Degas House Springtime Wedding starring Andrea & Polo

From the Windy City to the lively streets of New Orleans (their favorite city, hands down!), Andrea and Polo brought their Chicago cool to the historic Degas House for a late October wedding that was as trendy as it gets.

A second line down Esplanade Ave, courtesy of the Kinfolk Brass Band, kicked off the celebration. DJ Belonge kept the beats rolling, turning the dance floor into a hotspot. Andrea and Polo didn't just throw a wedding; they threw a party to remember.

Major props to Ashley Bupp of A Bupp Event for making it all happen seamlessly. She turned their vision into a reality, ensuring every detail was on point.

Andrea and Polo made a stylish, Instagram-worthy exit, surrounded by sparklers and hopping into a classic Mustang convertible.

Every detail reflected their personalities. As they drove off in that classic Mustang, it was clear – this was a love story that knows how to make an exit. Cheers to Andrea and Polo, the coolest couple in town!

Venue: Degas House

Coordination & Planning: A Bupp Event

Florals: Fabulous Flowers

MUA: Glam Nola

Entertainment: DJ Belonge

Brass Band: Kinfolk Brass Band

New Orleans Board of Trade wedding with Jordan & Jacob

Surrounded by their family and friends, high school sweethearts Jordan and Jacob celebrated their night having as much fun as possible. Their energy was infectious. The Bucktown Allstars had the dance floor hopping all night long and featured Jordan’s dad as a guest singer. The party never stopped! (Which had these old people hurting the day after the wedding!) We love a good party though! Everyone was having so much fun just celebrating the happy couple.

Vendor Love:

Ceremony - St. Dominic

Reception - New Orleans Board of Trade

Entertainment - Bucktown Allstars

A New Orleans Wedding at Broussard's - Denver & Lexie

A little throwback to what I used to photograph some 5 years ago before I fell in love with documenting people’s lives and the start of their families. Fun fact, this is how I first met Denver. On a blazing asphalt track during the peak of summer in New Orleans, the ground was probably close to 200 degrees and I could literally feel it burning through my jeans.

That’s the kind of crazy shit photographers do to get the shot.

Fast forward a couple of years and we hear from Denver again, this time it’s not about his Porsche, but this time it was about something far more important. It was about how he found the love of his life, Lexie and wanted us to document the start of the next chapter of their lives together.

Thankfully their wedding was at the end of December; the weather much cooler and no scorching asphalt to contend with. Instead, we got the moody misty weather that is pretty typical of winter in the south.

These two are some of the greatest people we’ve ever had the pleasure of working with and call friends. We’re so incredibly thankful and excited to share what we see as a lifetime of happiness and love.

Vendor love:

Venue: Broussards

Dress: Wedding Belles Nola

Flowers: Meade Wenzel

Coordinator: Weddings Taylor Made

Cake: Oh my gosh Ganache!

Live Painting: Pappion Artistry

Music: The Nola Dukes Band

Intimate New Orleans Wedding at The Degas House - Heather & Eric

We don’t really love writing blogs, it’s kinda’ dreadful. We love sharing our work for everyone to see, but finding the right set of words that best describe how incredible one night was, especially when that one night is the night that two amazing people celebrated their love for one another, eludes us. We’re not great at it, we’re more of the kind of folks who say, “hey, let me show you” versus “hey, let me tell you.” That’s probably why we’re better photographers than we are writers. But we owe it to the world to share just a little sliver of how incredibly good the world can be when times seem rough or when life has you down.

And so we’ll do our best to tell you the story of how an engineer named Eric and a social worker named Heather came down from Chicago, friends and family in tow, to witness and celebrate their love between one another.

Their beautiful ceremony took place in the courtyard of The Degas House on a chilly New Orleans evening in November. There was happy tears, smiles, love and happiness, a gumbo of all the best emotions. And of course, nothing caps off an incredibly intimate and joyous ceremony like a second line. The Big Fun Brass Band led the way with Heather and Eric at the front of the parade that headed down Esplanade.

Anyways if you’ve kept reading we applaud you and we’ll stop trying to tell you about how awesome their wedding was and and we’ll just show you how incredible it all really was.

New Orleans Wedding - Jimmy & Adrienne

The best weddings, are the one's that really make you work for it. The type of wedding where everyone is an absolute mess of emotions, filled with the best people laughing, loving and crying their eyes out. It's freaking rad. It's what we live for.

Jimmy and Adrienne gave us that full experience when they got married back in November., and left us leaving with what Adrienne called it, a "healthy sweat", and some very awesome new friends.

Their emotion filled, love packed ceremony at Our Lady of the Rosary was incredible. Jimmy and Adrienne both had these amazingly awesome smiles throughout, and you could just tell that they were having the time of their lives. That raw excitement of just being present in the moment carried over ten fold when we made our way over to Pat O'Brien's on the River for one hell of a dance party. 

We had an incredible time, one that left us feeling crazy tired, sweaty and probably a little smelly, but we wouldn't trade that experience with them for the world.

Thank you Jimmy & Adrienne! Stay awesome!

New Orleans Botanical Garden Wedding - Corey & Sophie

These two were by far one of my favorite couples that I've had the pleasure to photograph. After photographing their engagement session on a whim, they decided to ditch the family friend who they had planned to have photograph their wedding and gave us the honor of doing so.

We were floored. These two are some of the nicest, down to earth people I've ever met, and their love for one another fills the air around them in the best of ways. 

Their wedding at the gorgeous New Orleans Botanical Gardens was full of love and smiles throughout the day. The weather was terrible earlier that day, but it's like the heaven's knew that these two were getting married and cleared out with a gorgeous sunset for these two love birds.

Cheers to our new friends and the awesomest of people, Corey and Sophie!

New Orleans Elopement - Tim & Nichole

Tim & Nichole decided to sneak away from their home in Houston to New Orleans and elope, and I can't even begin to tell you how honored and excited I was to have been the only person aside from their son Levi to have been in attendance.  What made the day even more special was this romantic and intimate fog that lingered over the city, the atmosphere was just right for an elopement in the heart of the French Quarter.

Photographing weddings in New Orleans is fantastic, but when you get an amazing couple like these two who just wanted to sneak away and just be together, you know it's going to be something special. Throughout the entire day you could just feel the love and happiness between them, and it was infectious.

My face actually hurt afterwards from smiling and laughing with them all day, and their son Levi was a blast to hang out with as well. I feel absolutely privileged to have been able to tell your story.

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Sandy & Katie - French Quarter Wedding Chapel

I have never really had the opportunity to shoot elopements before this year, and I really wasn't sure what to expect when I talked with Sandy and Katie about photographing them.

These two people blew my mind with their personalities. They were incredible to be around, their presence lit up the room and they lit up each other. I remember walking back to my car thinking my face was literally hurting from smiling and laughing so much. 

Their elopement was easily one of my top favorite moments of all time to photograph. The French Quarter Wedding Chapel where they became husband and wife was the coolest place I've ever seen, with it's signed bills hanging from the rafters, the plethora of random chandeliers and Reverend Tony who was hysterical. 

We dare you to try and not smile while reliving their day, our bet is you probably can't. 

Justin & Melissa - The Gallery at The Chicory Wedding

Justin and Melissa are two of the coolest, nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I met these two years ago when I worked with them at a gym. They always seemed to be together, constantly smiling and infecting the air with their good vibes. It is no surprise that they ended up getting married to each other, and I'm thrilled that I was able to photograph that for them. They also know how to throw one hell a friggin' party, that shit was off the hook. I remember leaving and having to wipe myself down, the dance floor was slammed with really great friends and family who kept us moving all night long.

Kenny & Marley - Lake Pontchartrain Engagement

Man, I loved hanging out with these two. Kenny and Marley have been friends of ours for years now, and they're always the kindest and sweetest people to be around. There is this looming feel good vibe that surrounds them, and its infectious. 

The weather was gloomy, but the day was perfect. Their love, laughter and feel good vibes made the day nothing short of amazing. We laughed, we explored, and it was a freaking blast. 

Their wedding is going to be amazing, and I can't wait to hangout with them again.