John & Vanessa – 8.22.15

Posted on September 24, 2015

John and Vanessa, these two love birds actually met by a fated accident. Vanessa’s sister was supposed to go to a party and ended up not being able to so Vanessa went instead… and who did she meet there you might ask? John of course! These two, after dating for a while, went on a trip to Spain where John popped the question. How romantic right? Vanessa’s family is also from Spain and her cousin & his girlfriend even made the journey for their big day! How fantastic is that?!

John and Vanessa’s wedding had so many fun moments throughout there wedding day from the bride and groom getting surprised by a limo to the ring bearer breaking it down on the dance floor. One of my favs was when the bride and her dad did a non-traditional father-daughter dance and broke out New Kids on the Block – Remix (I Like The) and they danced out hard! There were some special moments with Vanessa and her grandma (one of my fav photos is her grandmother and her talking before the wedding). Not to mention that look of love John got when he saw Vanessa walking down the aisle for the first time. Check out this lovely couple’s photos below:

Vendors:

– Venue & Catering – Park Inn by Radisson – – DJ – Patrick Curran –

– Photography – Alysha Yoder Photography –

www.alyshayoderphoto.com (e) alyshayoderphoto@yahoo.com (p) 610.762.7810

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Kyle & Monica – 8.15.15

Posted on September 15, 2015

Kyle and Monica, how wonderful are these two? This couple lives up to the term ‘high school sweethearts.’ Kyle and Monica started dating in the 10th grade! It was a story of girl tells her friend she likes a boy, who then tells boy that a certain girl likes him lol. Seven and a half years later and VOILA! Kyle proposed to Monica on a long weekend in Washington DC. Isn’t that adorable? These two + their wedding day just oozed timeless tradition and class. Not many couple’s keep to the traditional but these two pulled it off in style! The whole day seemed to have an old Hollywood feel to it from the classic groomsman suits to the stunning sweetheart gown worn by the bride.

The whole party was awesome to work with too! From posing, to goofing off, to all around being a blast to photograph they pulled off some funny photos (one of my personal favs is all of their expressions when I photographed the bride and groom kissing!). Everyone had a blast dancing too. I can’t tell you as a photographer how great it is when all the guests dance. When you have an empty dance floor that never leads to great photos but I got some pretty goofy shots of so many of the guests dancing & having a blast. So many of Kyle and Monica’s friends and family came from out of town to celebrate their big day with them. You could tell how excited everyone was to see this lovely couple. What a great day to bring these two families and all their friends together so without further ado here are some highlights from Monica and Kyle’s wedding day!

Vendors:

– Venue & Catering – Holiday Inn – Harrisburg/Hershey – Cake – Sweet Confections Cake –

– DJ – Ryan Miller Entertainment – Photography – Alysha Yoder Photography –

www.alyshayoderphoto.com (e) alyshayoderphoto@yahoo.com (p) 610.762.7810

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Tina & Todd – 9.23.14

Posted on November 3, 2014

Tina and Todd, what a great little wedding this was. This was the fastest turn-around on a wedding I’ve ever had. I had gotten an email from Tracy over at La Carta Luna Wedding Planning and Designs asking if I’d be free in two weeks to photograph a tiny wedding over at Fallen Tree Farms. Now most weddings I book are a year in advance so two weeks was rushed to say the least. I arranged to meet with Tina at the local Paneras and we hit it off right away. She’s one of the happiest clients I’ve met in a while. She was glowing and obviously very excited to get married (though I think at our meeting the fact that it the big day was happening in a week hadn’t hit her yet). She talked about her and Todd, smiling the whole time and told me about their wedding quilt (which is a very cool and unique tradition) which is how he had proposed to her while they were quilt shopping. After we discussed all the details and parted ways I couldn’t wait to photograph these two’s wedding day!

Fast-forward a week and two days and I pulled up to The Fallen Tree Farms Bed and Breakfast on the most perfect day you can imagine. The sun was shining, it wasn’t too hot, the leaves had just started to change and the whole landscape was just beautiful and blushing with colors. I headed upstairs to where Tina was getting ready while greeting some of the other guests and meeting Todd for the first time. Tina was so happy. Seriously, no joke, one of the most cheerful brides ever. I don’t think she stopped smiling the whole day. I went around getting small detail shots and photographing her with the quilt Todd had gotten her (a surprise for him when they had their big wedding celebration for friends and family). Her best friend and daughter had come up to help her and I couldn’t help but laugh and smile with them as they helped me get quilt photos and exchange jewelry with Tina. After everyone was set and ready we headed up to the little chapel area Fallen Tree Farms has outside for beautiful intimate ceremonies. Todd along with the couple’s family and friends all arrived and the ceremony was ready to begin! One of my favorite moments of the whole day was Tina walking to meet Todd at the aisle and when she first saw him she stopped, smiled and started to tear up (it’s one of my fav photos below) and Todd seeing Tina immediately began beaming, a huge smile spread across his face. These two are very much obviously in love and that moment made me tear up a little behind the lens.

The ceremony was beautiful, short and sweet and everyone clapped when the rings were exchanged, vows were given and Todd lifted Tina up in their big first kiss as husband and wife. They played music and danced the whole way down the aisle and walked hand and hand to the end of the drive. It was a truly magical moment. All the guests came back and congratulated the two exchanging hugs, hand shakes and beers. I then got to take some fun photos that I’ve been meaning to take but have never had a really tiny wedding thanks to my head filled with tons of pinterest ideas (I don’t know if you can tell the guests are in a heart around the bride and the groom in some of my favorite photos of the couple but it’s a fun photo nonetheless). We headed down to cake cutting and celebrating before the whole crew headed out to dinner. All in all, this was one of my favorite weddings I’ve ever shot. Everyone was so laid back, the couple and day couldn’t have been more perfect and the love shared with family, friends and couple was obvious. Thank you to Tina and Todd for letting me be the one to capture their special day and without further ado the photos of this fantastic day!