A Country Wedding

Ok, this past Sunday (6/27/10)I was asked to shoot a small wedding for an old friend. His mother was getting remarried and they planned a small gathering up at the Walpack Inn, in Walpack Center, NJ. I had recognized the name of the town right away from an article in Weird NJ that I read a several years back. Apparently back in the 60's the government had an idea to build a damn and create a massive man made lake.To accomplish this they had to bulldoze whole communities, and that meant buying residents out of their homes at a fraction of what there property was worth. When residents resisted they started seizing land on both the NJ and PA sides of the Delaware River. In the end the project never went through, and Wallpack Center is one of the few towns that were mostly abandoned but some structures were never bulldozed.
To get to the Walpack Inn, my trusty GPS took me deep into the woods of Wallpack past an ancient cemetery, over a rickety looking one lane bridge and finally into the center of the old town itself where the old Post Office (now a museum)and all the other buildings are all the same eery shade of white. It was a beautiful ride, but I'm glad it was during the day. :)The Walpack Inn was amazing. Very rustic and peaceful. The view from the dining area was breath taking. It was THE perfect spot to have a wedding.It was rather hot but every now and then a nice mountain breeze would ease the pain of the heat.
The ceremony was short and sweet and afterwards the family gathered for dinner in the dining room.
I swear I spent less than an hour of shooting, but it was long enough for me to know that I have to go back.