Fall Wedding at The Patrician
Wedding cake decorated for the Fall season awaits wedding guests at The Patrician in Schererville, Indiana.
Ryan and Jamie had their Fall wedding at The Patrician banquet hall in Schererville, Indiana. It was a chilly day outside, but warm hearts were everywhere inside. We began the day at the hall's bridal suite with the girls attending to make up and laughing it up with me.
A make up artist attends to the bride inside of the bridal suite at the Patrician.
The make up artist applies eyeliner to the bride revealing a tattoo of the word "beautiful".
I'm not above being a little sneaky to get a good candid shot, but I was eventually busted by the maid of honor as I took this photo through the doorway as she worked on her speech for later that night.
the maid of honor writes her speech for her sister's wedding.
I would occasionally walk into The Patrician's main banquet hall to give the girls a break from my camera and i was astounded by the wonderful homemade Autumn wedding decor that Jamie and Ryan's family had assembled. Yellow and orange hues filled the entrance to the ballroom.
Fall wedding table cards made of miniature logs with the seating card inside the carved out slit.
Wooden Fall themed bride and groom table placards.
When Jamie's mom and her sister, the maid of honor began tying her dress, I knew it was almost time for the first look with her Dad.
The bride's maid of honor helps tie the lacings on the wedding dress.
The mother of the bride embraces her daughter on wedding day.
I ran into Jamie's dad while taking detail shots of all her decor. He told me he couldn't stop pacing at home, so he might as well do his pacing at the hall. We got to talking and it was obvious that he loves his daughters and family. I knew the Dad's first look was going to be special...
A father awaits his daughter, the bride, for his first look at the bottom of the staircase at The Patrician banquet hall.
A father has his first look at his daughter's wedding dress.
A bride kisses her Dad after he sees her in her wedding dress for the first time.
It was especially touching when he gave her earings for a gift and presented it to her right after the first look.
While I was inside with Jamie and her bridesmaids in the warm Patrician, our second photographer Stephanie Wallace was taking the guys out for some Autumn portraits at a family estate in Crown Point.
The groomsmen pose for Fall portraits in Crown Point.
If you ever wondered what the guys do on the morning of the wedding, it usually involves a TV, sports and if there is a billiard table around - a quick game of pool...
The groom shoots pool to shake the nerves on the morning of his wedding.
The groom's mother helps him with the cufflinks on his suit.
The temperatures had dipped into the 40's at one point during the day so we did not do too many outside shots with the bridesmaids. However, we were able to bring a little bit of Fall inside to The Patrician.
The bride's sister and maid of honor poses for a portrait surrounded by autumn decorations at The Patrician.
We did finally brave it for a few outside images. we were in and out of the gazebo and ended with a group hug to show their support for Jamie and to keep warm too!!
Bridesmaids give a group hug to the bride while surrounded by Fall colors.
It was decided that it would be an indoor ceremony and I took Jamie into the darkened room from a dramatic bridal portrait to show off the back of her dress. The orange hue in the room played nicely with our Fall color theme.
The bride shows off the back of her dress in a darkened room with orange hued candles.
Reverend Doug Klukken was the officiator at the indoor ceremony at The Patrician and he had the emotions going from happy tears to wonderful out loud laughter. The room was packed with family and friends witnessing Jamie and Ryan's marriage.
A father gives away his daughter at her fall wedding ceremony.
Happy tears come forth as grandparents of the bride watch her get married.
the bride and groom solemnly pray during their indoor wedding ceremony at The Patrician banquet hall.
October sees night come early in Northwest indiana and we took advantage of this by taking some twilight bride and groom shots outside the gazebo.
The bride and groom stand outside the gazebo at The Patrician in Schererville, Indiana during the twilight hour.
The bride and groom embrace as night fall.
The reception was a rocking good time with the dance floor packed all night. The bride and groom certainly had the attention of the room as they did their traditional first dance with the Autumn colored uplighting in the background to continue the Fall theme.
The bride and groom take their traditional first dance at The Patrician banquet center in Schererville, Indiana.
I hope you have enjoyed this sneak peek at Jamie and Ryan's Fall wedding. Stay tuned here and on the Region Weddings Facebook page for more photo updates.
Wedding favor chocolates and a box with a keychain inside and decorated with a heart.