Midcoast Maine Micro Wedding
Andrew & Laura planned a day that truly resembled who they are in every way. They embraced a styled elopement that looked completely different from anything I’ve ever photographed which I loved. I felt as though I traveled back in time by about 150 years. On a rainy September Friday they got ready in their home, packed up their families, and drove a few minutes south to a beautiful old farm turned public land that they adore. Pettengill Farm located in Freeport, Maine became that perfect special place to elope with its quiet and subdued beauty. It doesn’t scream to the heavens, but has a humble presence as far as public lands go. The quiet forest path we walked together to the rock in the open field where Andrew and Laura would say their vows gave a peace like no other. I felt calm and centered, then instantly saw what drew these two in.
Their ceremony was unique by our standards. Instead of walking “down the aisle” they both walked in as if on a stage to a quiet piece played by a friend on guitar before meeting together with Laura’s friend who officiated the ceremony. After exchanging rings and personal vows, something amazing happened. They had a handfasting ceremony, but not the ones you typically see, every member of the family contributed to the handfasting by saying a few words and placing a new piece of ribbon to join them. The family then formed two lines on either side of them as they shared their first kiss as husband and wife and passed through the lines together as one.
Laura’s beautiful linen dress started blowing in the wind as the light mist became heavier drops of rain so we opted to move five minutes down the road to Wolfe’s Neck State Park where the couple would be a little more sheltered for their micro wedding English style picnic. I was truly obsessed with the antique picnic basket Andrew was carrying containing their catered lunch from a local business in their town. We took some portraits on the slick rocks by the ocean before setting up lunch and the couple making a toast under the forest canopy.
Nothing needs to go traditional whether your wedding is 200 people or 2 people. Andrew and Laura definitely proved that making your own traditions or reimagining traditions of the past can be just as perfect as anything.
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