Rhode Island Wedding & Portrait Photographer • Faith Dugan » St. Barnabas Church http://www.faithdugan.com Faith Dugan Photography - Wedding and Portrait Photography in Newport, Rhode Island. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:14:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Laura and Nick are married!!!! http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/12/08/laura-and-nick-are-married/ http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/12/08/laura-and-nick-are-married/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:32:52 +0000 admin http://www.faithdugan.com/?p=1260 Laura & Nick had a fabulous New England clambake themed wedding at Kempenaar’s Clambake Club back in August. Lots of love, friendship and GREAT food! The public clambake is a tradition for my family so it was nice to revisit the venue to document another family’s enjoyment there. KCC is a big tradition with Nick’s family, so it was a familiar setting for his side.

Here is what Laura said when she saw her photos:

“Faith,
You are truly amazing! These pictures are exactly what I wanted! I relived each moment of the entire day through your eyes but in some sense my eyes too! You have a true talent, the gift of preserving a memory timelessly. I know you understand mean and this may seem corny and trivial but sometime watch the movie Tinker Bell and think my 5 year old daughter and I… I have already gave your name to another bride and I will continue to highly recommend you as it is worth every penny… and in some way invaluable.
Thanks with all my heart!
Laura”

Florist: Carlone’s
Cake: Fatulli’s Bakery
Hair & Makeup: Lisa Ramos

Laura’s dress details and comfy wedding shoes!

Happy dogs lounging during the “dog days of summer”. Too cute!!

Laura’s adorable daughter & flowergirl!

Moment #1: Laura walking down the stairs to her dad & brother….

Moment #2: Laura’s mom & sister walking her leave….

While Laura was walking down the stairs in the previous picture, I swung the camera up to the top of the stairs to capture this nice moment of Laura’s mom & sister. See? 1 photographer can get multiple moments! :)

Laura’s sister exchanging a glance at her parents in the front row from her maid-of-honor seat at the altar…

Nick & his mom having a moment immediately after the ceremony.

Grandparents during the receiving line.

Laura’s bouquet was covered with a piece of her mom’s wedding dress.

A happy moment on the trolley back into Newport on our way to formals…



The kids were being so patient!


A new family!


We had such beautiful weather….72 degrees and no humidity in the middle of August! Amazing. And a little cloud diffusion….a photographer favorite.

A mother-daughter talk:

No pictures, please…

Laura’s parents playing at the clambake club

Nick’s parents are fun-loving, too!

First dance with Nick’s parents looking on…

A quick bride & groom portrait at KCC

Faith Dugan Hardware: So this was a unique idea I’ve never seen before. There was a box of holes that was about 3×4 feet wide. Next to the box, guests could fill out messages to the couple, roll up the colored paper, and slide it into the box. Laura & Nick read 1 message every day after they returned from their honeymoon. Such a fun idea! So of course, I incorporated the color and the rolled up paper in my ring-art for them! :)

No vendor chicken dinner here!!!!! Mhmmmm hmm! Thanks for the great meal, Laura. It’s much appreciated!

Another mother-daughter moment, #1 & #2

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]]> http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/12/08/laura-and-nick-at-kempanaars-clambake-club-slideshow/feed/ 0 Susanne and Jerry are married!! http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/07/23/susanne-and-jerry-are-married/ http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/07/23/susanne-and-jerry-are-married/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:20:10 +0000 admin http://www.faithdugan.com/?p=833 Yay!!!! My beautiful Susanne! I’ve known Susanne through the industry as long as I’ve been in business. Of course, it was a huge honor when she invited me to photograph her wedding. Susanne has a big & vibrant personality as you’ll see in a second. I was so excited to see her details & planning. Susanne surprised Jerry with a groom’s cake of Fenway Park complete with the score board being their wedding date! So fun. Take a look at the blue starfish Susanne worked really hard on. I read about many Saturdays spent painting starfish on Susanne’s Facebook profile!!! Isn’t wedding planning fun? =)

I wish I could post a clip of the beautiful message Susanne left me on my voicemail, because it totally made my day, but here is her email instead:

“I am completely overwhelmed–I pulled out at tissue : ) Jerry loved them too : ) Thank you a million times over–you captured everything and LOVE the music Luke gave you!! I am very grateful for all of your help : )LOVE YOU!!!

Cupcakes & Sugar cookie favors: Amanda Bryan at It’s My Party
Groom’s Cake: Sin Desserts
DJ: Luke’s DJ
Hair: Trish Ybarondo
Makeup: Jessica D’amore
Florist: Richard Ho, RichOriginal

A little background on this series…It was supposed to rain like crazy on Susanne’s day. So she bought wellies from JCrew and a white umbrella. When I arrived at her & Jerry’s home, it was 75 degrees without a cloud in the sky. Perfect! So we went outside and mocked the weather report briefly!

This is so SUSANNE! I love it.

Another series….I love series. Susanne & her beautiful mom having a moment after Susanne got into her dress. That’s usually a big moment right after the bride is completely dressed and she sees herself or her family sees her for the first time. I call it the “becoming the bride” moment.

]]> http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/07/23/susanne-and-jerry-are-married/feed/ 0 Susanne and Jerry at Regatta Place (SLIDESHOW) http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/07/23/susanne-and-jerry-at-regatta-place-slideshow/ http://www.faithdugan.com/2009/07/23/susanne-and-jerry-at-regatta-place-slideshow/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:19:30 +0000 admin http://www.faithdugan.com/?p=781 A special thanks to: Luke of Luke’s DJ (Click here for his site)
Luke mixed 2 songs together for Susanne & Jerry’s first dance and was nice enough to pass the track to me. When the music changes in the slideshow, the photo you’ll see is actually Susanne’s reaction to the music changing during the first dance on her wedding day. Isn’t that cool? I did that on purpose! I was so proud of myself =) Thanks, Luke!

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