Erica wore a Hailey Paige gown from Luxe Redux, with makeup by Jessica Binggeli and hair by Kat Congeni. Vince wore classic attire from Rondinelli’s. The rings, the invitation suite, and the first of Diana Elizabeth’s flowers were all photographed in the hour before anyone was dressed, which is usually the only quiet hour a wedding day has.

They saw each other first at the water, on the dock, with the trees already turned behind them. The bridal party joined after that, and we worked through the grounds and into town while the light was still high and even.

Diana Elizabeth Designs brought the colors of the season into every bouquet and into the arch at the end of the aisle. Photographing a setup like that takes patience and a long lens, because the point is to show it the way it was planned rather than the way it looks once two hundred people have walked through it.

Mark Prioletti officiated. The chairs were set close enough that nobody was watching from a distance, which changes what a ceremony feels like and what the photographs of it can hold.

We went back out as the sun dropped. The pond, the dock, the long grass by the house, and about twenty minutes of the light everyone hopes for in October.

Taste of Excellence catered dinner, with sweets from Maria’s Desserts afterward. Mint Entertainment kept the music going, and guests danced under string lights well into the evening before the sparklers came out.