They handmade these owls to use as name cards on the tables. They also made for a cute backdrop for a shot of their rings.

Michele and Jon live out of state so they made most of their arrangements over the phone site unseen. She gave the florist some color ideas but had absolutely no idea what her flowers were going to end up looking like until that morning. Needless to say The Rhoads Garden in North Wales did an amazing job because this is one of my favorite bouquets to date and Michele was thrilled!

The ceremony took place in the living room area in front of the large stone fireplace.

After the ceremony we took everyone outside for some family shots on the front porch.

Since only the family was in attendance we had plenty of time to walk around the property with just Michele and Jon to get some photos of the happy bride and groom.

After making a pit stop to get their photo with the carved bears we headed back behind the Thomas Wilson House where we were lucky enough to find the family of wild turkeys that live in the woods behind the property. We had to take a photo of them because Jon didn’t think anyone would believe us when we returned back to the reception telling everyone we saw a group of wild turkeys. Well Jon here you go!

We finally headed back to the house so they could enjoy their luncheon.

Thank you to Michele and Jon for inviting me along on your special day! It was great working with both of you! To check out the photos from their Old City Philadelphia engagement session click HERE.

I think these two photos are my favorite from the shoot! I just told them to have fun and play around in the bumper cars and this was Michele’s reaction! I guess we know who the better driver is between these two!

While the bar was cute we wanted to head out and walk around Old City to get some nice outdoor pictures. I love the feel of all the brick and bright colors in this part of the city.

And of course no trip to Old City would be complete without a walk down Elfreth’s Alley the oldest residential street in the United States.

Just down the street was Franklin’s Court where you can see down through windows into what used to be Ben Franklin’s home below street level. It doesn’t look like much besides some dirt, broken up concrete but it was still cool. I loved this archway that takes you from the street into the courtyard area.

This is why I love my clients…I tell them to relax and be less stiff and this is what I get…

I think everyone was starting to get worn out at this point but I just loved the door way on the steps of the First National Bank.

And last but not least they wanted some pictures with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the background so we headed up to the walkway on Chestnut street which overlooks the Delaware River. We weren’t counting on the entire city including every news station being there though for the start of the Welcome America Celebration for the 4th of July. Oops! We managed to find one small opening among street vendors and tons of families who were crammed in to get this shot.

I look forward to working with both of them again in early October when they come back to the area for their wedding.