Daryl Musser Photography

Kendra & Wesley 12.13.08

This past weekend, Daryl and I journeyed to my homeland of NY, for my family Christmas celebration. It was a great trip. Altho the roads weren't great, they had 6-8 inches of beautiful brand new snow, and it was perfect for a Christmas weekend.

The real reason we made the trip, though, was for a wedding. Kendra, a fellow NY-er, was marrying her sweetheart Wesley, all the way from Southern Indiana. We were honored that they chose us as their wedding photographers, esp. since one of us is approx. 4 wks away from having a baby.   I know posting this is a little out of order with what I've been doing lately, but I am so excited about these images that I can't help but give these guys a sneak peek. You will understand when you see what they had to put up w/ to get outdoor images!   I will resume catching up on our posting backlog of all our fabulous fall weddings later this week.

First off, the beautiful bride herself.....and her gorgeous blue eyes.  By now you know that gorgeous eyes are my absolute favorite thing to photograph, and Kendra's definately are that! I always knew her eyes were blue, but never realized how blue until I was editing these images. Wow!

And her charming happy groom, Wesley.

Her beautiful bouquet.

There, now can you see? Yes, that is fresh snow.  We were actually very excited about shooting a wedding in the snow, because we knew it would make for great images....and that we could be bundled up!  These guys, however, wow, what can I say, but what good sports they were. Not a word of complaining about being cold. They deserve great pictures for that very reason! I must say, snow is much more beautiful then mud and brown dead wintry trees w/o snow. It was actually still coming down during these first images.

See, don't they look as happy as if it were a balmy 75 degrees??

 

That gorgeous bouquet again. We only used it for a little while because we didn't want it to be ruined by the cold.

I love this image.

Sweetness and happiness.

The bridal party. It was kinda a bummer about the flowers,but if they would have frozen they would have turned brown, which would not have been cool.

The personal attendants were just too cute!

Our second location was a trainstation turned grocery store. I think the regular patrons did a double take to see a wedding party hanging out on the front porch of their local grocery.

Can't help myself w/ these baby blues!

And on to the reception. SO many fun litle details to shoot. We had a blast w/ them! 

Love the little buckets of roses for centerpieces!

The center of the bridal table.

Ooh, I could drink one of these right now, I think!

Konrad & Allyssa September 21, 2008

I am excited to share this group of wedding images with you.  This couple was a pleasure to work with in so many ways.    Altho  it was a crazy weekend for us, shooting two weddings  in one weekend, these guys made our job so easy.
First off, we started out at their respective homes, with the getting ready process.
Here a very cute little girl is getting her hair done.

Alyssa's gown had some very delicious detailing. 

We headed to seperate farms to shoot the guys and girls seperately, since they chose not to see each other before the wedding.
Alyssa is looking just absolutely stunning, and happy too. 

The groom.

Alyssa and her girls.

Then it was off to the church for the ceremony.  I must admit, since I have been to quite a few weddings this year, that I don't get teary at just every wedding. There was something about these two's ceremony though, that got the tears going.  Personal, God-centered and yet happy too, it was just a great service.  I love this image because I feel like it captures a bit of  the essence of their ceremony.

After we were done at the church, we headed off to the Landis Valley museum/farm for the remaining photo shoots/reception.
We enjoyed shooting at the Landis Farm, so many interesting buildings to take advantage of. Here the bridal party gathers at the general store, I believe.

These two are just too fun.

Still glowing and happy.

yummy. I LOVE that dress!

And the flowers too.

And the happy bride isn't looking so bad herself.

On to discover more of the farm.

A little western moment there.

Because these guys were such good sports, and didn't mind just plopping down in the grasses for awhile, we were able to take advantage of the glowing sunset light, and got some awesome shots!

Finally reception time. Landis Valley is a great reception venue for an evening wedding. The barn lights up beautifully with all the strung up lights.

And to finish off, the first dance.

Shane & Heather

ah yes, hi everyone.
let's see, we were going to post every day, right???   *blush* guess I should have said every month.
Daryl and I have been so intent on getting weddings edited, and getting ready for upcoming babies, and shooting more weddings, and seniors, and families....well, you've heard the line.  I'm not going to make any promises, but I venture to say that things are slowing down a bit in the editing dept, hence you might see an increase in blogging activity as we get you all caught up. We're actually down to 1 wedding in que to edit!!  Very exciting to say the least, since it's been more like 4 or so  for the last few months.

Let's see, here are Shane and Heather. They got married back in Sept.  Their wedding day was breath of fresh air for us. I think because we struggled through the last few weddings w/ hurricane rains coming, or just dark heavy days, or 90 degree weather. On this particular morning, we arrived at their shoot to find a dreamy glorious sunny morning, sun just coming up, producing awesome happy creamy glowy light. (can you tell we were just a little excited about that??)
Add to that mix an excited, in-love sparkly couple, and you've got the funnest photo shoot. 

Here are the happy two, Shane and Heather:

The happy Heather, owner of a set of gorgeous green eyes, which were glowing w/ happiness that morning.

Shane wasn't looking all that grumpy either:-)

 

 

It was easy to get ahold of the excitement they were feeling for their day!

Beautiful. glowy. delicious. light. 

 

I was in love with Heather's color choice. I think if I had to pick any wedding color, to photograph, it would be this color combination. Perfect for a Sept. wedding too.

More glowy deliciousness.

(LOVE THAT BOUQUET!)

We stopped at a second location to do the family photo shoot, which was a great idea.  I loved this chair.

On to to the reception. Fun fall colors and decor.