James + Brianna | Wedding | Alexandra T. Wren Photography

With all the weddings we’ve covered, I never get tired of discussing, planning and finally seeing my clients’ wedding themes and styles! From modern to glitzy to vintage to retro…I love it all! So when Brianna started sharing with me all the details of her dream wedding, I was already picturing how mellow and laid back the day would be. Country chic with a classic, vintage feel, this wedding was the poster child for Pinterest! From the hand-painted bottle centerpieces to the adorable card box, every detail was perfect! Brianna told me how hard they worked to hand-make so many of the details of the day and girl, it paid OFF! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

We shoot a LOT of weddings in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York and New Jersey…so whenever we book a wedding a little bit more north, I get excited! The more north you go, usually the venues tend to have some pretty photo-ops showing off the pretty surrounding mountains…and anywhere there are mountain views, there are breathtaking photos to be captured! My sister had her wedding reception at James and Brianna’s venue years earlier and we all raved about the place, so I already had an idea of the serious beauty of the setting! Set right on the Hudson River, we were able to incorporate nearly everything around us into the couple’s photos…we even stopped traffic to get some seriously awesome shots in a tunnel on the side of a mountain! Soft but daring, this wedding had it all. So when the overcast morning skies cleared and the pretty sun came out, this timeless wedding day began!

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Fun fact: my grandfather and Brianna’s grandfather were brothers!

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The way he looks at her!! I love it.

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LOVE this one!

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You ALL know how much I love family history…so I almost died when they asked me to take this shot!

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This tunnel was SO cool and so different!

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Gorgeous!

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This view…my gosh..

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And something a little bit extra…something we almost never do…we have video! Typically, we only shoot video for proposals, but on rare occasion we do shoot pretty music video-style videos for our wedding clients! Behold, a little preview of James and Brianna’s official wedding video…with their wedding song! So, so much more beauty to come!