{"id":173,"date":"2008-07-18T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/amy-john\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T03:13:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:13:28","slug":"amy-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/weddings\/amy-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy &#038; John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of second shooting for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreverinfocus.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Christina at Forever in Focus<\/a>, and we had a great time! Amy and John are such a wonderful couple and theirs was one of the most moving and memorable wedding receptions I have ever photographed.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john11.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This is a shot I have been hoping to get for a while!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john9.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s bouquet was a simple but elegant grouping of beautiful cream calla lillies (one of my favorites!), tied with her &#8220;something blue&#8221; &#8211; an antique handkerchief.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Gorgeous orchids from the floral centerpieces.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john3.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amy and John embrace during their first dance together.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The reception was held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/hotels\/travel\/hpnsh-renaissance-westchester-hotel\/\" target=\"blank\">Renaissance Westchester Hotel<\/a> in White Plains, and it is a beautiful mix of the new and the old.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john8.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amy and John surprised their guests with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdnypipesanddrums.net\/\" target=\"blank\">FDNY Emerald Society<\/a> pipes and drums band. 40 bagpipers in full dress &#8211; kilts and all! It was just amazing &#8211; the sound, the sights, the emotions. I was nearly moved to tears by the magnitude and the energy and the love in the room surrounding Amy and John.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john4.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john5.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kellyvasami.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/amy_john10.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>For more images of Amy and John on their wedding day, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/foreverinfocus.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/08\/may-31st-2008-amy-and-john\/\" target=\"blank\"> Christina&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of second shooting for Christina at Forever in Focus, and we had a great time! Amy and John <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/weddings\/amy-john\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[111,12],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weddings","tag-second-shooting","tag-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kellyvasami.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}