Rachel & Ryan Wed at The Gallagher in Medina, NY - Photographed by Ariel Hawkins Photography

When I woke up on Rachel & Ryan’s big day the weather was being silly. There were intermittent showers throughout most of the morning and into the afternoon but that didn’t stop us from making the most of the beautiful day that it turned into!

I haven’t worked at the Gallagher in quite a while but I was pleasantly surprised by all of the new things they had going on and also with the friendly staff and Owner Jenna. She’s great at keeping everything running smoothly.

Rachel and Ryan started out their day with a first look outside of the farm house while it was sprinkling around us. It was really sweet as they read their vows to each other through tears. Then we did a few formals and right into a very short but sweet ceremony.

After the ceremony we did some more formals with the bridal party and the two of them. It was fun and the weather finally had calmed down enough to give us some beautiful clouds and sunshine. The property has all sorts of great spaces for formals. So we were able to get a nice variety of different backgrounds.

While cocktail was going on they had yard games out in the lawn which was really fun to watch people playing and enjoying themselves. Then we went into the reception which had a really fun Father Daughter choreographed dance! Then on to dinner and wrapped up the night with a sunset shoot and some more dancing. Overall it was a really great day and I’m so happy I was able to spend the day with these two and their families. WE had so much fun! Enjoy the sneak peek while I work on the rest of your big day. LIVE.LAUGH.PHOTO. Love, Ariel