Triple Header Weekend Kicks off at Jupiter Beach Resort

So, a triple header weekend of weddings, (well really a quad if you count shooting the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game 7 we shot Thursday night) kicks off at the Jupiter Beach Resort.   If you’ve been watching the weather of late, you’d never have thought we’d get three outdoor weddings in this weekend, but the big guy upstairs was looking out for all our brides this weekend for sure as all of them were rain free!!  Two of our weddings this weekend (this one included) wanted to do the formals and such beforehand.  Something that we dont really recommend.  While it sounds great up front….getting all of them out of the way so you can partake in the cocktail party…in reality it often just adds a boatload of stress to an already stressful day for everyone involved.  For us, it doenst matter so much as we have to take those same set ups either way.  But the stress shows on the subjects.  Everyone typically is frantic, and trying to get it all done before the guests arrive.  The flowers, arch, ceremony site all have to be ready as well as the players and their hair, makeup etc etc.  Friday, they did manage to get all that ready, and there wasn’t really much decorating to be done so the formals ended up working out just fine.  Thing is, all that stress ends up in reality saving mere minutes on the back end.  (our images are all time stamped so you can see exactly how long the formals take every week).  This one took 13 minutes for the formals, and 16 minutes for the romantics on the beach.  That wasn’t rushing, just doing things in an efficient manner, and there really was not that many family members to photograph in the first place.  I only mention it here so that future brides might consider the realistic time it takes to accomplish what we need to do vs. how much stress it adds to the day for everyone involved.  The cocktail party gives your guests something to do while this is all going on (typically), and also gives a break that makes the introductions more meaningful as well. (since you were not just with them 30 seconds earlier at the cocktail party).  Some venues also use this separation time for a more intimate “cocktail” time for just he bridal party and immediate family, which is something I really recommend, as it gives a bit of breathing room before the intros so you can kind of relax amongst your closest friends and family…..after which you are kind of  “on stage” for the next 4 hours or so.    Either way, we have to do the same image taking, so again, its not that big a deal for us.  But we can REALLY see the difference in our brides and grooms after having done it both ways for over 700 weddings. ;-).

Anyway, after we got Emily and Bo officially wed with Anne Marie Wintercorn, it was back into the Marlin room where Hector for Kenny Mondo Productions took over the emcee’ing and rocked the party for the evening.  The food was amazing as it always is at JBR as well.  Everyone had a great time, and its off to the honeymoon for our couple!  You can see a few of our faves’ here by clicking the read more icon>>