{"id":7781,"date":"2012-01-30T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2012-01-28T20:13:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T02:13:41","slug":"connecticut-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/connecticut-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut : Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best thing about photographing<a href=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/christal-ray-wedding-2\/\"> Christal and Ray&#8217;s wedding <\/a>was that it was in Connecticut. Which meant it was just a stone&#8217;s throw away from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/sleeping-giant-state-park-hamden\">Sleeping Giant State Park<\/a>, where Nate and I were married four years ago. We hadn&#8217;t been back since we eloped, and it was wonderful on so many levels. We loved the d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu feeling of taking the hike to our ceremony spot, and it was magical seeing the same location completely transformed. Instead of &#8220;stick trees&#8221; and snow, there was so much color!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7808\" title=\"0158_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0158_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0158_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0158_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0158_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This hike might not look like much, but when it&#8217;s covered in ice, it&#8217;s a whole different experience. :)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7807\" title=\"0157_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0157_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0157_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0157_RootWeddings-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0157_RootWeddings-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I should have stood here for size comparison, but this was the last part of our hike to our ceremony spot!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7806\" title=\"0156_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0156_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0156_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0156_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0156_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love it :)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7805\" title=\"0155_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0155_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0155_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0155_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0155_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7804\" title=\"0154_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0154_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0154_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0154_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0154_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7803\" title=\"0153_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0153_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0153_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0153_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0153_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7802\" title=\"0152_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0152_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0152_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0152_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0152_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7801\" title=\"0151_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0151_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0151_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0151_RootWeddings-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0151_RootWeddings-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This one wasn&#8217;t taken at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/sleeping-giant-state-park-hamden\">Sleeping Giant<\/a>, but another park we went to on the same trip in Rhode Island. My favorite. :)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7800\" title=\"0150_RootWeddings\" src=\"http:\/\/rootweddings.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0150_RootWeddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0150_RootWeddings.jpg 910w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0150_RootWeddings-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/0150_RootWeddings-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best thing about photographing Christal and Ray&#8217;s wedding was that it was in Connecticut. Which meant it was just a stone&#8217;s throw away from Sleeping Giant State Park, where Nate and I were married four years ago. We hadn&#8217;t been back since we eloped, and it was wonderful on so many levels. We loved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[355,378,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-7781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"category-travels","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-hamden","10":"tag-sleeping-giant-state-park","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7781"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9027,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions\/9027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}