David Murray Weddings Journal: December 2008

Venue: The Spruce Point Inn
Wedding Planner: Tangorra Wedding Planning
Florist: Deb Corey
Make Up Artist: Joanne McDonough of Joya Beauty
Hair Stylist: Lena of Hair that Moves
Band: Tony Boffa Band
Whoopie Pies: Wicked Whoopies
David Murray Weddings Photographer: David

The busy season for fulfilling many of our clients holiday orders draws to a close and we turn our attention back to posting our wonderful clients' weddings from this season.

We already knew that Nicole and Ben were madly in love after their fun engagement session. They were also just a pleasure to work with and their wedding was a love-filled and warm gathering of family and friends.

As this was a Maine destination wedding, Nicole and Ben planned many special touches with the help of wedding planners extraordinairre Tangorra Wedding Planning. Linnea Tangorra and Megan Whithed with Tangorra carried out Nicole and Ben's vision perfectly. One our favorite touches was the Whoopie Pie and Lemonade Stand outside the church after the ceremony. The reception was at one of our favorite Maine wedding venues, The Spruce Point Inn which is a perfect by-the-water location for a Maine destination wedding. Nicole chose our favorite make up artist JoAnne McDonough of Joya Beauty who does beautiful makeup that looks great in photographs but also very natural. Joya frequently teams with fav hairstylist Lena of Hair that Moves....they are a great duo.

To see all of the lovely touches to this wedding, click here to see Nicole and Ben's wedding slideshow:

Nicole and Ben: A Spruce Point Inn Wedding Slideshow

The Murrays--Our Story

David and Linda spent years in the fast-track world of photojournalism and network news. David was named a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for his work in Haiti, and worked for many national publications including The New York Times, The Ft. Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel and The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Linda was a Peabody and Emmy award-winning foreign correspondent for ABC NEWS and CNN. After their son Ryan was born they moved to their beach house on the coast of Maine where they created David Murray Weddings. Five years ago they welcomed John to their studio as a principal photographer. Recently, David Murray Weddings expanded to include a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta is second home to David and Linda as it is where they spent much of their careers. They now divide their time between Atlanta and New England. The couple that once covered wars together now spends time documenting the far more civilized social ritual of marriage.

David

David Murray is the co-owner of David Murray Weddings and David Murray Photography and a principal photographer.

A Pultizer Prize finalist, David covered everything from wars to newsmakers to the New York fashion runways.

David's wedding work has been published in the national wedding blog Style Me Pretty; The Atlantan Brides magazine; Southern Weddings Magazine and blog; Maine Magazine Wedding issue; Southern New England Weddings Magazine; and other notable national wedding publications.

David was named one of the Top Five Wedding Photojournalists in the World by the International Wedding Photojournalists Association (WPJA) for his wedding photography in 2007.

Linda

Linda has recently launched a new style of wedding cinematography, exclusively for the clients of David Murray Weddings. These wedding films are a blend of still imagery; video; select audio of the day and music and custom designed for the sophisticated bride. They are a fresh and contemporary take on traditional wedding videos. Linda is also a documentary filmmaker and the director and producer of the feature documentary film, The Diaries. This inspiring and humorous documentary premiered at the Silver Docs film festival at the American Film Institute and screened at numerous film festivals including Mill Valley FF and The Bahamas FF. It recently screened on The Documentary Channel.

John

John is an international photojournalist represented for his wedding work by David Murray Weddings. This will be his seventh season working with the studio.

His wedding photography for David Murray Weddings has been published in Martha Stewart Weddings; Style Me Pretty; Southern Weddings magazine blog; Southern New England Weddings magazine and many other wedding publications.

He is the founder of a non-profit photography organization that provides photographic and multi-media services to other non-profit organizations.

Among his many awards, John was ranked #11 in the world by the International Wedding Photojournalists Association in their 2007 rankings of the top 100 wedding photojournalists.

Nicole + Ben | Spruce Point Inn