Lara Toscani

We knew Sarah was going to be an amazing photographer from the moment we met her – her personality, enthusiasm, and desire to know the type of couple my (then) fiance and I were was so inspiring in this world where weddings can sometime become BIGGER than the couple.

 Our engagement picture shoot further instilled  that belief in our mind, as she worked with us to find a location that fit our personality (Historic Waynesborough) and captured our playful attitude and love for each other (some of our favorite Engagement Pictures are of us having a snowball fight).

 I knew that Sarah was creative, inspiring, professional, and resourceful – but I never could have foreseen how important a role she would have played in our wedding day.  When the hair salon / spa sent my veil home with another girl, Sarah was more than reassuring and comforting.  She and her team quickly called a wedding contact in Philadelphia and through her connections (and as a favor to Sarah), a sophisticated bridal boutique (Bridals by Danielle) lent me two veils so that I could still have my dream ceremony.  She literally "saved the day".

 Sarah worked efficiently with my husband and I after the ceremony to get through our "Check list" of family and bridal party pictures.   During earlier meetings we had brainstormed backdrops that spoke to my husband and my personalities – these included  classic Philadelphia brick staircases in Rittenhouse, more modern and colorful shots in Anthropology, and (my favorite) a captured moment when my husband and I bought a hot dog from a vendor on the street in full wedding dress.  Sarah strove hard before and during the wedding day to make sure these pictures were about AARON AND LARA, not generic Bride 1 and Groom 2.  Her love of natural lighting and her creativity was inspiring to both of us – and even my (at first) camera shy husband was a ham by the end of the day!   

 Sarah and her team were everywhere during the ceremony – and touched base with my parents, the groom's parents, and other important members of the wedding party to make doubly sure that there were no important group shots we had not taken yet (my parents and in laws appreciated this so much!).    I have 25 cousins on my father's side – and with Sarah's help we rounded them up for the first "cousin" picture in over a decade. (This is just an example… there are too many others to name…)

 To wrap up – I cannot say enough about Sarah DiCicco (and her team) as our wedding photographer….. but in the end she was more than that, she became my fashion coordinator (I even started to run by hair and jewelry selections by her prior to the wedding!), fairy godmother, and the 6th Bridesmaid in my wedding.

 If you're smart, you'll try to snag her the day after you get engaged.  I promise – she is completely worth it.