In honor of this beautiful, hilarious, crazy, super-fun, so so in love and inspiring couple’s FIRST wedding anniversary, I am *finally* getting my favorite story-telling images from their gorgeous wedding day up on the blog. I hit it off instantly with Cassie (the bride) as soon as we had our first “meet and greet” (in a Target Starbucks, which is how I roll … ;) with my then-six month old baby in tow. She was easy to talk to, clearly a laid-back bride, and once I heard her and Ben’s unique and beautiful love story (plus all the rad music-lovers’ details of their big day) I knew I just had to photograph their wedding. And, lucky for me, they felt the same way and that is how I ended up in historic downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a chilly but sunny Saturday last May to make images at their Brewster Gardens ceremony and Plymouth Yacht Club reception.
Cool (& important) fact: Cassie’s brother is Rich Cronin of the 2000’s singing group LFO (think “Summer Girls”, definitely one of your early-aughts fave boy-band hits). He passed away due to leukemia some years ago, and Cassie now heads up the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation in his memory and honor; take some time to visit their website and consider attending one of their Be The Match bone marrow drives — its a simple swab to enter the registry to learn if you could one day the the life-saving donor someone one desperately needs.
Cassie & Ben: meeting you both and photographing your wedding was a joy and an honor. I’m so glad we’ve been able to stay in touch via the power of social media, and I’ll be in your cheering section always. You made it this first year, through all life had to throw at you, and I know you’re a match made in heaven and will keep growing stronger year after year. All my love to you both. Thank you for allowing me to tell (just a small bit) of your story. <3 <3
