There are places that get in to peoples’ souls – their happy place. And sometimes, people get to get married in their happy place. For Ruth, that was at the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. She’s been going to Maine all her life, as has her father since he was a child, so it’s a family thing. When she and Julien first started dating, she informed him that she needed to spend one week of every summer in Maine. Needed as in, if it wasn’t ok with him, then it was a dealbreaker for her. A week in Maine, and a day to just sit at the lighthouse and watch the ocean and the clouds, smell the salt, and feel the breeze.
The day of their intimate Maine wedding dawned bright and beautiful, and I arrived to relaxed preparations in their rented cottage, where both were getting ready. Julien had helped Ruth pick out her dress, so it wasn’t a surprise to him. But as Ruth is a bit of a daddy’s girl, having her dad see her in her dress before the ceremony was a planned for and special part of the day.
After the ceremony, we did some portraits by the lighthouse and the ocean. New England weather, of course, is so unpredictable, and rain clouds moved in and stayed through the start of cocktail hour. But, you know what happens when there’s rain late on a summer afternoon? Rainbows.
While it was important for Ruth to be married in Maine, she and Julien wanted to incorporate some French traditions into the day as well, as a nod to his family and background. Their guests enjoyed a delicious five-course meal and were entertained by a video produced by his friends. Finally, there was a game that was a mix between a scavenger hunt and musical chairs that had their friends running around looking for things like ties, spoons, rolls of toilet paper, and all the observers laughing at their antics.
Ruth and Julien – thank you for allowing me to document this momentous, delicious, delightful day of yours – it was a joy.
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