Borrowed & Blue - Sweet Home Nuptials in Cambridge By Tracy Rodriguez Photography

One of the most amazing things happens at intimate weddings like this one, I get to spend quality, uninterrupted time with the bride and groom. Lots of it. Sometimes even a full hour just for portraits. And if you've ever worked on a wedding day planner, you'll understand just how much time that is. Not only does the couple get time for just the two of them {well, three of us I should say but often I'm way away shooting telephoto just suggesting little directions from time to time} but they also get to be more relaxed for portraits because we aren't trying to squeeze them in in 20 minutes. It's relaxing for them and photographs like a dream for me. Now, you add in two of the most genuine, kind hearted, gorgeous people, a charming Cambridge backdrop and the love and support of their closest friends and family and you get this beautiful day. I was thrilled to photograph it because working with two lovely lovebirds like Mariana and Michael was exactly why I got into wedding photography from the start.

If you'd like to read more about their wedding day, you can see Mariana and Michael's Cambridge Wedding Blog Post for all the details including a full list of vendors.

You can also click over to see the full post featured on Borrowed and Blue. Enjoy!

If you'd like to meet for a wedding consultation to see if I would be a good fit as your photographer, please contact me today and tell me a bit about yourself and your wedding! Note that I offer full day wedding coverage packages as well as intimate wedding packages for shorter weddings of one to four hours like this one.

Borrowed & Blue - Urban Winter Wedding in Boston By Tracy Rodriguez Photography

As luck would have it, just a week before Gabrielle and Cesar's wedding day, Gabrielle happened to see my post of Matt and Barbara's proposal at JP Centre Yoga and loved the look, feel and energy of the shots. She and Cesar had not planned to have a photographer at their wedding day, keeping it small at Boston City Hall and then Toro in the South End with a few close family and friends. I am so glad they saw that engagement session, contacted me, and that I was available on their day because I absolutely love these two. They were so fun to work with and all about the meaning of their wedding day, saying their vows to marry their best friend. And happily ever after. You can call me corny, but there is really nothing like witnessing a love this deep. And, lucky me again, when Cesar's cousin planned his wedding, they also contacted me to photograph their big day. {You can see Vanessa and Edin's wedding on the blog here.} So naturally I was thrilled to hear that Borrowed & Blue wanted to feature their gorgeous South End wedding. Take a look for the amazing details like her BHLDN dress, and a DIY bouquet that her mother made, rivaling any purchased bridal bouquet in my book!

If you'd like to read more about their wedding day, you can see Gabrielle and Cesar's Wedding Blog Post for all the details including a full list of vendors.

You can also click over to see the full post featured on Borrowed and Blue. Enjoy!

If you'd like to meet for a wedding consultation to see if I would be a good fit as your photographer, please contact me today and tell me a bit about yourself and your wedding! Note that I offer full day wedding coverage packages as well as intimate wedding packages for shorter weddings of one to four hours.

West Roxbury and Norwood, MA Wedding {Erika and Jose}

This wedding has been featured on Borrowed & Blue!

Something magical started happening last year and has been really abundant with my wedding clients this year and I'm almost nervous to jinx it by writing about it here but I just have to share. I have been contacted by the most amazing people to photograph their weddings in a much more intimate sense. While most of my weddings average around eight hour of coverage, starting in the morning and ending after dinner, I've now photographed six weddings in just one to four hours. And while I was at first scared of missing the getting ready moments and little details, I have found instead that I have had the most amazing time with these couples, focusing mainly on the bride and groom to capture their love and those amazing wedding day smiles and intimate moments. In a shorter time frame, I am often gifted {yes, gifted} a full hour or more with just the couple. I wish I could express in words how incredibly amazing having a full hour is on a wedding day. For Erika and Jose, I first met up with them to photograph their ceremony at Saint John Chrysosotom Parish in West Roxbury as well as portraits with their immediate family members and religious sponsors and then scooped them up to a pretty amazing hidden gem in West Roxbury, a lone fishing pier. I have driven by this pier several times and have been dreaming of photographing a couple there so when Erika and Jose told me the location of their church {just 1/2 mile down the road} I recommended that we go there. For a full hour, the couple laughed and danced and walked around and I was able to capture so much pure love. I finished the day at their dinner at BonCaldo Restaurant in Norwood, MA to grab some shots with their closest friends and family, and of course some of their rings on various fun props that were meaningful to the couple. These two were an absolute blessing to work with, always smiling, so kind, so genuine and so in love. I cannot wait for you to see all of these beautiful photographs of these two amazing people, now husband and wife.

Bride's Dress: Alfred Angelo Bridal (This store has since closed.)

Groom's Suit: Joseph Abboud, Men's Wearhouse

Dog's Suit: Poochie Heaven

Ceremony Venue: Saint John Chrysostom Parish

Reception Venue: BonCaldo Restaurant

Ceremony Music: Osmani and Rena Rodriguez

Wedding Cake: La Luce Pastry

Bouquets & Centerpieces: Roche Brothers, Westwood

Photography: Tracy Rodriguez Photography

If you're interested in booking a wedding package or would like more information, please contact me today.

Cambridge, MA Private Home Wedding {Mariana and Michael}

This wedding has been featured on Borrowed & Blue!

I photograph weddings to see love like this. Mariana and Michael were absolutely amazing to work with; they were so kind and sweet and fun on their wedding day, but I mainly loved working with them so much because they were also so genuine and so in love. They held each other's hands tightly, leaned their heads into each other genuinely, and made each other smile, laugh and fill with emotion without any queueing on my side. We found a lattice covered walkway in front of a charming Cambridge home as well as a brick path to provide the backdrops for their portraits. This gorgeous couple photographed like a dream and I especially loved Mariana's BHLDN dress and Winston Flowers bridal bouquet.

Mariana and Michael had an intimate wedding, held at a private residence in Cambridge, MA. Their officiant, Carola Eisenberg, a close family friend, is a remarkable woman. Not only was she as kind and genuine as the couple on their wedding day but I also learned that she has been heavily involved in human rights work and cofounded Physicians for Human Rights which received a Nobel Peace Prize! For all of her amazing accomplishments, she was incredibly humble and so vested in solidifying the love between Mariana and Michael. It was hard not to tear up during their intimate ceremony, watching these two say their vows to become husband and wife.

I photograph weddings to see love like this.

Here's a shoutout to the vendor's who helped create the day.

Bride's Dress: BHLDN {Jenny Yoo}

Bride's Hair and Makeup: Salon Capri, Newton, MA

Bride's Shoes: Jessica Simpson

Groom's Suit: Blank Label

Groom's Shoes: Aston Grey

Bouquet: Winston Flowers

Rings: Laura Preshong Jewelry

Officiant: Carola Eisenberg

Photography: Tracy Rodriguez Photography

If you're interested in booking a wedding package or would like more information, please contact me today.