An outdoor evening, dancing into dark.

Date: June 2024
Venue: Private backyard
Guests: 42
Plates: 05

A backyard wedding in late June, no rehearsal, two acoustic guitars instead of a band. The light went sideways at seven and stayed that way until almost nine. I shot most of the reception standing on a small wooden bench by the rose hedge.

05 plates in the sequence

Sunset golden-hour wide outdoor shot — Golden hour, west.01 / 05

First dance under string lights — The first dance, second take.02 / 05

Two friends laughing in a side garden — Backstage laughter.03 / 05

Detail of a bouquet on a chair — The bouquet, again.04 / 05

Two guests laughing at a candle-lit table after the speeches — After the speeches.05 / 05

Filed by Hadley · The day after

Delivered 488 photographs in five weeks. They asked for a small linen album, twelve plates, sent it as a wedding gift to her grandmother in Newfoundland. I picked the plates with them at the kitchen table, two months after the day.

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A portrait session, one quiet Sunday.

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