Wow, what a crazy/beautiful day of weather we had for Mike and Audrey's wedding at Caswell Farm! Everyone experienced quite the weather spectrum, from pouring rain to sunny skies, and all throughout a short period of time. Thankfully, the weather added a romantic touch to the day as you can see from the soft rain falling in many of the photos. While this could put a damper on many couple's vision for their perfect wedding day, it didn't seem to phase these two, who were excited for the awesome day ahead full of laughter, kiddos, and hanging out! We had such a blast spending the day with Mike and Audrey and I'm excited for you to experience the fun times through our eyes. I had to cut so many photos from this post so everything would load in a reasonable amount of time, but there is a BOATLOAD more in the full gallery. Thanks for coming, and I hope you enjoy the photos!

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If it isn't obvious, Audrey was quite excited for the day!

Along with her bouquet, Audrey also made her own jewelry, including the earrings above the night before!!!

Just in time for the first look, the skies opened up in quite the torrential downpour! After a few minutes of waiting, things calmed to just a light rain - we grabbed the umbrellas, and headed out!

This is the moment they realized that Mike had forgotten to put on his belt!

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Audrey handmade this impressive work of art into her bouquet!

Mr. grumpy pants wasn't super interested in being a part of the wedding party photos haha!

After dodging the rain for some of the wedding party photos, they decided to move forward with the outdoor ceremony. This ended up being a perfect decision as the weather fizzled from an elegant rain down to nothing over the course of the ceremony!

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Kiddos don't mind a little rain!

The days food would be some fresh, delicous, fire baked pizza provided by "Pizza By Fire". MMMM fresh pizza!!!

Once everyone had a helping of pizza, it was time for the toasts. Audrey's maid of honor had a particularly epic, re-written version of the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air rap. It was a riot, and well received by all, bravo!

Look at that! From pouring rain to blue skies in the short matter of a couple hours! Now everyone could really have a great time spread out on the vast property. Adults were talking, and kids were happily running around, playing all sorts of games. This was one of the aspects Mike and Audrey were looking forward to and(from what I could tell) everyone had an amazing time!

Another fond memory of the day for me had to be Mike and Audrey's interations with each other. Plenty of laughs and dancing between photo takes, haha!

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After lots of dancing, it was time for a few end of the night portraits!

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Thank you Mike and Audrey!

- Vendors -

Photographer: James Flachsbart
2nd Photographer: Enid Arvelo
Venue: Caswell Farm
Catering: Pizza By Fire
Donuts: Holy Donut
Hair & Makeup: Rachel Keene from Chic Boutique
Dress: Blush
DJ: Adam’s Mobile DJ Services & Sound

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This was my second time this year enjoying the beautiful landscapes of Castine for a small destination wedding! Yet again, the location was a beautiful little property where all of the festivities would happen. Clay and Caitlin have traveled all around the country together with their pup Lucy and their fifth wheel. Now it was time to settle down! The day turned out perfectly with rain holding off and the clouds clearing enough for a fantastic sunset on the beach! My favorite memory of the day had to be Cait's sister telling a story during her toast about Raspberries. As kids, they both loved them and once they each got their own carton. Cait had convinced her sister that the "hairs" on the berries were in fact "Dead cat hairs"(I'm laughing writing this), so that she would relinquish her berries to her sister....and it worked! haha. Let's just say that the main pie they cut may have had some of this rumored hair in it. Have I completely turned you off into checking out the rest of this blog post? I hope not, because it was an awesome day that I was happy to be there to capture! Enjoy!

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Lucy and Cooper were not the easiest dogs to get a photo with! Cooper was a crazy person as you'll see later...

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Caitlin forgot her vows when she was ready to walk down the aisle, and Clay forgot to give her his card to read before the ceremony. With the prerequisite that it may not fully apply to the situation, he read the card to her in front of everyone as part of the vows. Caitlin may or may not have been trying hard to not cry as you can see below. :)

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black and white documentary wedding photography

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Kids aren't always the most cooperative photo subjects, so might as well let them have some fun!

If you look closely at the photo below, you can see the moment the cork popped out of the champagne bottle!

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Cooper(below) spent the majority of the evening running around like a mad man on the property with his tennis ball, completely uncatchable to anyone who tried.

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Markel's Bakehouse again for the win with dinner. Those lobster puffs....YUM!

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Some of the states the happy couple have visited together!

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To finished up the day, we went down to the beach for an incredible sunset! We may have lost quarts of blood to the mosquitoes, but totally worth it!