While it sure doesn’t seem like it, it’s been many, many years since I last photographed an Estate at Florentine Gardens NJ wedding! In my early days, nearly 20 years ago now, I was at the Florentine Gardens a lot. It’s wonderful to see their updates to their ballroom and suites and see familiar faces like Sal and Jeffrey.
The Estate at Florentine Gardens made for a wonderful space for Sarah and Phil to spend the day celebrating their wedding with their friends and family. After quite the cold spring, Sarah and Phil had perfect wedding weather! Another wonderful treat was working with Amy from Beauty on Location NJ who does an amazing natural look and JC Hair Design who did some amazing work on Sarah’s hair- it looked perfect through to the end!
I started with the guys for their prep…
Phil looking sharp!
Amy from Beauty on Location NJ putting the finishing touches on Sarah…
A sweet moment between Sarah and her mom…
Sarah’s reveal with the girls…
Sarah looking gorgeous with her natural look by Beauty on Location NJ and JC Hair Design…
First look!
I love all the joy in these pics…
Ketubah signing!
I knew Phil would ham it up when I aimed my camera up at him from the ground…
The ketubah signing isn’t interesting to everyone…
Beautiful day for an outdoor wedding ceremony at The Estate at Florentine Gardens…
Phil’s brother-in-law looks over at him as Sarah is about to walk down the aisle…
Sarah takes a moment to lean on her dad’s shoulder as they are about to walk down the aisle together…
Sarah’s mom looks back at Phil as Sarah heads down the aisle…
And, of course, Phil’s mom peeks back at her son as he watches his bride walk down the aisle..
All the joy!
Not everyone finds your wedding ceremony interesting…
After Phil hands the Ketubah to Sarah, they show it off together…
He caught me!
Mazel Tov!
Loving the updates to The Estate at Florentine Gardens ballroom…
Party time!
First dance moments…
The anticipation before Sarah and Phil are lifted up on their chairs for the horah…
Love it!
Sarah and Phil watch a teaser reel of their wedding video of the day…
I love sweet moments like this amongst the chaos…
A spirited cake-cutting!
Big thanks to Alison who referred me to Sarah. I got to see Alison and a few months back at Steph and Adam’s wedding and if you are paying close attention you may notice that the man she is dancing with is Adam’s brother…. a new romance… awww!
A fantastic day with Sarah, Phil and their friends and family for their lovely spring Estate at Florentine Gardens NJ wedding. Thanks so much to Brandan Calhoun for assisting me.
2 Comments.
These are beautiful photos, Michelle! I was randomly looking at your blog post of our wedding 10 years ago, and decided to see what you’ve been up to by checking out a recent blog post. How funny to come across another wedding at the same venue in a blog post that’s dated exactly 10 years after our wedding date! The Gardens are so lush and green now. Gorgeous.
Hope you’re doing well!!!
Thank you so much, Sara and Happy Ten Years! It is so nice to know you took some time to revisit the blog. I actually had an image from your wedding pulled to post for your ten year anniversary to my Insta, but Instagram continues to destroy engagement and if I post every day, my images are not seen by people so I get so limited as to what I can post when I’m in season! It is especially random that it was a post exactly ten years from your wedding at the same place because I have only been back there once since your wedding! I hope you guys are doing well— Your band is still one of my favorites to this day!