Outdoor Ceremonies

“Tim and I met in September of 2007 through mutual friends at a bar in Portsmouth. He has always described meeting me as a “breath of fresh air” and I know exactly what he means, as I felt just the same way about him. We never struggled with awkward conversation. Even when we first met, [...]

“Our ceremony and reception were both at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, ME. Will and I had visited the Samoset for Will’s birthday the year before and both immediately fell in love with the beautiful setting. Plus, I had always wanted to get married by the ocean and Will wanted to be able to play golf, so the Samoset was the perfect fit.”

After their beautiful Wentworth by the Sea wedding, I asked Lauren and Mike a few questions about their wedding. I hope you enjoy learning a little more about their wedding day, as well as their images.

I asked Lisa and Chris to tell me a little about their wedding, their bridal party, and the details of their wedding day to give you a little of their story as you look at some of my favorite images from their wedding. I hope you enjoy the post! – Will

We had a blast at our wedding. It definitely went by fast like everyone told us it would, but it was great. The weather was beautiful and everyone seemed to have a good time. Since Anthony and I live so far away we do not see our family and friends as often as we would [...]

A beautiful York wedding. The bride got ready at the Harbor Crest Inn, the groom came for a first glance ceremony, we did family portraits in the yard at the Harbor Crest, and then the reception was at the York Golf and Tennis Club.

  If you’ve never strolled along Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine, just as the the cool evening breeze blows in, you have no idea what you’re missing.  The Nonantum Resort is located right on the water, blocks from the Atlantic, and in the cutest little village where an ex-president lives in Maine (did you see [...]

  It doesn’t take more than a moment of looking at our blog to realize that the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine is one of our favorite wedding locations.  It’s casual at the same time as it’s elegant; it’s coastal but also a golf course; it has a killer pool and tent, but also several [...]

  Who knew that a ceremony on a hill overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in the world would be every bit as beautiful as the coastal view itself?  Jim and Tonya had the warmest of families, and by the end of the night, when we were leaving the Saltwater Grille in South Portland, [...]

It’s hard to imagine a better place for a Maine wedding than at the fishermen’s huts at Willard Beach.  Casco bay and all it’s islands surrounds you, and the view is just tremendous.  This is what Jon and Amanda wanted their family to experience when they came to Maine, and it would have been impossible [...]

  Here’s a gallery of our favorite images from one of the summer’s most enjoyable weddings.  If you’ve never been to Peaks’ Island, it’s hard to imagine that just taking a fifteen-minute ferry-ride could put Portland and the rest of Maine so far out of mind, but every time step onto the dock at Peaks, [...]

What do an Air Force pilot, Lobster Boots, and Mitchell Field in Harpswell all have in common?  They’re all things that Laura loves.  The Pilot is Spencer, whom she married on a beautiful summer’s day, right out in the open at Mitchell Field, near her childhood home.  Our favorite moment of the day?  The bride [...]

Oh what a fabulous day for Kristen and Bill!  Two of the nicest people you will ever meet – Kristen and Bill brought about twenty of their closest friends up from Pennsylvania to enjoy a Coastal Wedding with a Sea Coast flare – complete with huge lobsters for the entire bunch!    

    For Nicole and Keith, who live in Las Vegas, a beach-side ceremony was their true dream for their Wedding Ceremony.  So on a lovely summer day, together with their immediate families, they tied the knot while the sun was setting over the Atlantic.  They shared a wonderful day full of laughter and love. As wedding [...]

This Saturday, on what had looked to be another rainy June day, the weather performed another miraculous turnaround, and blessed Bethany and Jed with a beautiful and cool ,afternoon.  It probably wouldn’t have mattered – with the strength of their connection, and the fierce love their family and friends have for them, it could have [...]

On Saturday, June 18th, the weather blessed Kim and Joe with a beautiful afternoon for their wedding on the coast of Maine.  Though it had stormed all morning, Kim really wanted her ceremony outdoors, and Will Clayton flipped a secret switch that the Samoset has that turned on the sunshine and produced a glorious summer [...]

Did you know there was a beach in Casco? It’s true, Point Sebago, a family friendly resort on Lake Sebago, has a real beach! Krystal and Joseph got married on the sand, with the lake just behind them, on a warm and beautiful Saturday this August.

On a perfect summer day at the beach in York, Barbara and Doug and all their family celebrated their marriage at the Stageneck Inn.  The Stageneck is right on the water, and even during the ceremony guests are looking out to sea.  Look at the view that Barbara has while she’s getting her hair done.  [...]

This was an a beautiful and contemporary wedding at the Samoset in Rockland, Maine, with a gazillion flowers and an incredible light setup during the reception.  We had a great time photographing this wedding, and we love the contemporary design of this wedding album to match the images.  The wedding was photographed by Will and [...]

The Cliff House in Ogunquit, Maine is a jewel of a hotel on the side of the most dramatic cliffs in New England. Two hundred feet over the Atlantic Ocean is a patio just big enough to seat a hundred of your closest friends, should you want a wedding with an Ocean view, the sound of [...]

 Already this year, we’ve shot some amazing weddings, but on May 2nd, we had the most incredible wedding at the Nonantum. Christa Stetson and Greg Silva, both of whom work in the wedding and hospitality business at the York Harbor Inn, had a gorgeous wedding at the Nonantum. The weather was beautiful, warm, and sunny; [...]

My favorite images from Aruba! Okay, so Amy and Matt are awesome, and anyone who went to their wedding was treated to an amazing time.  Sure, there isn’t a picture of me going off the rope swing on the booze cruise, and there’s a ton of great shots of their families and friends that didn’t [...]

  That’s right – the entire bridal party arrived at the wedding by boat!  FYI, our associate photographer Chet took this shot – I was on the boat with the bride and groom.  We had a great time, and the Nonantum staff made sure the day was perfect.  I hope you like the images – [...]

Once a year, a wedding astonishes me.  Meghan and Aaron’s wedding at the Samoset was so elaborate it blew my mind.  Let’s talk flowers – Minott’s provided the flowers here, and they were everywhere!  Uplighting, gobos, ice sculptures you name it – it was at Meghan and Aaron’s wedding.  But the most incredible thing of [...]

Destination weddings, like almost all of the weddings we shoot at the Samoset, can be bittersweet.  On the one hand, we get to work with whole families that have decided to go somewhere special for a wedding, and are making a very big deal out of their wedding.  This is a perfect match for us [...]

We’ve had a lot of people writing in wanting to see Katie and Joe’s images – specifically, what we did on the beach and after the wedding.  If you don’t know, after the wedding was over, and the guests were preparing for yet another lobster bake, Katie and Joe went on an adventure with us [...]

If you saw yesterday’s post, you might have caught this treat – we had two weddings on Memorial Day weekend, and they were both at the Samoset!  Sunday’s wedding was with Mark and Shaney.  We had worked with them both last fall on a Romantic shoot, so we knew how much fun they were, and had a [...]

Wow, let me tell you how awesome a day Eric and Erica’s wedding at the Samoset was for me (I know – you thought I’d talk about them, but I’m starting with me).  I had never met the bride or groom before – they live out-of-state, and our attempts to get together over the last [...]

Monhegan is an island about twelve miles off the coast of Maine, and it’s home to a plethora of artists.  There are no streetlights, and at night if feels like you can touch the stars.  There are no gas stations, so most people walk or ride bicycles to get around.  It’s an amazing place to [...]

  When we met Regan and her family at the Nonantum Bridal Show in April, she was very clear about how she wanted her wedding: relaxed, elegant, informal, and coastal.  Usually, at least two of those four words don’t go together, but at the Nonantum in Kennebunkport, it’s very possible to have relaxed and informal [...]