Erica and Brian

Yesterday I headed off to the Patrick Haley Mansion in Joliet to shoot Erica and Brian's beautiful wedding! The rain held off and everything turned out perfect! Great vendors providing all the details and coverage including the Rose Cottage and Lexoria Wedding Films who were great to work with! Lots of pictures to show :)

We started off at Erica's where she had her make-up applied by the talented (and fun!) Sonia Roselli.

Then off to the mansion to get dressed, I love to find quirky moments like this :)

Got all the bridesmaids in this shot, look close and you can see Nancy's eye through Tina's hand :)

The reaction every bride wants...

Finally Brian gets to see his beautiful bride!

The weather for the ceremony turned out perfect despite the looming clouds.

Thank you so much for including me in this all star cast to bring all your hard work together ending in a day we will all remember fondly :)

Best,

Kristina

Oliver

This week I headed off to Portland, OR to visit Oliver! The three year old son of my best friend Lauren and it was a blast! Oliver showed me all around Portland. We took the train, walked around, had some gelato, and went to the park. All in all, a very good trip! :)

Can't wait to come back!

Oliver trying out his superman capabilities...

Best,
Kristina

kristinacarter.com

Some of you may have noticed some new changes in the works. They are finally complete so I wanted to take this opportunity to officially announce the launch of my other website at http://kristinacarter.com This is where you can find the latest additions to my personal work and portraits. My personal projects are one way that you can get to know me better. I am always trying to learn as much as I can about you so that I can capture your wedding or family the way you truly are, but this way, you can get to know me and where I am coming from as well :)

I want to dedicate my current site just to weddings so that my clients can find more examples of how I will document their day or how I capture the love and fun between my couples on the wedding day or at their engagement/getting to know you session. Also, there are lots of fun ways to just show off the natural beauty of the bride during a bridal session or wait until after the wedding and we can have fun trashing the dress. There are definitely some fun and dirty pictures of trashing the dress in my new in style gallery :)

So for anything else non-wedding related, check out my new site and see what I am about.

Happy Memorial Day!!!
Kristina

Jennifer and Brad

Jennifer and Brad had a perfect day for a wedding! Perfect weather for a perfect day! It was a pleasure to share their special day and to capture all the little moments that made up that day. Have a great time in Hawaii you two!!!

Best,

Kristina