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December 6, 2015

08.23.2015 | Lyndi and Joey

Venue: Stroudsmore Country Inn, Pennsylvania

DJ: Thomas Twiss

Coordinator, Caterer , Cake, and Florist: Stroudsmore Country Inn

Gown: Gerri’s Bridal

Destination Wedding Photography: Michael Anthony + Eric Killingsworth

We were excited for this wedding, it represented a record for us, and possibly in wedding photography in general. After spending 4 days in St. Louis, Eric and I flew back to LA and photographed a wedding the night before this event in Long Beach, California. After which, we hopped on a plane, and flew on a red eye to JFK, sleeping on the plane, grabbed a car, and drove in to Stroudsmore for this wedding, possibly being the first photographers to shoot 2 weddings within 24 hours on opposite ends of the country.

When working out the details I asked Eric if we were up to this travel challenge, to which he replied, “We’re Rockstars.” While that is open for debate, what isn’t is that we were incredibly honored to be invited across the country by Lyndi and Joey to photograph this beautiful event at a gorgeous venue. I love destination weddings because when a couple places their trust in us to travel with them to document their event, we become friends over the journey. While we photograph 5-10 destination weddings per year, our love to explore new destinations never gets old.

So let’s hear some of their story…..

How did he propose?

On Christmas Eve he strung up 4000 lights in my backyard in Pennsylvania he also lit over 100 candles. This was all a surprise so after he had everything set up he came in and got my mother, father and I as well as my puppy, and took us all out to the backwoods. Once he was in the middle of all of the candles he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

What’s your favorite memory together aside from the proposal?
My favorite memory is on Valentine’s Day a year ago. I was upset because I thought I would not be able to see him. We lived over an hour apart and my parents took me up and we all had dinner together. After that Joey took me to his sisters house where he already had tons of rose petals in a hot tub with candles lit and sparkling juice ready and when I walked in the song in the background was the first song we had ever danced to.

What do you think is unique about you as a couple?

I think we are unique because we have been together longer than most couples who have already been married and divorced. We also kept our relationship going even though we were on opposite coasts.

3 Responses

Aunt Sharon says:

December 7, 2015 at 6:09 pm

They are all so perfect.

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Stephanie says:

December 7, 2015 at 11:34 pm

An amazing couple, an amazing love for each other.

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Patricia says:

December 8, 2015 at 2:51 am

ALL. Of the pictures are fantastic. The last two pictures look like they are from a fairy tale book. Beautiful. It would be very hard to pick for a album. I would have to pick all of them. My Sister is Lyndi’s Aunt..

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