Martha's Vineyard beach Wedding featured in ISLAND WEDDINGS magazine !

A beautiful summer beach wedding we shot on Chappaquiddick ( an island off Martha's Vineyard) is featured in the new issue of 2012 issue of Martha's Vineyard Magazine ISLAND WEDDINGS !

This was an amazing event on private waterfront estate at Wasque Point, with a ceremony on the beach and tented reception over looking the ocean.
Every single thing had to be transported over on a tiny 2 car ferry from to Martha's Vineyard to the island !

Planning was by the amazing team over at Elegant Occasions who are based in Manhattan.

See more images from this beautiful Destination Wedding  http://4eyesphotography.com/laura&matt_martha'svineyard/

Selected as New York City & Destination picks in 2011 Style Me Pretty ~ Little Black Book..

We're delighted our friends over at STYLE ME PRETTY have included us again this year in their 2011 exclusive Little Black Book of the best Wedding Vendors around the country ! We're featured as a choice for New York City & Destination Weddings  :-)

Washington DC Wedding

Great wedding down in Washington DC.
The bride got ready at the cool, Art Deco Monaco Hotel and we got some cool shots in the red hall ways and on the amazing spiral staircases for the First Look !
After the church ceremony the bride and groom took a vintage Rolls Royce to the Capital Building where the wedding party joined them for photos around the monuments of DC.

The Reception was held at the  Ronald Reagan Building, steps from the White House and the couple had a cool black and white theme with a vintage chandelier as a motif.

Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island

Meagan & Allan's beautiful tented wedding was held on the ocean, in the historic Castle Hill Inn, overlooking the ocean in Newport Rhode Island.
After getting ready shots at a couple of downtown B&B's, the bride & groom took a vintage 1930's limo to a nearby church for the ceremony ~ while the wedding party boarded trolly's.
On the way to Castle Hill we stopped off on the rocky coastline for some wind-blown pix of the couple and then shot all the portraits overlooking Newport harbor at the mansion.

The wedding was planned by the wonderful  Elegant Occasions and details included table names of concerts the couple had attended together, a specially designed "concert ticket" with the couple & wedding as the 'event',  a vintage photo booth and both a groom & a bride & groom cake !

For a sneak peek of more of our images from this event check out this link  Meagan & Alan in Newport

Southern Destination Wedding in Central Florida...

4Eyes just shot the destination wedding of Susan & Matt, an American bride & British groom,  who married at the ultra-exclusive Isleworth Coutry Club, in Central Florida.  

The bride got ready at the spectacular Portofino Hotel ( modeled after the Italian village, right down to a re-constructed copy of the buildings and harbor and  complete with italian speaking staff !) and then did finishing touches in a room overlooking the golf course.

 The groom drank tea and fixed his tie under a giant British Union Jack !

The wedding itself took over the entire Isleworth Country Club ( where Tiger Woods is a 

member !) and the enite affair was designed and planned by the amazing New York-based wedding planning team of JoAnne & Frank from Elegant Occasions.
We got some great portraits of the couple around the grounds, which were peppered with original sculptures by the likes of  Henry Moore & Jeff Coons. We also took them down to the lake, which had great light and the feel of the Deep South, with Spanish Moss covered trees.

The wedding was outdoors, in temperatures pushing 100 degrees, so everyone dove for the cool of the indoors for group shots around the Moroccan fountain,  in the centre of the club. Rupert could shoot from above while Kellie shot from the front. Came out very well.

The reception was held in the Clubs' Great Hall, a beautifully lit space, with banquet style tables. After speeches and a lavish buffet the dancing took over.... 

Celebrity guest Joey Fatone from N'Sync ( a close high school buddy of the Brides') was talked into performing a few songs with the band....... and the bride even got up and did a duet with him, singing Greeces' Summer Lovin' to roars of approval from the guests !!

Keep an eye on our web site for more images from this and other new weddings by Kellie & Rupert of 4Eyes....

Fabulous Labor Day Weekend Wedding at the WestSide Loft

4Eyes just shot a fabulous wedding @ The WestSide Loft,  in Manhattan,  over Labor Day Weekend. 

Tsigie ( pronounced S-i-g-a-y) & Charles ~ who met in High School ~  drew on elements of the African American culture and traditions ....and blended it with their hip,  contemporary New Yorker lives. 

Rupert photographed DJ Charles getting ready at a friends'  Downtown loft and got great shots while he  blasted Hip Hop tunes from his buddies' turntable set-up &  fussed over his look. 

All the guys then jumped in a friends' SUV and dived down to TriBeca for some cool cobble-stone street shots. Very Reservoir Dogs with everyone in slick suits and black ties.

Kellie hung with the girls and got the 'getting ready' images and did some very daring, 'R' rated portraits of Tsigie posing in the window of her beautiful suite at the Gansevoort Hotel, in the MeatPacking District !

The wedding and reception was at the WestSide Loft and the couple teamed up with planner Ebony Small from Longevity Wedding Consultants to design a New York theme. Each table was identified by a famous New York street, such as 42nd Street or Madison Avenue and there was even a Law & Order Way ( a nod to Tsigie's professional connection with the TV show !)

After a cool traditional Gospel-style ceremony,  the couple ended the service by 'jumping the broom' - (a tradition dating back to the African Slave days), where the couple jumps over a broom into their new life together. Then the couple and the entire wedding party danced and grooved their way back down the aisle, straight into the Cocktail Hour !

We got some more fun shots afterwards,  outside with the couple and their party, using the gritty New York streets as a background. We even got the couple dancing in the middle of 7th Avenue traffic !

After some great speeches,  dinner was served family style to the tables. 

Then the party really kicked in with a top New York DJ spinning and mixing Hip Hop and classics with practically the entire wedding crammed onto the dance- floor and dancing long into the night !

A TRULY SCANDINAVIAN WEDDING IN SWEDEN......

When Danish real estate developer Morten,  met Norweign make-up artist Sissel in New York City they quickly discovered they had more than their European roots in common !

After deciding to marry, they chose neutral ground for their destination wedding, booking a mansion on a Lake in Kragga, in the Swedish countryside. It was a  lavish, international  wedding, with guests from all over Europe, South America & The States -  including a Norweign television celebrity and runner-up in the Miss Universe competition !

The couple married in a beautiful ancient stone church in the lush green Swedish countryside, then to a cocktail hour by the lake,  before a tented reception on the grounds.

Leaning heavily on the traditions of their native countries, this was a very unusual wedding for 4Eyes. For starters, married guests were seated at separate tables ( although engaged couples could sit together ! ) There were at least a dozen speeches ( in either Norweign or Danish ) during which absolute silence was observed, which took several hours.

 If the groom left the table at any point, every man in the room would line up and kiss the bride ( and likewise for the groom, if the bride left !) Also, if everyone tapped their glasses the bride and groom had to stand on  their chairs and kiss. If guests stamped their feet, the bride & groom were obliged to get under the table and kiss !

After speeches the music came on, the dancing began and the wedding began to resemble an American event. We were able to move around more freely and capture the atmosphere & details of the wedding and even managed to get the couple outside for some cool moon-lit shots by the lake.

This being Summer in Sweden, we were treated to the phenomenum of the White Nights - where the Sun doesn't really set, so it seems like it's around 6pm in the evening but it's really 3am ! The celebration went strong long after the cake was cut......culminating with one last tradition. The groom was hoisted in the air by his groomsmen and his socks were cut off. Nobody had a satisfactory explanation for that one !

(see more images from this wedding at www.4EyesPhotography.com under Wedding Days )