Wirken Photography Blog

• Date: 05.25.08
• Ceremony: Loose Park Rose Garden
• Reception: Oakwood Country Club
• Flowers: Beco

Every time I got together with Alison and Brian in the year leading up to their wedding, it was like a creative brainstorm.  They flooded me with “them”-
I love it when people do that!  I have to know a couple’s stories, tastes, personalities, the things they hold dear- in order to do justice to recording their wedding day.  These two have a romantic view of the world, and “romantic” is such a sappy word, but I mean it in the best sense here- they are people that live with passion and imagination.  They laugh loud with their mouths wide open, and they get excited about beauty, expression, experience.  Brian has both graffiti and service on the police force in his life story- well rounded eh?  Alison was a part of the Renaissance Festival for many years, and it’s evident in the way she moved in that spinning gown.  The wedding day was absolutely glorious- under the chuppah that Alison’s dad made in the vibrancy of the Loose Park Rose Garden.  The couple had a traditional Jewish ceremony, but added their own beat to every aspect.  For example, the hora (the traditional folk dance that involves the couple being raised on chairs) was accompanied by a very surf- rock kind of version of Hava nagila.  Their wedding cake was decorated with soft pink roses and jutting thorns.  They had these really cool handmade pieces with different words about love, all donned with a punk rock edge.  Here are some of my favorites from the day….  

  

 …and this is what the guys were doing…  

Alison stayed hidden in the car peeking out every once and awhile as her guests arrived

waiting in the wings before he ceremony

 I absolutely love this moment with Alison’s mom- I remember the Rabbi talking about what a glorious day it was, and how we might as well have been in paradise 

traditional time alone after the ceremony