Maine Wedding at Camp Bishopswood | Summer and Brendan
May 11th, 2026 — Wedding Date: September 13th, 2025
Summer & Brendan’s kitschy and adventurous camp wedding in Hope, Maine was a celebration filled with sentimental moments, stunning details, and an unforgettable mid coast & fresh dinner from Stones Throw —all thoughtfully documented on film with a bit of digital.
These two selected two locations in Hope for their fall wedding day in Maine, starting at the lakefront home they found on VRBO, where some of their family spent the weekend and prepared for the wedding together. The other hidden gem was where their ceremony and reception took place; Camp Bishopswood! This is where most of their friends & families stayed and everyone truly got to live out their summer camp dreams as adults with their closest people.
We started out the morning pretty quietly at the lakefront property getting ready! When I arrived, I was met by Brendan’s mom holding a hair dryer with her hair half dried, the only person in the house, and a fuse was blown! We spent the next 15 minutes trying to figure out how to use a breaker panel & after we heard the microwave beep on, we knew we did something right.
A little while after that, everyone made their way to the house to start getting ready, drink some aperol spritz’s, and shed lots of happy tears.
It was a morning like that that reminded me wedding days can start off with some quiet chaos & turn into something so sweet (and I can become a handy man in a pinch!).
After we took some family photos at their lakefront property, we made our way over to Camp Bishopswood where the rest of the wedding day would take place! They chose to have their ceremony inside the St. Francis Chapel that’s right behind the Great Hall at the camp. It was pretty tucked into the woods but ended up making for a very intimate and cozy feeling ceremony!
After their ceremony, we went behind the chapel to take a few quick portraits of Summer & Brendan, now married! Wedding day portraits can be one of the most nerve wracking things leading up to the day but as a film wedding photographer, trust and collaboration play a huge part in my process for these photos. Getting the classic posed ones are always my favorite; thinking in 20+ years from now, it’ll be such a sweet thing to look back on. Straight-on portraits are truly timeless for a reason! It’s also fun to get silly with my couples and lean into who they are as a couple. Maybe they have more of a soft, quieter love while others are more expressive, but it’s always my priority to capture you two for who you are at your core.
We made our way back to their cocktail hour and enjoyed a bit more time outdoors by the lakefront before heading inside for dinner!
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There was a high energy in the air after dinner with so many sentimental speeches, I don’t think there was a dry eye in that dining hall! So many laughs and tears that had us prepared for what was to come with the live band in the next room over.
Vendor Team:
Event Planner: Raise Your Glass
Photographer: Kelsie Herzog Photography
Dress: Vintage 80’s from Ebay
Florals: Supplied by Dandy Ram Farms
Venue: Camp Bishopswood
Band: Watts Hall Band
Catering: Stones Throw Catering
I view my work as collaborative.
I do not go into a wedding day with an exact photo I want to take. I see myself as an active observer, and it is my job to go where the energy dictates. I have no pre-conceived notions of how things “should” be. Rather, I am creating images in collaboration with you, the light, the weather, the music, the nature, the textures, the wind, the beat, the rhythms.
Embracing a collaborative mindset allows me to approach each wedding with openness and adaptability. I often say on wedding days, “it’s all part of it”; the spilled wine, the torn veil, the belly laughs, the tears that smear a bit of your mascara, the late guest arrivals, the broken heel. It’s all part of it.
It is an honor to receive the intimate access inherent in photographing weddings, and though I have photographed tons of them, I never lose that sense of gratitude. My photos are only as good as the trust I can establish with my subjects. Love ya!