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…