Judd Sather Photography Blog

I hadn’t been to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont since I was about 5 years old. I will not wait that long again to go back! After a late morning thunderstorm, this picturesque place yielded some stunning photos as my cousin Sam von Trapp married Elisa in a storybook wedding.
Jeff Kolodny out of Florida was the primary photographer for this wedding and here are a few images I captured along the way as a second shooter. Here’s their video!


The picturesque setting…

Fun shot of one of Kristina’s daughter dropping petals…

“Eye of Newt” anyone? Sam showed ringbearer Henry how to pick it up and get it off the trail to safety.

95-year old Maria von Trapp – father of the groom Johannes’ sister.

The first dance – best man Mike told me to record some HD video so he could remember Sam’s dance moves.

Elisa on the way to “The Birches” for the cocktail hour…

My favorite…

Just before the ceremony with some nice backlighting…

Elisa and Sam in front of the chapel that Sam’s dad, Johannes, helped to build with his brother in the 1950’s.
What wedding would be complete without a bonfire / lamb roast scheduled for 12:30AM?

…And only the best partiers stay up until sunrise! This shot was 15 hours after the first shot I took of the (yester)day – yikes. Made for a long 3-hour drive back to Boston at 7am. You only live once. 🙂

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Some “Sass” from Cat.

Maybe a new shot for the wall of the studio!


Easily the classiest shot we have ever taken…?

I stole this from Craig, Cat’s dad – totally didn’t recognize him at first…


My favorite!

A quick shot on the way out the door…

This ring shot doesn’t show how shakey Cat’s hands were!


A blustery spring morning today – couldn’t wait to capture this wedding in the Basillica! It was incredibly windy but we made it work and grabbed some great shots in the Basillica and Stone Arch bridge. Cat was a bridesmaid for Ellie and Aaron’s wedding two years ago so it was fun seeing them again. The “romantic biffy” shot FOR THE RECORD it was not my idea! Beautiful, fun wedding, with two hilarious speeches from Denny and Craig – the two dads. Cat and Chris are going to be in Italy for 3 weeks on their honeymoon – can you believe it? Lucky. Cat if you check the blog from overseas, email me a shot of you guys there and I’ll post it! Go to our facebook page if you want to tag yourselves in any of these blog shots!

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-Judd, Jessi, Troy, and Aron

Joe gets to document Eric and Ashley out in Plymouth today – we’ll release their video highlight here when it’s ready!

This was the view over the 30 acres that backs up to our outdoor studio Wednesday night – unreal!

A couple funny clips from our 2008 weddings will air tonight on TLC’s “Wild Weddings!” – 8pm and 10pm central time tonight. The clips are Floest catching Devin drinking before the ceremony (the end of our demo video) and Mike pushing Christine down to a chair that was no longer there after the garter toss. Fun stuff. 🙂

If you want to find out crazy things about me like “the only time I don’t wear crocs is at weddings”, read about us as vendor of the month for (awesome) wedding planner and one of the FIRST Studio J brides back in 2005, Christina Marie Events. -Judd

What an amazing Spring day to have a wedding! The sun was shining and St. Catherine’s campus was beautiful… Chase & Stephanie celebrated their wedding on a perfect day. The spontaneous olympic event of “M&M Toss” was a blast and I’ve never seen such a cooperative group during the chicken dance 🙂 Everyone danced their night away and we are excited to unveil the photos from an amazing day!

Joe & Chad

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