Local Wedding Guide: Pennsylvania

It’s that time again — time for another installment of our Local Wedding Guide! We’re selecting various locations to highlight the numerous resources available from our vendor guide members and their favorite pros they love to work with. We’ve tackled six locations so far: North Carolina, Texas, Massachusetts, Florida, the Pacific Northwest, and Indiana + Illinois. Next on the list is Pennsylvania! Most vendors love to travel, so fret not if you’re not in their immediate area!

Philadelphia:

Love Me Do:

View ALL weddings featured shot by Love Me Do

What is your favorite tip for couples for being photographed on their wedding day?
Love Me Do: Relax and have fun! We want to photograph our clients as genuinely as possible, and the best way to do this is to have a little fun with them! Their wedding day is a huge celebration with all your family and friends around for support. It’s easy to just think about this exciting new step in your lives together. Let that be on the forefront of your mind when you’re getting photographed.

Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
Love Me Do: There are a ton of amazing photographers out there, and we love them for what they do! When it comes down to it, it’s all about personality. We love getting to know our couples personally and letting them express themselves truly in our photos. Our brides (and grooms) book us because they trust us to let them enjoy themselves on their wedding day, as well as make them look fabulous at the same time!

Above images by Philadelphia photographer Jeff Wojtaszek

Amy Rae Photography:

Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
Amy Rae Photography: The wedding day can be chaotic and I want to be the last person to add to the chaos. In fact I want to help make the day go by as smooth as possible. I take a relaxed and care-free approach to the photos to get natural images of you looking your best and enjoying the wedding day.

What is your favorite tip for couples for being photographed on their wedding day?
Amy Rae Photography: Forget about anything that is stressing you out, take a deep breath and live in the moment. Doing this will help you relax and have natural photos of you and your new spouse enjoying your wedding day.

Any favorite photo spots for engagement sessions or must see sightings?
Amy Rae Photography: I love shooting in Fairmount Park where everything is beautiful, green, and colorful! There is so much variety and beauty without leaving the city.

Schuylkill Haven:

Birdhouse Productions

Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
Birdhouse Productions: Birdhouse offers short format wedding and life films with an emphasis on personal storytelling. By investing in lifelong relationships with our couples, we get to know them and their stories inside and out so that their wedding films are intimate, cinematic time capsules.

Any favorite photo spots for engagement sessions or must see sightings?
Birdhouse Productions: Backroads of Central PA – Reading to Harrisburg areas – have amazing yellow flower fields from April through June. The Franklin Fountain (Philly) for a retro ice cream shoot.

Photos below by Joey Kennedy Photography (view portfolio), Pittsburgh + will travel worldwide

Venues:
Moonstone Manor, Elizabethtown
Magic Gardens, Philadelphia
Sweetwater Farm, Glen Mills
Terrain, Glen Mills
GoggleWorks, Reading
Ash Mill Farm Bed and Breakfast, Holicong
The Audubon Center
Ridley Creek State Park
Community Arts Center, Wallingford
Holly Hedge Estate, New Hope
Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia
Aldie Mansion, Doylestown

Above video from Hi-Society Productions

Photographers:
Love Me Do (view portfolio), Philadelphia + will travel worldwide
Amy Rae Photography (view portfolio), Philadelphia + will travel worldwide
Jeff Wojtaszek (view portfolio), Philadelphia + will travel worldwide
Growing Tree Photography (view portfolio), Lancaster + will travel worldwide
Alison Conklin (view portfolio), Allentown + will travel worldwide
Joey Kennedy Photography (view portfolio), Pittsburgh + will travel worldwide
Brooke Courtney Photography (view portfolio), Lancaster + will travel worldwide
Michael Will Photography (view portfolio), Pittsburgh + will travel worldwide
Jillian McGrath Photography (view portfolio), Hummelstown + will travel worldwide

Above images by Lancaster photographer Brooke Courtney Photography

Event Design/Coordination:
Brava Weddings (view portfolio), Eastern PA
Styled Creative
Belovely Events
Daniele Pasternak
Kathy Romero Weddings and Events

Tree of Life Films:

See wedding feature here

Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
Tree of Life Films: We’re a husband and wife team who love creating unique and artistic wedding films. It’s important to us to get to know our couples to make the best film that not only captures their day but them as a couple too. We love Love and and aim to bring out real emotion in our films. We were inspired after we received our own wedding film almost two years ago. We loved the way it captured our day and our love for each other. It made us feel amazing and we wanted to give that to other couples. Tom is an award winning, director of two feature films so it was easy to begin our new venture in wedding filmmaking together. We love what we do and can’t imagine doing anything else!

Any favorite photo spots for engagement sessions or must see sightings?
Tree of Life Films: We love the abandoned trains at the Wycombe Train Station (we chose this for our own engagement shoot too). We love any spots in nature during sunset (best time!).

Cinematographers:
Birdhouse Productions (view portfolio), Schuylkill Haven
Tree of Life Films (view portfolio), Philadelphia
Hi-Society Productions (view portfolio), Philadelphia

Above images by Allentown photographer Alison Conklin
See past features here, here, and here

Penna Ink Stationery:

Tell us a little bit about you and what you do.
Penna Ink: I work with customers to create custom wedding paperie or let them choose from my already designed collections. I am very comfortable and experienced working with brides from the local area and nationally.

Any favorite photo spots for engagement sessions or must see sightings?
Penna Ink: The Art Museum steps (from Rocky) in Philadelphia, PA