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    I'm Lisa Rigby, and I love photographing people. I am a full-time wedding photographer based in Boston. I photograph weddings throughout New England, the United States, and beyond.

    My wedding photography has been featured on Snippet & Ink, Rock 'n Roll Bride, Ruffled, and will be published in the Fall 2010 editions of The Knot Boston Magazine, Brides Boston Magazine, and Newport Weddings.

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Kelly & John's Vegan Wedding at Deerfield Academy

Kelly and John had their wedding at Deerfield Academy. John is from Deerfield and went to the school at the Academy and Kelly is from Nashville.

Kelly had some of her guy friends as attendants. I’m seeing this more and more at weddings lately. I like it.
Kelly is from Nashville and has some musical friends. They played a Hank Williams song — complete with washboard — as Kelly and John walked down the aisle.
Right after the ceremony I followed Kelly and John “backstage” where their family and close friends were congratulating them. The moments right after the ceremony are always so happy! Makes for nice photos.:)
I didn’t realize that the usual method of producing silk involves boiling the silkworms alive. Not a good omen for your wedding day! Kelly’s dress was made from “cruelty-free” silk worms, as in: “no silk worms were harmed in the making of this fabric.” There was also some recycled silk in her dress too. Kelly’s dress was by Chrissy Wai Ching. Bubble glass necklace from the Museum of Modern Art Store. John’s suit by J. Crew.
Kelly wore two bracelets: One from each of her grandmothers. The ID bracelet at right was a gift from her grandfather to her grandmother.
For a year before their wedding, Kelly and John collected vintage salt and pepper shakers as favors for their wedding guests. They attached vintage office cards to the shakers and used them as seating cards. So if your vintage tag/seating card had a pepper shaker, your seat had the matching salt shaker. When they could, they even matched them to the guests’ personalities and interests!
I’ve been eating a lot of cupcakes lately… at weddings of course.  I now know that not all cupcakes are created equal. These cupcakes, which happened to be vegan, were among the best… no… THE BEST cupcakes that I’ve had at a wedding this season.
I take lots of people photos like the ones below. People photos are usually the bulk of the reception images that I include in photo collections. I know that all of the wedding blogs are really into showing details, and I definitely capture those too. But for me the details aren’t what wedding photography is about. They’re fun and interesting, but for the couples I work with, their families, and guests, the people photos are what they end up treasuring the most.
This little girl cracked me up. She was doing some kind of wild dance by herself on the dance floor. I love her outfit!
The food at this wedding was all vegan and so, sooo good. If anyone attending thought that they would miss meat at this wedding, I think they quickly changed their mind when they were served this vegan feast. Of course, I got to eat this food too. Yummers! I actually went home and made some vegan dishes that week.
Anyone who plays Can and Brian Eno at their wedding is ok by me…:)

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jeffrey - Love the shoe shot! Love how you posed them to look like ballerina shoes!July 31, 2010 – 7:31 pm

Sandra at Kinney Bungalow in Narragansett

Sandra on her wedding day, at the Kinney Bungalow in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

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Elizabeth & Jason: Wedding at the MIT Chapel & Oleana Restaurant

Elizabeth and Jason are a very creative couple. He’s an architect and MIT grad, and she’s a personal chef and graduate of Wellesley. They’ve been together for seven years and make their home in an old piano factory. They’re both from the South but they met in Boston. A few weeks ago they were married at the MIT Chapel and had their reception at Oleana.

Elizabeth’s wedding day makeup by Boston makeup artist, Dani Wagener.
The gorgeous, natural and organic looking flower arrangements were designed by Boston’s Petalena Flowers. Eye candy!
Elizabeth and Jason designed their wedding invitations, at left below. Each guest received a box of handmade chocolates — made with love by Elizabeth and Jason. They’re a very talented couple!
Over the years that they’ve been together, Elizabeth and Jason have written many little notes to each other. They read some of these notes to each other during the wedding ceremony and then posted some of their favorites on a board (below) at the reception.
Both Elizabeth and Jason are serious foodies and Elizabeth is a personal chef. They asked me to take some great photographs of the food.  Of course, I got to eat it this delicious food too!

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Whitney - LOVE the composition of the chapel shot over the groom’s shoulder. I die. Can’t wait until September :-) July 27, 2010 – 6:39 pm

Engaged in Boston: Jennifer & Cory

A few highlights from Jennifer & Cory’s engagement session in Boston’s Christopher Columbus Park and the North End. These two writers will have their wedding next May at one of my favorite wedding venues: the Boston Public Library (BPL).

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Brad Smith - Great work! I love the second to the last image – the lighting – angle – and composition are great!July 26, 2010 – 7:39 pm

Summer Weddings Update

I’ve been photographing weddings every weekend and so busy with editing, photographing, and meeting with clients that I haven’t updated my blog in a bit. Now that I’m getting caught up, I’m so excited to share all of these wonderful weddings with you as full blog features in the next few weeks. We’ll see a vegan wedding at Deerfield Academy, a wedding with the most beautiful floral designs at Belle Mer in Newport, yet another wedding at the MIT Chapel and Oleana with an adorable couple who make their own chocolates, and more.

Also, bookings for  2011 are in full swing! I’m about 25% booked for next year, which is kind of crazy scary since most of my inquiries usually come in after January of the same year. I hope I still have dates available by then!:)

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Heidi - Lisa! I can’t wait to see more of your wedding photos this summer! Your work is stunning as always…Robyn at Belle Mer look stunning and love how you captured her at the entrance to the venue!July 20, 2010 – 10:48 pm

Nessa K - These are absolutely beautiful, Lisa. =)

I feel like such a bad little blogger, but I love these and I’m going to have to post an update with some sneak peeks for all the upcoming posts.July 20, 2010 – 11:23 pm

Kate - Hey Lisa- I absolutely love your work! Just letting you know I’m a fan and enjoy seeing your work :) July 20, 2010 – 11:47 pm

Casey@HelloLove - Can’t wait to see more! The light in that first photo is goooorgeous!July 21, 2010 – 12:51 am

Jaimie Dee Photography - Love your work! Just stumbled across your site today, and I think it is quite awesome! Keep up the great work! :) July 26, 2010 – 4:29 pm

Norah & Chris: Wedding at the MIT Chapel & Oleana, Cambridge

Their engagement session put them in the running for most adorable couple ever. Yes, Norah and Chris got married. Their wedding ceremony was at the MIT Chapel and the reception was at Oleana Restaurant.

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Amie - Wow – what a stunning Chapel!July 8, 2010 – 6:01 pm

klc - That top photo of the wedding program is ridiculously good. I also saw a friend of mine among the guests, so it must have been a great time!July 8, 2010 – 9:30 pm

lisa - @klc: It’s amazing how many people view photos at client meetings or on the blog and say they recognize people in the pics. I’ve actually seen one couple as guests at three weddings I’ve photographed! I’m like “not you again!” Ha ha…July 8, 2010 – 10:32 pm

Brandi & Vipul’s Wedding at Colt State Park & CAV Restaurant

My mother called shortly after I met with Brandi and Vipul for their pre-wedding planning meeting. “I was just talking with new favorite couple!” “Don’t you say that about all your clients?” she said. I had to laugh because it’s true. I get really excited when I talk with couples about their weddings. But from our first meeting I knew that Brandi and Vipul — who seemed so kind and creative and full of life — were going to have a remarkable wedding.

The wedding ceremony took place on a very hot day at Colt State Park in Bristol, Rhode Island. The couple and their friends made the fabric bench covers and program fans. Aisle, candle flowers and tossed flowers by Flowering Tree Botanicals on Etsy. Ganesh Elephant by Victoria’s Art Gallery.
The festivities began with the Groom’s Procession. Being in Rhode Island, they couldn’t have the traditional elephant to carry Vipul. Instead, the groom entered on a bicycle pedicab decorated with flowers and pedaled by a groomsman. Friends and family danced, spun and sang around him. What a joyful way to enter your wedding! Below, Vipul and his mother pray as the procession begins. Pedicab and flowers by Nelson’s Little Shop of Flowers.
Mid-way through the procession Vipul got out of the cab and danced with family and friends.  I love the photo of him and his mother below, just after they danced.
As the wedding ceremony began, friends held an “antarpat” in front of Vipul. When Brandi and her parents came up the aisle, they raised the antarpat so that he couldn’t see her approaching.
Brandi’s parents offered her hands under the antarpat to Vipul.
Keeping with Hindu customs, the couple recited seven vows to each other as they circled the sacred fire. Brandi and Vipul’s first six vows were traditional Hindu vows, and they wrote the seventh vow.
Below, Vipul places the Mangalsutra necklace on Brandi. The Mangalsutra is a Hindu token of love and respect.
Brandi worked with Val of Upoppy to design and create her wedding dress. Below, you can see some of the dress details.
Brandi is Creole and from Mississippi, and the couple wanted to include some wedding traditions from her side of the family as well. They ended the ceremony by “jumping the broom.”
Brandi’s henna was done by Henna by Heather. BlumeBloom on Etsy created the hair fascinator, to which Brandi added some custom details. Earrings by Brigite.
The wedding reception was held at CAV Restaurant in Providence. Below is the restaurant’s courtyard at Imperial Place.
Guests signed the couple’s wedding guest book on a vintage typewriter. Arielle Zibrak’s multimedia painting featured many of the couple’s wedding details and wedding story.
Ari Rosenfield of Beat Train Productions DJ’d. Special thanks to Jocelyn Dunn, who coordinated the wedding day and made sure that that everything ran smoothly.
CAV Restaurant is next door to the store where I used to purchase (or should I say my parents purchased!) art supplies when I was in college: Jerry’s Art Supply Warehouse. I thought it was cool that CAV used a paint palette to serve the h’ors d’oeuvres.
What a day! What a wedding! Thank you so much to Brandi and Vipul for letting me photograph and share your beautiful day.

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Agnieszka - Sooooooo beautiful! What a set!July 6, 2010 – 12:02 am

Geneve - Gorgeous set, Hindu wedding are so much fun to photograph! Love all the detail shots and very cool dancing shots too!July 6, 2010 – 2:15 am

Channing - Beautiful people, beautiful details and all beautifully captured. Great work, Lisa!July 6, 2010 – 3:40 pm

klc - I started to get choked up after just seeing the first few photos. You can just feel the love and joy ooozing out of these shots. Such a great job Lisa, you’re lucky to have such creative wonderful clients, and they’re so lucky to have you!July 6, 2010 – 7:23 pm

Casey@HelloLove - Wow, what an awesome and vibrant wedding! Beautiful photos!July 7, 2010 – 12:23 am

Vanessa Del Pino - Wow, such a gorgeous wedding event…Great job!!July 7, 2010 – 11:05 pm

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