{"id":391,"date":"2009-06-04T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T20:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2012-04-04T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:06:43","slug":"cara-and-eric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/391","title":{"rendered":"cara and eric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>before booking eric and cara&#8217;s wedding, i had never booked a wedding completely over the phone. so i was a little nervous about meeting the fellow penn staters for the first time on the day before their wedding. yikes! but, no worries! eric and cara and their family and friends were all incredibly cool and fun to work with and super gracious!<\/p>\n<p>my wife, molly, and son, jackson, traveled with me to this wedding, since it was in good old happy valley. (we are &#8230; penn state!) molly and i met as students at penn state, so it was nice to get back to our roots. we enjoyed some creamery ice cream (peachy paterno rocks!), visited beaver stadium (jackson asked where the &#8220;football men&#8221; were) and stayed in quaint, little bellefonte. the weather could not have been nicer for a penn state wedding weekend.<\/p>\n<p>i started out with the ladies at cara&#8217;s parents&#8217; house and had fun dodging their overly friendly family dog. (i got lots of licks &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 guess i was just the right flavor!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-393\" title=\"ringy rings!\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_01.jpg\" alt=\"ringy rings!\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_01.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_01-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>this cloth belonged to cara&#8217;s grandmother and served as her &#8220;something old.&#8221; perfect for a detail shot of the rings!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-394\" title=\"rockin' the dress\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_02.jpg\" alt=\"rockin' the dress\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_02.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_02-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>i loved shooting in all the nice, diffused window light at cara&#8217;s parents&#8217; house!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395\" title=\"lace me up please\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_03.jpg\" alt=\"lace me up please\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_03.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_03-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>mom helped cara get into her gorgeous dress<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-396\" title=\"blue sky!\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_04.jpg\" alt=\"blue sky!\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_04.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_04-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397\" title=\"love those flowers!\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_05.jpg\" alt=\"love those flowers!\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_05.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_05-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-398\" title=\"grooming guys\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_06.jpg\" alt=\"grooming guys\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_06.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_06-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>the guys spent some time making sure that they all looked good. well done, boys!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-399\" title=\"eric\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_07.jpg\" alt=\"eric\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_07.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_07-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-400\" title=\"starry ceiling\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_08.jpg\" alt=\"starry ceiling\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_08.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_08-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>lights on the ceiling at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glcpa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">grace lutheran church<\/a> in downtown state college represent the night sky from the 1960s, when the church was built. how cool!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-401\" title=\"bubbles and a high-five\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_09.jpg\" alt=\"bubbles and a high-five\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_09.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_09-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>cara and eric exited the church to a shower of bubbles &#8230; and a big high-five from grandma!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402\" title=\"alumni love\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_10.jpg\" alt=\"alumni love\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_10.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_10-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>after the ceremony, the entire wedding party rode to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alumni.psu.edu\/about_us\/center\/\" target=\"_blank\">penn state hintz family alumni center<\/a> for some pics on the lovely lawn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-403\" title=\"yum! cake. yum!\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_11.jpg\" alt=\"yum! cake. yum!\" width=\"599\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_11.jpg 599w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_11-499x750.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>the cake was gone before i could get some, but it looked mighty tasty! the staff at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athertonhotel.net\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">atherton hotel<\/a> did a great job of making sure i was fed right, so no complaints!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-404\" title=\"ball and chain\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_12.jpg\" alt=\"ball and chain\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_12.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_12-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>the groomsmen clued me into this little gem they pulled on eric: a ball and chain that he had to beg cara to take off. it was totally real, with a real lock! during the stunt, dj jeff tranell of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nittanyentertainment.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">nittany entertainment<\/a> played social distortion&#8217;s &#8220;ball and chain.&#8221; how appropriate!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-405\" title=\"last kiss\" src=\"http:\/\/spencephotographics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_13.jpg\" alt=\"last kiss\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_13.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ericcara_13-750x499.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>i stole the lovebirds away for one last session in the lights of downtown state college near the end of the night. thanks for an awesome time, cara and eric!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>before booking eric and cara&#8217;s wedding, i had never booked a wedding completely over the phone. so i was a little nervous about meeting the fellow penn staters for the first time on the day before their wedding. yikes! but, no worries! eric and cara and their family and friends were all incredibly cool and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14,26,17,12,25,811,10,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencephoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}