Lindsay and Evan hired me to photograph their church wedding at the most beautiful church in the South Hills of Pittsburgh: St Bernard Church in Mt. Lebanon. I actually love when I get to photograph couples and their families outside of the church in the immediate area, because the roof of the building is just beautiful in the background.

When I arrived (I was with them for 3 hours), I photographed candids and the ‘getting ready’, as well as any family portraits that I could grab at the time. This allowed me to get to know the people in the immediate families and arrange my lights for the ceremony. St. Bernard has a room downstairs for brides to get ready, so Lindsay put on her dress in this area and got to see her Dad for the first time as well (some tears were shed!).

The ceremony in St Bernard was (as always) gorgeous, with the gold ceiling and light beaming through the stained glass windows. They included family members in the ceremony with readings and the presentation of the gifts, and I was able to photograph things from multiple angles. I work closely with the Catholic churches here in Pittsburgh to provide extensive, but respectful, wedding photography coverage of their ceremonies. Lots of angles – not a lot of noise!

After the ceremony, we did our formal family photos at the altar, and then a few photos of the couple inside of St Bernard with the architecture. Afterwards, we headed outside to the area I spoke of before where the winter weather treated us nicely in the temperatures and we had the most perfect evening sunlight shining on it. I LOVE their classic portraits from the day – the look SO good. Winter weddings ALWAYS look good!!