fight action here later in the night:

And a nice little moment between the new family celebrating their togetherness.

Lots more to come from this and our other awesome weddings, so check back soon!

We are so excited tonight to be showing you the first preview of Sam and Josh’s Northampton, MA wedding this past weekend. We hope you’re excited to see more after the sneak peek you saw a few days ago. They got married in Look Park just outside of downtown Northampton, and it was a gorgeous setting. Tonight’s preview will be some of our favorite shots from their pre-wedding preparation as well as the couple’s “first look” and the ceremony. The ceremony was at the Pines Theater in Look Park, which is this amazing outdoor space under the towering pine trees of the park. It’s truly magnificent. Here are some of our favorites:

Yet again, another one of Lisa’s great shoe shots. She’s always so creative with these. It’s hard to make Badgley Mischka shoes look better than they already do, but she always finds a way!

Here are a few of the couple as they were finishing getting ready. You can see the anticipation in their eyes.

Sam and Josh were another one of our couples to opt for a “First Look” – We always love it when couples trust us on this because not only does it allow them to have a private, personal moment before the ceremony, but it allows us to get all the formal photos taken beforehand so that the couple can get right to their party! Here’s a little series that shows you their first look. It was really beautiful to witness.

Sam’s maiden name was Pleasant, and she had this button on her bouquet in tribute to her grandfather, who had it as his campaign button. We’ve seen a lot of beautiful tributes to late family members at our weddings, and this one was especially touching.

If you’re ever at Look Park, you need to go check out the Pines Theater. It was a gorgeous ceremony site.

Sam and Josh had a really touching part of the ceremony where they welcomed Josh’s daughter (who is INCREDIBLY cute) into their new family.

Here’s another look at the teaser photo from the last post – it’s one of our absolute favorites!

Check back tomorrow night for the second half featuring our favorites from the reception!

We are busy looking through the images from Sam and Josh’s amazing wedding from Friday night and wanted to give you all a little sneak peek at one of our favorite shots. Sam and Josh got married in Look Park in Northampton, MA, with their ceremony outside in the beautiful Pines Theater and the reception in the Garden House. It was a really fun wedding with a little touch of the World Cup mixed in, and it was just the right atmosphere to celebrate the union of these two really fun people! We will be showing you a lot more in a further preview later on this week, so check back regularly, but for now, we wanted to show you this image we captured during the ceremony. The look on Samantha’s face just says it all. Check back soon for more!

We’re finally ready to post all of Sam and Josh’s engagement photos! We had so much fun with these two at Look Park in Northampoton, MA. They will be getting married here next month! It’s getting so close, and we are really looking forward to it. These two were a blast to work with, and we can already tell that their wedding, amongst all the World Cup festivities, will be even more fun! They only get to see each other on the weekends now, but their wedding is so close, and they will get to live together in just a few more weeks. It gives us goosebumps just thinking about how excited they must be! We caught them on a rare weekend together and captured these amazing images. Check out their slideshow, leave some comment love below, and follow the link afterwards to see their full gallery of photos and order prints. Make sure you turn up your sound!

We don’t want to keep any of you in suspense, so a mere 24 hours after the first preview of Sam and Josh’s engagement photo session in Look Park in Northampton, MA, here is part 2! You can tell just from a few minutes with these two that they are meant for each other. Sam knew the same thing about Josh after the first night they met. They are really down to earth, which we love, but the love and passion between them is amazing, as you’ll see in this set of photos. Here are a few more of our favorites from the session.

You may have seen this one in the sneak preview, but here it is again, we just love the amazing light and emotion here, as captured by my amazing wife Lisa:

We always love playing around with the sun when we can get it in between all the spring showers:

These two have a great sense of humor. Does it look like they were enjoying themselves?

Just look at that HUGE rock on her finger! Well done Josh!

I swear these two could have been models. We couldn’t ask for a hotter couple.

Check back in a few weeks for a look at the rest of their photos, and keep checking back on the blog for lots of great new engagement sessions coming soon!

For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting more photos from Sam and Josh’s engagement session at Look Park in Northampton, MA, here they are! We can’t wait for their wedding here in June. It’s going to be amazingly beautiful. These two were a blast to work with. Josh is all about soccer, and their wedding will be in the midst of all the World Cup festivities. Sam is an athlete as well, equestrian is her specialty. They are a riot together, and definitely not a bad looking couple either!  We are working hard on finishing up their photos, but here is a little preview of some of our favorites from the shoot. This is part 1, check back for part 2 tomorrow!

Of course, the Scott Kretschmann signature shot!

It’s really hard to take a bad picture of these two. We really do have the best looking clients of any photographer we know!

Pure passion and joy right here:

Here’s Josh in his element:

We were lucky to get such gorgeous light. The rain held off just long enough for us.

Check back tomorrow for more from these two!

It’s spring, and what does that mean? Yes, it is wedding season, but also, since our couples all get complimentary engagement sessions, we are out shooting our gorgeous couples and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. Our most recent engagement session was this past Sunday in Look Park in Northampton, MA with Sam and Josh. They will be getting married here next month and we are totally stoked about it!  We will post more photos soon, but here is a little sneak peek at one of our favorite shots from the session. We love the emotion in it, and the light was just divine. More to come soon, so keep checking back!