If you haven’t noticed the trend yet, we’ve been shooting a ton of weddings at The Whiteface Lodge this summer and loving every single one! It’s by far one of our favorite venues and the team there is just top notch in our book. So needless to say, we were excited to head back up to Lake Placid for Courtney and Todd’s wedding. They worked with Stefanie Wright at The Whiteface Lodge to coordinate all of the detail and allow us to say, Stefanie can do no wrong. This was another fabulous wedding!

Courtney and Todd both grew up in the Adirondacks and wanted the beauty of the local area to shine.  To start it off right, both Courtney and her bridesmaids all wore gorgeous dresses by Jim Hjelm.

Not to be outdone by the ladies, Todd made a pretty dapper groom…

Coordinating perfectly with the eggplant color of the bridesmaid dresses, Courtney carried a pretty bouquet of deep purple lilies from Scott’s Florist in Saranac Lake…

Another gorgeous vintage boat!

And another smokin’ hot Clark + Walker wedding party photo!

A favorite…

Courtney and Todd were set up by family members (and, ironically, at different times growing up they actually lived in the same house after Courtney’s family bought it from Todd’s parents) so they wanted their wedding to celebrate family and friends. They opted for a cocktail style reception and invited The Popshow Band to keep the crowd moving. And, yes, Elvis was in the building!

Courtney and Todd just got back from their honeymoon in Fiji and are currently building a house on Cayuga Lake – another favorite spot of ours! Congratulations, guys, and thanks for asking us along for the fun!

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Courtenay and Mike, both urologists who met in the lab, were married in Lake Placid, one of our favorite places. They had a traditional ceremony at the Adirondack Community Church and then celebrated with a gorgeous reception at The Whiteface Lodge. Courtenay and Mike worked with Cindy Byno of Northwood Events who did an amazing job with all of the coordination and design details.

Around here, we’re suckers for a gorgeous wedding dress. Courtenay’s might just be our favorite of 2010 to date. It was by Rivini and was the perfect combination of romance and high style with tiers of ruffles. Just gorgeous!

And we all know that a gorgeous dress is only made better by a pair of to die for heels. Courtenay rocked a pair of hot pink Christian Louboutins any shoe fanatic would love.

Courtenay’s bridesmaids wore elegant dresses by Jenny Yoo and carried bouquets by Trillium Florist who designed all of the flowers throughout the day.

There are few things we love more than a bride and groom in a cool convertible or zipping along in a vintage boat. With Courtenay and Mike we were lucky enough to get both…

Courtenay and Mike incorporated their love for wine and cheese, their shared profession as urologists and a pretty navy and hot pink color palette throughout their wedding. The reception featured wine from Patricia Green Cellars in Portland, Oregon and they invited Brandon Chrostowski as guest Maître Fromager. We love that kind of personal touch! Courtenay also changed into a gorgeous Vera Wang dress for the reception – we love a two dress bride!

Kristine and Nathan are New Yorkers who regularly compete in the Lake Placid Ironman and train in Lake Placid several times a year. When deciding where to have their May wedding, The Whiteface Lodge in Lake Placid was the perfect choice. For us, any opportunity to get to shoot at The Whiteface Lodge and work with their events coordinator Stephanie Wright is one we’re excited about so that made Kristine and Nathan’s wedding even more fun for us.

Kristine’s gorgeous dress was by Christos and she wore really fabulous satin shoes from Kate Spade.

Kristine choose a really fresh and vibrant color palette of kelly green and bright pink with accents of navy blue and gold. The gorgeous flowers were the work of Kris Breitmeyer of Trillium in Saranac Lake.

Love this group shot! Kristine and Nathan’s awesome event planner, Mim Frantz of Juniper Events did an amazing job with all of the details – she even ran out and picked up these balloons for us last minute. (Thanks, Mim!) They had a big wedding party filled with friends, sorority sisters, family members, and Nathan’s brothers as his two best men – the three of them are triplets!

How beautiful is this shot of Kristine and Nathan with the mountains in the background? They were so sweet together.

Thanks so much, Kristine and Nathan, for allowing us the pleasure of being a part of your celebration! Your wedding was gorgeous and so much fun to shoot. Congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead!
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Not long ago a lovely couple by the name of Courtenay+Mike’s pictures adorned our blog page as a featured wedding that had been shot on location in Lake Placid. First of all, let me just say, I LOVE Lake Placid. I’d have no problem if Luke one day decided to move our studio up there. But that’s a story for another time. This is about the couple at hand, 2 doctors that fell in love through lab rendezvous. Can it get any sweeter than that?

So take a beautiful location, a fabulous couple, an awesome guest list and you’ve got Courtenay+Mike’s wedding.

We really enjoyed filming and cutting this trailer! Enjoy!

Vendors -
Church: Adirondack Community Church
Reception: The Whiteface Lodge
Dress: Rivini
Reception dress: Vera Wang
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Flowers: Trillium Florist
Bridesmaid dresses: Jenny Yoo
Wine: Patricia Green Cellars
Guest Maître Fromager: Brandon Chrostowski
Entertainment: Soul Session
Coordinator: Cindy Byno of Northwood Events

Song: Plain White T’s / Rhythm Of Love

It was a crisp, beautiful winter day when the Clark+Walker Studio decided to head into the Adirondacks with our video gear to check out this little place called Lake Placid that we’ve been hearing so much about (don’t let me fool you — we know and love it ALL too well!). Despite the fact that our car got stuck on an icy back road for a short period of time, we still managed to get a great interview at the Whiteface Lodge! We learned a great deal about some of the amazing options and wedding venues that are available, and the exceptional folks behind the scenes.

One such exceptional person is Stephanie Wright of The Whiteface Lodge. We had the distinct honor of getting a tour of their beautiful lodge, while also sitting down and talking with her about why it’s such a fabulous place to have a wedding. We’ll be seeing a lot of Stephanie and of the Whiteface Lodge this year because we’re booked for so many weddings up there in 2010, so keep your eyes peeled for a lot of Lake Placid wedding blog entries!