Renee + Chris: An October wedding at Mystic Seaport

For these two, their love story is completely intertwined with family, and that’s just how they like it. Chris, our groom, had a friend named Seth from the gym. It was the summer of 2008, and Seth invited him over dinner on a night he was grilling his famous cayenne burgers. Chris met members of…

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Carole + Dave: Married at Stonington’s Lighthouse Point

These two went pretty much all local for their outdoor Stonington Lighthouse Point wedding, even finding me on Instagram (you, too can enjoy my diligent oversharing of half-marathon training, Stonington scenes and Portuguese Water Dogs at www.instagram.com/annasawinphoto) to be their wedding photographer! And with good reason–Stonington Boro is a family tradition for Carole and Dave,…

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Christina + Billy: A Sept. Wedding at Mystic Seaport

Oh, I just loved this wedding! This couple has probably made me laugh more than any other this year–they are so funny, both separately and together, and I knew their wedding day would be a hoot, as they might say in their adopted southern state. Christina and Billy met in 2009 in Hartford, and had…

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Amanda + Barry: A 19th-century wedding at Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport is always an exceptional place for a New England wedding, with more than 17 acres of riverfront grounds and more boats and ships, gardens, weathered docks and pilings, stone walls and authentic New England architecture than you can imagine. It’s truly a photographer’s dream, and no two weddings there are the same. I…

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