{"id":18707,"date":"2023-11-26T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=18707"},"modified":"2023-11-26T17:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T01:26:26","slug":"nik-and-brians-wonderful-autumn-wedding-in-port-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/nik-and-brians-wonderful-autumn-wedding-in-port-gamble\/","title":{"rendered":"Nik and Brian’s Wonderful Autumn Wedding in Port Gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nik and Brian Get Married in Port Gamble Chapel<\/h1>\n

Nik and Brian were married in Port Gamble on a very blustery and cold day at the end of October.\u00a0 If you are not\u00a0familiar with Port Gamble, it is located about 30 miles northwest from Seattle as the\u00a0crow flies, but for people to get there involves\u00a0either\u00a0taking a ferry across Puget\u00a0Sound, or driving\u00a0around the Sound and over the\u00a0Tacoma Narrows bridge, then\u00a0up the peninsula. Either route takes 90-120 minutes.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief description of the town –
\n“Port Gamble represents one of the few remaining examples of company towns, thousands of which were built in the nineteenth century by industrialists to house employees. Founders Josiah Keller, William Talbot, and Andrew Pope planned the town to reflect the character of their hometown, East Machias, Maine, where many of the early employees originated. For 142 years, the community existed to support sawmills that produced lumber for the world market. The mill closed in 1995, but as a National Historic Site, the townsite has been preserved to reflect an authentic company mill town.”
\nIt is a very pretty little town that has actually grown quite a bit since the first time I shot a wedding there about 30 years ago.\u00a0 That wedding took place in the same chapel (St Paul’s)<\/a> where Nik and Brian were married.\u00a0 But at that time there was no covered venu in town for a wedding reception, so the reception was held in the rather small basement of the chapel.\u00a0 I’ve shot numerous weddings in Port Gamble since then, and have enjoyed watching as the town has grown and turned into a popular wedding location.
\nBut enough about Port Gamble, let’s get back to what matters – the wedding!<\/p>\n

Nik and Brian had decided that they were going to go the “traditional” route and not see each other before the wedding ceremony.\u00a0 I met up with Nik and the bridesmaids at the chapel a couple of hours before the scheduled start time of the ceremony, to take some “getting ready” photos of Nik and her bridesmaids, as well as some pre-wedding photos of Brian and the groomsmen.\u00a0 LOL!\u00a0 That sounds like the name of a band from the early 60’s!\u00a0 And actually\u00a0it was “Brian and the Groom’s People” since one of them was Camryn, the Best Woman.<\/p>\n

While I’m discussing the wedding party, here they are –
\nBridesmaids – Catie, Ashley, Amber
\nGroomsmen – Savian, Jeremy
\nBest Woman – Camryn
\nFlower Girl – Angela (Brian’s younger sister)<\/p>\n

As I said earlier, it was a rather cold day, and there was a serious wind blowing at least\u00a020mph.\u00a0 But other than that it was a beautiful\u00a0Autumn day, with blue skies and plenty of sunshine.<\/p>\n

After checking in on the ladies, who were in the middle of hair and makeup, I walked into the “business sector” of town, which consists of several small shops and a restaurant.\u00a0 Brian and his groomsmen\u00a0were in a room in the basement under the restaurant, along with Nik’s father, Richard.\u00a0 They were all happily snacking on some munchies and enjoying not being outdoors!<\/p>\n

I made my way back to the chapel, where Nik was about to get into her dress.\u00a0 The bridesmaids were all pretty much ready to go, fully dressed\u00a0and with their hair and makeup\u00a0completed.<\/p>\n

Once Nik finished getting into her dress I took a few photos of Nik alone, as well as with the bridesmaids and Nik’s mom.\u00a0 Some of which you will see shortly!<\/p>\n

By now many of the guests had arrived and were taking their seats in the chapel above.\u00a0 Nik was not going to be seen before the ceremony, so I took some photos of Brian and his groomspeople outside the chapel while we waited.<\/p>\n

Once the guests were all seated, the wedding party (except\u00a0Nik) got organized at the back of the chapel for their entrance, while Nik stayed hidden in the basement.\u00a0 I got myself into position to get photos of the processional, the music started playing, and the wedding began.<\/p>\n

Once the ceremony finished, everyone moved outside to be ready to greet the newlyweds as they left the chapel.\u00a0 Brian and Nik climbed into the upper floor of the chapel where they pulled the rope that rang the chapel’s bell.\u00a0 Nik and Brian then came outdoors to briefly\u00a0greet their guests – it was cold out there!\u00a0 The guests then headed down the street to the reception venue, while the wedding party moved back into the church so we could take the various photos of the wedding party.<\/p>\n

At this point we ran into a bit of a snag.\u00a0 No one had remembered to bring the marriage certificate to\u00a0the wedding (rookie mistake!), so two of the wedding party drove back home to pick it up.\u00a0 We took what photos that we could without the missing wedding party members, and once they returned with the certificate we finished the needed photos and Brian and Nik signed the certificate that completed (and legalized) their marriage.<\/p>\n

Then it was off to the reception site for the party!\u00a0 It was a very nice reception, and Brian and Nik demonstrated their dancing\u00a0skills with their first dance.\u00a0 They had taken dancing lessons just for this purpose, and did a very nice job.<\/p>\n

Enough of my yakking, it’s time for the photos!\u00a0 You can also see many more weddings that I have photographed by clicking on this link for my blog page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy the photos!<\/p>\n

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