{"id":20768,"date":"2017-06-04T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/weddings\/?p=20768"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:57:04","slug":"wentworth-wedding-photography-mj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wentworth-wedding-photography-mj\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wentworth By The Sea Wedding of Michael and John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The most love-winningly, heart-warmingly, and equality-affirmingly normal thing happened at John and Michael’s wedding on Sunday.  Friends of both of theirs told Lucia and I stories of how they had hoped that each of them would find someone perfect for them, and what an incredible blessing it was that they had found each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there’s nothing unusual about that, you’re probably from New England, where New Hampshire legalized same-sex weddings six years ago.  But as marriage equality has been the law of the country for only just a year, I think it’s worth celebrating that none of the conversations were about John and Michael’s legal rights.  That conversation is over – love won.  None of the staff at the Wentworth by the Sea snickered about having two grooms; none of the guests at the hotel worried that their kids would see a gay ceremony; and the only thing anyone wanted to protest was the heat.  Love won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for John and Michael, two men who found each other after years of each of them not having a soulmate, their love triumphed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Lucia and William were a pleasure to work with. They were more than just excellent photographers on the day, they were a positive part of the whole wedding experience. They knew how to capture the pictures you expect to take at a wedding, but their beautiful images also showed us parts of our wedding we would not have been able to see and appreciate without them.” ——John Bradley<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wedding Day Pictures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Same design – different golds. Michael likes White Gold, and John chose Rose Gold.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The grooms wore gray tuxedos with tails from Madeleine’s Event Central, and cravats made by Kathy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Ceremony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This panorama shows the regal Wentworth by the Sea behind the wedding guests just before the ceremony began.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Michael was escorted by his mother Shirley Jean.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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John was escorted down the aisle by his ‘mom’ Kathy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Exchange<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Wentworth<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cocktail Hour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Wedding invites by Gus and Ruby.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Three Dollar Bill was a huge hit during cocktail hour and throughout the night!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Grand Ballroom at the Wentworth by the Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wedding cake by Jacques’ Pastries<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The First Dance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our last photo of the night, and just before the clouds obscured the moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thank you John and Michael for letting Lucia and I be a part of your day. For everyone else, I hope you enjoyed their images. – Will<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A joyful wedding ceremony for two grooms at the beautiful Wentworth By The Sea in Newcastle, NH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"126124,3650,1025,769,22600,22983","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[137,107,135,717],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134871,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20768\/revisions\/134871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusphotography.com\/recent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}