If we believe in one thing, it is that love has no limits. Just like the joy brought by the hues of a rainbow after a gush of summer rains, every time we see one of the colors of the Pride Community fills our lives with a burst of love and passion. A wedding is a momentous occasion in anyone's life, but every ring exchanged and every vow uttered in an LGBT marriage or same-sex marriage especially feels powerful as it breaks through adversity.

Weddings are finally happening! And what better occasion to celebrate your happiest day than the Fourth of July weekend? From elopements to minimonies, micro weddings, and backyard weddings, intimate weddings are à la mode! And if you’re planning to get married this weekend, you could add some surprise elements into your wedding that are oh-so-Americana! The Independence Day weekend has been a favorite for weddings since ages, and celebrity couples like Mila Kunis-Ashton Kutcher and Julia Roberts-Danny Moder added some Hollywood glam to this list. 

Here comes the summer with the promise of fireworks and parades with the Fourth of July holiday, but in a slightly milder form this year. With social distancing still being the mood of the country (and the world!), Independence Day plans have taken a mellower turn all over. Ice cream socials, neighborhood fairs, and open-air concerts have been replaced by virtual get-togethers. And Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks is one of the grandest things that we look forward to - stunningly iconic and always nostalgic! So, how are your Fourth of July plans coming along? From Tuca & Bertie to Nigella Lawson, have you explored it all, keeping up with the spare time at hand? What does your DIY cake look like - an American flag cake or  S’mores Layer cake or a basic summer peach pie? Well, whatever it may be, we’re sure there is a little bit of excitement even though the celebrations might be smaller or virtual, unlike the past years. Nevertheless, these little moments give you a reason to celebrate togetherness with your loved ones. And as you wait for your wedding to happen, it’s days like these that make you look forward to something. Something hopeful and celebratory. 

As Ryan Gosling says in The Notebook, ‘So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be really hard. We’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day, we assume you have a similar current situation and most importantly, a similar outlook. Love is never easy, especially when you are this close to being together forever. Every passing day makes you long for each other even more and if you are together, it makes you wait for that day when your couplehood can be officiated. 

The summer of 2019 saw the love between Brittney and Kevin bloom like never before as they became one at the Mountain View Manor, New York. Located in a quaint little hamlet, Glen Spey, Mountain View Manor is a beautiful wedding venue and a favorite of many newly engaged couples of New York and its suburbs. 

Temporary. There is comfort in knowing that everything is temporary. And so is this situation of yours. The heartache, suffering, and longingness, they are all temporary. But hope - hope is eternal. Hope is what the world is surviving on. And so are you. We know how desperately you want things to happen. There is this man, who has swept you off your feet and has shown you how not just a place, but even a person can be your home. A forever home. Wherever you go, to whichever corner in the world, you’d still be home, somewhere in him. And you can’t wait to be with him, you can’t wait to be known as one family. You can’t wait to build a home together, with your touch lingering in all things that make it ‘your home!’ Something that’s going to be a perfect blend of you and your soulmate, carrying your essence in every little thing. But something’s stopping you from doing that. And you’ve gotta remind yourself that it’s temporary. Soon the day will come when you’ll be pushing all your apprehensions and woes aside to celebrate love. The gloom of darkness will turn into a morn of bright sunlight as you both will finally celebrate love on your much-awaited wedding day. Things will fall back into place, the dream wedding will take place, and love will be celebrated - even more so now - it’s just a matter of time. 

We’ll begin with a beautiful thought on love - the most important thing that you’re holding onto right now. Love makes everyone gravitate towards itself and then lifts them to a place where gravity doesn’t exist anymore! Isn’t that how you feel when you are in love? High, up in the clouds? You want to spend most of your time with your soulmate, and you can’t stop thinking about starting a life with him. While your heart still skips a beat when he’s around, things have gotten serious and bigger ever since he proposed! From getting a simple thought, you graduated to daydreaming about all those things that you’ll do together, for the rest of your lives. And you feel even more in love with him after browsing through the boundless love quotes on Pinterest or Instagram, like you’ve entered a whole new world! 

Hello there! We are back, with some useful information that might be helpful for you, our gorgeous bride-to-be. So, how has your journey been all this while? The one that started with disbelief, anger, and then turned into a heartbreak? Don’t you worry, we’re here and we understand your disappointment and those tears that still might be hiding in the corner of those beautiful eyes. We trust our beautiful brides to have taken it all in their stride. We know for sure that by now you have moved heaven and earth to make your wedding happen just how you wanted it to be! And while you are jumping over hoops, let’s remind you that these hurdles were not placed there by you. They happened due to an unforeseen event that has affected the entire world and was, well still is, totally out of your control. So, if you happen to blame yourself even a tad-bit, it’s a moot point. And it’s ok to feel sad, it’s totally justified.

This time, a few months back, you must be getting butterflies. As he went down on one knee and surprised you with a gorgeous token of his love, you were on cloud nine. And ever since then, life has been an exciting roller coaster. Daydreaming about love eventually led you to daydream about your wedding! As the months went by, your wedding dreams seemed visible, right on the horizon! But it seems that the horizon keeps on moving farther now.

A lot of times we keep on hearing how planning your wedding is this and that, but we hear rarely about planning an engagement session. The reason behind this might be the fact that a wedding is undoubtedly the biggest affair of somebody's life, that can overshadow each and every activity leading up to the big day. But it is essential to remember that, just like wedding photographs, to capture the sense of celebration and excitement, engagement photos are once in a lifetime opportunity too. Also, it is the best shot to know your professional engagement photographer, who will also probably shoot your wedding day.