Andy Rogers Photography

Wedding Photography of Kelly + Chad. The Riverview Simsbury CT

August 21st

It was off to Simsbury Connecticut to photograph my first out of New York Destination Wedding. I brought along my beautiful wife Ange, for company on the 3 1/2 hour drive, to help navigate using Google maps shoddy directions and to be my second photographer.

Kelly + Chad chose the fantastic Riverview as their all in one venue for the Wedding. It has a couple of different out door locations for the ceremony, both of which look over a small tree lined river (hence the name).

The day started off sunny, hot, humid and sticky. We took shelter in the air conditioned bridal suite where Kelly enlisted her brides maids to help her put the finishing touches to her ensemble – besides the obvious wedding dress, shoes, jewellery etc think extra heavy duty antiperspirant deodorant (check out the photos)

While Kelly and her girls were getting ready Chad and the boys took charge of keeping an eye on the sky – there had been reports that a thunderstorm could blow our way. As time went on, the clouds began looking more ominous until about 45 minutes before the ceremony when torrential rain, thunder and lightning descended upon us

The crew at The Riverview worked at super human speed to transport everything from the outdoor ceremony site to the in door venue they use for wedding ceremonies. After a very short delay the site was up, the guests were ready and Chad waited eagerly at the alter for Kelly.

The ceremony was performed by an old family friend of Kelly’s. It was typical of both Kelly and Chad sweet, funny and filled with love.

Ange and I had a great time and we got some great photographs at Kelly + Chad’s. However, after all the celebrations we still had a three hour drive home to Brooklyn in the thunderstorm!