A martini tower, a citrus grove, and a pink sky over the Parrish.

Some weddings live in a single frame. And then there are the ones that unfold over two days, layering one memory on top of another until the whole thing feels less like a wedding and more like a world your people got to live in for a weekend. That's what Isabella and Harrison built in the Hamptons, and it was one of those shoots where you find yourself just grateful to be there with a camera.

Lisa photographed the full weekend, in both digital and film, and it remains one of the most visually rich two-day events we've had the pleasure of documenting.

Day one: a citrus grove dinner at Topping Rose House, Bridgehampton

The rehearsal dinner was at Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton, and if you've ever been, you already know: the property alone is enough. A restored 19th century mansion set on a working farm, surrounded by orchards and lawn, with the kind of atmosphere that makes you feel like time has slowed down. It's one of the most beautiful rehearsal dinner venues in the Hamptons, and Lauryn Prattes Events used every inch of it.

The centerpiece of the evening was a serpentine table winding through the citrus grove on the grounds, set among the trees like it had grown there. Sophie Felts handled florals across both days, and at Topping Rose she leaned all the way into grapefruit, lemon, and layered greens. The palette was fresh and playful and almost impossibly chic, the kind of color story that photographs beautifully in natural light and even better as the evening turned golden. The table was dressed with linens from Lola Valentina Designs, BBJ La Tavola, and Maison Margaux, and every place setting felt considered from the ground up.

Guests arrived to an alfresco scene that felt organic and effortless, even though every detail had clearly been thought through. That tension between ease and intention is what makes Lauryn Prattes Events consistently excellent. The whole evening had the feel of a summer dinner party that happened to be one of the best nights of everyone's lives.

This is exactly the kind of event that makes us want to keep shooting in the Hamptons. The outdoor spaces out here do something to the light and the atmosphere that you just can't replicate anywhere else. And Topping Rose in particular offers a backdrop that feels both historic and completely of this moment.

Day two: ceremony and reception at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill

The wedding day was at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, one of the most architecturally distinctive venues on the East End. Designed by Herzog and de Meuron and set on fourteen acres of open meadow, the Parrish is known as a museum, but as a wedding venue it offers something genuinely rare: a dramatic indoor-outdoor experience where the landscape itself feels like part of the design.

The ceremony happened outside on the lawn facing the vineyard fields. Lauryn Prattes created a winding sculptural aisle, organic and flowing rather than straight, with lush white floral installations flanking both sides courtesy of Sophie Felts. The effect from above was breathtaking: the aisle curling through the green, the bride walking through hundreds of guests toward a raised platform at its center, white parasols scattered through the crowd, the vineyard stretching behind the ceremony site as far as you could see. It was a ceremony that demanded you stand up.

After the ceremony, cocktail hour introduced one of the best details of the day: a martini tower instead of a champagne tower. It's such a confident, specific choice. Guests moved through the space with drinks in hand, stopping at a beautiful seating card installation mounted to a custom plaster wall, pulling their cards from cork pegs set against the textured surface. A rattan sconce, a weathered console table, the couple's name embossed into the plaster: every inch of the entry experience had been considered.

The reception happened under the Parrish's iconic blue shed roof structure, open-air on the sides, looking out over the meadow as the sun went down. The sky turned pink and purple and the space glowed warm against it. Inside, the tablescapes were anchored in white and the softest sage: long tables with white barrel-shaped upholstered chairs, sculptural pendant lamps hanging overhead, draped sage fabric along the walls, and Sophie Felts' low green and white hydrangea arrangements running the full length of every table alongside tapered candles in crystal holders. Serene and modern and quietly luxurious.

On shooting film at a wedding like this

There's a conversation in photography right now about when to reach for film versus digital, and our answer is always: film is a tool, not a philosophy. It lives in the toolbox alongside everything else. What it does really well is a specific thing: those in-between moments, the personality shots, the candids where someone has let their guard down and you catch them being exactly who they are. The grain and warmth and slight softness of film does something to those images that digital can't quite replicate. It makes them feel remembered rather than captured.

At a two-day event like this one, film became a way to document the texture of the whole weekend. The couple outside Topping Rose at golden hour, Aperol Spritzes in hand, leaning against the porch rail and laughing at something. The chaos before the ceremony when the veil caught the wind. The end of the night when everything loosened and people just danced. Those moments live differently in film, and we think they will for Isabella and Harrison too.

If you're a couple who wants photography that's present for all of it, not just the posed highlights but the full texture of the day, film in the mix is worth talking about. It's not about aesthetic for its own sake. It's about having the right tool for the right moment.

On timeless photography that still feels like right now

There's a version of "timeless" wedding photography that means safe. Neutral. Stripped of anything that might date it, which means stripped of anything that makes it feel alive. That's not what we're after.

What we're actually chasing is the balance: images that feel current because they're honest about the world they were made in, and that hold up over time because they're rooted in something real rather than a trend that peaked and passed. A wedding like Isabella and Harrison's makes that balance easier to find. The design had a clear point of view without being overly referential. The martini tower. The serpentine table in the citrus grove. The blue shed roof against a pink sky. None of it was trying to be something it had seen on Instagram. It just was what it was, and that confidence is what makes images last.

We think about this a lot when we're shooting. There are choices that photograph beautifully right now and will feel dated in five years, and there are choices that might feel quieter in the moment but will feel true in twenty. Our job is to read which is which and make images accordingly. Not to ignore what's current, but not to chase it so hard that the work stops being about the actual day and starts being about a version of the day that would perform well online.

The best wedding photography finds the version of the day that's already there, not the version someone wanted it to look like. Isabella and Harrison gave us a lot to work with.

Day One: Rehearsal Dinner at Topping Rose House, Bridgehampton

Planning and Design: Lauryn Prattes Events / Photography Lisa: Abby Jiu Photography / Content Production: Duet Social Media / Venue and Catering: Topping Rose House / Florals: Sophie Felts Floral Co. / Rentals: Lola Valentina Designs, BBJ La Tavola, Petunia Rose China, Nuage Designs, Luxe Event Rentals, Maison Margaux / Decor: Decco by Party Up / Balloons: Hampton Balloon / Stationery: Lotus and Ash / Cinema: Clayton Film Co. / Entertainment: Brad Shill / Beauty: Elite Bridal Beauty

Day Two: Wedding at Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill

Planning and Design: Lauryn Prattes Events / Photography Lisa: Abby Jiu Photography / Content Production: Duet Social Media / Venue: Parrish Art Museum / Catering: Creative Edge Parties / Florals: Sophie Felts Floral Co. / Decor: Social Supply Design / Lighting and Drape: Fusion Productions / Rentals: Petunia Rose China, Nuage Designs, Luxe Event Rentals, Maison de Carine / Stationery: Lotus and Ash / Beauty: Elite Bridal Beauty / Cinema: Clayton Film Co. / Cake: By the Way Bakery / Entertainment: New York Virtuosi, East Coast Entertainment, Brad Shill / Photo Booth: NYC Photo Party / Kitchen Tent: Starr Tent / Bridal Content Creator: Follow the Bride