Weddings
A wedding day, hour by hour
Mara and Joel’s day in June, the way we usually work one. Your times will be different, and that’s fine.
12:10
Getting ready
June starts with the details while everyone is still calm. Sami goes to the other house.
A first look, if you want one
Ten minutes somewhere quiet before the ceremony. Plenty of couples skip it.
16:00
The ceremony
One of us at the front, one at the back. Neither of us moves during the vows.
18:05
Portraits
Twenty minutes while your guests sit down. The light between the rows goes gold around six.
20:12
Dinner and speeches
We eat when you eat, so we’re back up before the first speech.
23:30
The last song
We stay until the sparklers, or the last song, whichever comes first.
Two of us, every time
Anything longer than three hours gets both of us. That’s why we stop at 26 weddings a year.
June Albright
works the room
June knows who everyone is by the second hour. She finds the grandparents, the friends who flew in, and the people you’ll want to see again.
Sami Okafor
waits for the second
Sami stands back and waits for the moment after the one everyone’s watching: the laugh after the vows, the look across the table.
Wedding stories
Each one from getting ready to the last song, in the order it happened.
What it costs
Travel within 90 miles of Hudson is included. Most couples spend about $7,950 with an extra hour and an album.
Places we know
We’ve photographed at all of these more than once. Each page says where the light is and what to ask the venue.
Remix Linnet for free