Trevor and Kate are an amazing couple that met for the first time at Princeton University. I have had the most incredible time working with them. Their GTKY session on their sailboat was a great time and you can see the session on the blog. Both Trevor and Kate got ready at the historic Nassau Inn. St Pauls Catholic Church was only about 5 minutes away for their classic Rolls Royce to drive them to. After the ceremony, we went over to Princeton University to photograph the bridal party. It is fun when more than half of the bridal party were actual Princeton University graduates as well. Kate & Trevor went to Rat’s Restaurant for their Grounds for Sculpture wedding after being photographed at Princeton University. I love working a Grounds for Sculpture wedding as the staff is incredible and the food is sensational. All the trees and beautiful flowers just started blooming on their grounds. The newly married couple did their grand entrance into the reception with their aviator glasses on and the Top Gun theme song playing in the background. EBE’s band Miami rocked the event and had everyone up dancing until the last second of the night. I had an amazing time with them and can’t wait to share photographs of their finished album on the blog! Thanks again to Rat’s as I love photographing at Grounds for Sculpture wedding!

About Grounds for Sculpture and the Princeton thread

Kate and Trevor’s wedding ran the full Princeton arc before it ever touched Hamilton. Both of them got ready at the historic Nassau Inn on Palmer Square, married at St Paul’s Catholic Church on Nassau Street, climbed into a vintage Rolls Royce for the five minute drive, and stopped on the Princeton University campus for bridal party portraits before heading to Rat’s Restaurant at Grounds for Sculpture for the reception. Most Grounds for Sculpture weddings start at the venue. This one used the venue as the closing chapter, which made the gallery feel more like a campus wedding film than a single-location shoot. If you have Princeton ties, that pairing is worth thinking about.

St Paul’s Catholic Church in Princeton

St Paul’s Catholic Church on Nassau Street is the kind of full-Mass Catholic ceremony space where the natural light through the side windows does most of the work for you. We shot the processional from the back, switched to the side aisle for the vows so the altar light stayed clean, and grabbed the recessional from the centerline. Kate’s father walked her up the aisle, and the Rolls Royce pulled up at the front entrance for the exit, which is the frame everyone asks me about when they see this gallery. If you are getting married at St Paul’s and pairing it with a Grounds for Sculpture reception, the Nassau Inn is the bridal preps spot to use. It is a five minute walk to the church and a fifteen minute drive to Hamilton.

Top Gun grand entrance, Miami band, Rat’s after dark

Kate and Trevor walked into their reception at Rat’s wearing aviator sunglasses with the Top Gun theme song playing, which was the kind of grand entrance that tells you exactly what the night was going to be. EBE’s Miami band carried the dance floor to last call. Kate had a separate grandfather granddaughter dance built into the schedule, which is one of those small additions that pays off in the album. The exterior of Rat’s at night, lit by the lanterns over the Monet bridge, is the closing frame I always try to get at this venue. We grabbed it just before the final set.

Ceremony: St Paul’s Catholic Church Reception: Rat’s Restaurant at Grounds for Sculpture Dress: Bridal Reflections Bridesmaids Dress: Barefoot Bride Florist: Viburnum Designs DJ/Band: EBE – Miami

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