Kevin + Jennifer | Highlands Country Club Garrison Wedding

Where you go I will go,

and where you stay I will stay.

Your people will be my people,

and your God my God.

Ruth 1:6

Essay + Melody | Villa di Felicita Wedding | Tyler, Texas

Rain has drops
Sun has shine
Moon has beams
That make you mine
Rivers have banks
Sands for shores
Hearts have heartbeats
That make me yours
Needles have eyes
Though pins may prick
Elmer has glue
To make things stick
Winter has Spring
Stockings feet
Pepper has mint
To make it sweet
Teachers have lessons
Soup du jour
Lawyers sue bad folks
Doctors cure
All and all
This much is true
You have me
And I have you.

-Nikki Giovanni

Thank you to a fabulous vendor team for making this lovely wedding come alive:

• Photography:  Kat Harris Photography
• Venue:  Villa di Felicita, Tyler Texas
• Coordination:  Married by Medicine
• Gown:  Kleinfelds
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John + Audra | Castle Hill Inn | Newport, Rhode Island Wedding

That was her gift,

she filled you with the words you didn't know were there.

-Atticus

Thank you to an incredible team that made this wedding so lovely:

Photography:  Kat Harris Photography

Coordinator: Molly, Castle Hill Inn

Venue:  Castle Hill Inn, Newport, Rhode Island

Hair:  Jennie Kay Beauty

Makeup:  Naomi Donne

Kevin + Jen | Central Park | Loeb's Boathouse Engagements

He saw her before he saw anything else in the room.

-F.Scott Fitzgerald

Charlie + Libby | The Heart of the Ranch | Ft. Worth Wedding

We were together.

I forget the rest.

-Walt Whitman

Thank you to the wonderful team that made this day so flawless:

Photographer:  Kat Harris

2nd Photographer:  Lindsey Shea // 3rd Photographer:  F.E. Castleberry

Wedding Planner:  Lyons Events

Rentals:  Grand Events

Band:  Motion

Florist:  Moss Florals

Catering:  Macklin's Catering Co.

Cake:  Créme del la Créme

Hair + Make-up:  Concepts by Anastasia

Ceremony Musicians:  Strings 4 All Seasons

Venue:  The Heart of the Ranch

Gown:  Romona Keveza

Tom + Alex | Rosemary Beach Florida Destination Wedding

I choose you

again and again

at the start and finish of every single day

no matter the season

no matter the year.

I choose you

to struggle and succeed with

to fight and make up with

to love and grow old with.

I choose you

knowing there are still trails we must travel

knowing there are mountains left to clim.

I choose you

to always be by my side.

-Tyle Kent White

Thank you to a fabulous team who helped make this wedding weekend flawless:

Photography:  Kat Harris

Coordination:  Defining Moments by Heather

Ceremony + Reception Venues:  Rosemary Beach Rental Agency

Florist:  Florals by the Sea

Catering:  KBC Catering

Event Rentals:  H&M Event Rentals 

Videographer:  Frameblender Films

Cake:  Bake My Day

Reception Band:  Surround Sound

Hair:  Mindy Norris Hair Design

Make-up:  Blush Beauty Lounge

Gown:  Romona Keveza

Essay + Melody | Central Park | Manhattan | Engagements

The most

beautiful part is,

I wasn't even looking

when I found you.

-autumn

David + Vanessa | The Foundry | Long Island City Wedding

When I saw you first, it took

every ounce of me not to kiss you.

When I saw you laugh, it took

every ounce of me not to love you.

And when I saw your soul, it took every ounce of me.

-Atticus

Thank you to an incredible team for making this wedding a dream:

All photography c/o Kat Harris Photography

Planning + Design: All Who Wander Event Design

Florist:  Day of May Floral

Bride Getting Ready:  The William Vale Hotel

Groom Getting Ready:  The Boro Hotel

Ceremony + Reception:  The Foundry, Long Island City

DJ:  James Mulry for 74 Events

Band:  The Sultans

Catering:  Comparti

Rentals:  Broadway Party Rentals

Vintage Glassware:  Borrowed Blue

Lounge Furniture:  Patina Vintage Rentals

Photo Booth:  Mashbooth

Lighting:  Stortz Lighting

Popsicles:  Gypsy Pops

Wedding Gown:  Monique Lluihllier

Bridesmaids Dresses:  BHLDN

Michael + Allie | Liberty House | Jersey City Wedding

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart).

e.e. cummings

Sebastian + Jessica | Central Park | Loeb's Boathouse Engagements

He is more myself than I am.

Whatever our souls are made of,

His and mine are the same.

-Emily Bronte.

John + Caroline | Central Park | Manhattan Engagements

When I saw you first,

it took every ounce of me

not to kiss you.

When I saw you laugh,

it took every ounce of me not to fall in love.

And when I saw your soul--

it took every ounce of me.

-Atticus

Hotel Delamar Wedding | Greenwich CT | Uri + Christine

He saw her before he saw anything else in the room...

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Highline Hotel Chelsea Wedding | Patrick + Emily

And her heart was the best part, 

it would always calm the storm for those who were afraid of a little rain.

-R.M. Drake

On our way to the ceremony it began to pour buckets of rain the way it does in New York City summers:  completely out of nowhere not cognizant of our plans.  It just rains--even when it's your wedding day and you're walking to the ceremony and get trapped under a bridge.  Just like it happened on Patrick and Emily's wedding day.

Something about it was sorta perfect though.  Because isn't that life?  You have all of these perfect plans, and then something happens out of left field.  There's nothing you can do about it and it's not even about the thing; it's what you make of it.  And the light heartedness and laughter that Emily had about being stuck under a dirty bridge in Chelsea in her wedding dress made me feel confident that these two are going to move through lifes unexpected moments with open hands--because they embrace the unexpected.

The rain stopped, and we ran to the ceremony, and the weather was perfect for portraits, and they seriously danced the night away.  I mean these guys know how to have a dance party!

Patrick and Emily you two are some of my dream clients.  You're authentic, so connected to each other, and you love your tribe so well!  I can't wait to see life unfold for y'all!  Thank you for letting me be apart of your journey!

XO,

Kat

Thanks to an incredible dream team:

Photography:  Kat Harris + Frederick Castleberry, Kat Harris Photography

Ellen, Sidekick Events

Frank Alexander NYC

Nikki Avanzino, Hair Stylist

Sonnier Castle, Catering

Mint Wedding Cinematography

DJ Marvin Meyers

Warren Z Productions

Photo Booth MVS Studios

Nobo SOHO Lifestyle Session | Todd + Shannon

There's a look that can only be given between people that have gone through life together over a span of years.  It's a look that says I know you, I see you, I choose you, I am by your side for the long haul.

I see glimmers of that look between the engaged couples I shoot.  There's that hope, that giddy excitement, the unknown.  But it's something different, deeper when it's a couple that has stood the test of time.  

And that's what I experienced when I spent the afternoon with Todd and Shannon.  They've been together for 15 years, and came to New York City to celebrate, shop, be with each other and friends, and get some time away from their house full of kids.  

Couples like Todd and Shannon give me such hope.  They remind me why I do what I do and that love, marriage, commitment, hope, even heartache is always worth fighting for.

Love you guys,

Kat 

St. Thomas Wedding | Rodrigo + Lindsey

You are the

finest,

loveliest,

tenderest,

and most beautiful person 

I have ever known.

--and even that is an understatement.

-F. Scot Fitzgerald

P.S.  I think everyone should have a wedding week.  They're sorta the best.  Thanks Rodrigo + Lindsey for having us!

XO,

Kat

Thank you to an incredible team in St. Thomas:

The Marriott Frenchman's Reef St. Thomas

Second Shooter:  Tutti del Monte

Museum of the City of New York Wedding | Andrew + Kira

'I don't believe in magic.'

The young boy said.

The old man smiled.

'You will when you see her.'

-Atticus

Thank you to a dream team of vendors:

LCR Events // Ivie Joy Flowers // Great Performancs Catering  // Museum of the City of New York

Patrick + Emily | DUMBO Engagements

And as I sat and looked at her,

and the rolling hills she sat upon,

I thought, what amazing luck I have,

that the world had created such beautiful things,

and given me the eyes to seem them.

-Atticus

Clark + Becca | Second Baptist Houston Wedding

 

And for us this the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after.  But for them it was only the beginning of the real story.  All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page:  now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read:  which goes on forever, in which every chapter is better than the one before.

-CS Lewis

Sarah Seven Bridal | The Romantics Collection

Minutes before doors opened to her Bridal Romantics Collection Presentation she had someone on her team light a cigar and puff the sweet smoke throughout the room.

With her indie playlist going in the background; it was the final touch to complete her Parisian Bistro dream come reality.  And to me that is a glimpse into the world of Sarah Seven.  She is attentive to the tiny details.  The ones we may not even notice, but out of conviction and creativity she executes anyways.  That is inspiring to me.  And she invites you into her world of romance, spunk, and adventure.  

Getting to work with Sarah and her team the last several months has been an adventure.  There has been more than one dance party, and lots of laughter.  I can't wait to see what dreams she invites us into next!

XO,

Kat

Hoboken Pier Engagements | Chris + Christina

Be open to it being way better than you imagined...