>> THIS IS "CHRONICLE" ON WCVB CHANNEL 5.
ANTHONY: GOOD EVENING.
>> CAPTURING A HAPPY COUPLES.
>> IF SOMEONE IS NERVOUS, IT IS ALWAYS THE GROOM.
>> WEDDINGS, A 72 BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS.
>> HOW ABOUT TYING THE KNOT AT FENWAY PARK?
ANTHONY: AND EVER TRENDS.
CUT DOWN ON COST -- SAY, $14,000.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.
ANTHONY: MERRY FOR UNDER $200.
PLUS, A BRITISH TAKE ON TOMORROW’S NUPTIALS.
WEDDING PLANNER IS NEXT ON "CHRONICLE." ANTHONY: GOOD EVENING.
FOR TOMORROW’S ROYAL WEDDING, SIX-HUNDRED INVITATION AN ESTIMATED 3000-PLUS BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE.
CUSTOM-MADE SILVER-PLATED TRUMPETS.
BUT WE CAN TOP THAT, AT LEAST IN ALTITUDE.
♪ ANTHONY: BRITISH-BORN AMY ATWOOD IS GIDDY OVER THE ROYAL WEDDING.
>> IT’S JUST EXCITING.
THE FABULOUS CLOTHES, THE HORSE-DRAWN CARTS AND THE PALACE.
IT’S EVERY LITTLE GIRLS DREAM REALLY.
ANTHONY: IN ENTHUSIASM HER AMERICAN HUSBAND MARK HAS TROUBLE MUSTERING.
>> VERY GOOD, DARLING.
ANTHONY: ONE THING THEY DID AGREE ON -- GETTING HIGH FOR THEIR WEDDING.
MARK AND AMY CHOSE TO MAKE THEIR VOWS AT A MOUNTAINTOP FARM IN VERMONT.
>> I WAS BAREFOOT.
ANTHONY: MOUNTAINTOP WEDDINGS HAVE BECOME A GENUINE THING WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF ALPINE OPTIONS.
BUT AMY AND OUR QUANTITY TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> IT GETS NICER -- ANTHONY: JAY PHILBRICK MADE THEM AN OFFER THEY COULD NOT REFUSE.
>> WE ARE NOT REALLY THRILL SEEKERS.
>> IT’S ALWAYS THE BRIDE’S IDEA.
IF ANYONE IS EXCESSIVELY NERVOUS, IT IS ALWAYS THE GROOM.
ANTHONY J HAD SCALED THE CLIPS COUNTLESS TIMES.
WHEN HE TURNED HIS HAND TO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, HE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE OF HIS TALENTS.
>> I THOUGHT I NEED TO GET A COUPLE ON THAT LEDGE.
IT IS SUCH AN IMPROBABLE PLACE TO HAVE A BRIDE AND GROOM DRESSED TO THE NINES, HANGING OUT CASUALLY.
ANTHONY: SHOOTS A SCHEDULED FOR SUNRISE TO CAPTURE DAWN’S SOFT, RICH LIGHT.
AMY AND MY SHOW UP AT 3:30 A.M., HAIR AND MAKEUP IN PLACE.
>> GET LOW.
ANTHONY: AFTER BEING HOPED UP BY THE MOUNTAIN GUIDE, AMY IS THE FIRST ONE OVER THE EDGE.
>> GOING DOWN WAS OK BECAUSE IT WAS DARK AND YOU COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS BENEATH YOU.
ANTHONY: ABOUT 20 FEET DOWN THE ROCK FACE, AMY REACHES THE ROCK LEDGE, AND MAKESHIFT PREDAWN DRESSING ROOM WHERE SHE WILL SHIMMY INTO HER GOWN, SECURED TO A WALL ANCHOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
SOON, SHE IS JOINED BY MARK, VISIBLE HARNESSES, HELMETS, AND ROPES REMOVED 400 FEET ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR.
>> 30 MINUTES.
WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
ANTHONY: THE SKIES BRIGHTON AND IT IS GAME ON.
THERE WE GO.
WE HAVE YOUR TRAIN OFF THERE.
BACK TO THE EDGE.
>> THIS GUY IS AWESOME.
>> GRAB YOUR TRAIN, THE OUTERMOST LAYER, AND HOLD IT OUT A BIT.
YOU GOT ENOUGH LIKE THEIR?
-- YOU GOT ENOUGH LIGHT THERE, VIC?
ANTHONY: JAY’S WIF VICKY IS A SECOND CAMERA.
>> ♪ YOUNG MAN ♪ ANTHONY: THEY ARE ANCHORED THE ENTIRE TIME, HIDDEN BY POSITIONING.
WE HAD A FIRM GRASP THE ENTIRE TIME.
>> LET’S PEEK AT THE SUNRISE.
ANTHONY: PHILBRICK HAS DONE SHOOTS ELSEWHERE IN THE MOUNTAINS, BUT HIS GO TO FOR COUPLES IS THE CATHEDRAL EDGE.
>> IT IS THE SAME PLACE, BUT ALWAYS A DIFFERENT DAY, DIFFERENT COUPLE.
THAT SUNRISE, YOU CANNOT GET BETTER THAN THAT.
I WILL TAKE THAT EVERY DAY.
ANTHONY: A BOLD, THEATRICAL SETTING, AN APT METAPHOR FOR A YOUNG COUPLE ALONE TOGETHER AT THE EDGE OF LIFE’S GRAND ADVENTURE.
>> SO THRILLED WE DID IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THRILLED.
>> I CAN’T LINK TO SEE THE PICTURES.
ANTHONY: WOW.
[LAUGHTER] JAY PHILBRICK’S DONE ABOUT 25 CLIFFSIDE WEDDING PHOTO SHOOTS.
ONLY TWO COUPLES WERE EXPERIENCED MOUNTAINEERS.
ALL THE OTHERS HAD NO EXPERIENCE.
YET NO ONE HAS EVER BACKED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND WE ASKED JAY WHETHER THESE SHOOTS MAKE ORDINARY WEDDING JOBS BORING.
HE SAYS, NO.
IF ANYTHING, THOSE SHOOTS ARE CHALLENGING AND MAKE HIM NERVOUS, BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH LESS CONTROL.
THOUGH THEY’RE HAPPY, COLOR THEM BLUE.
THE BRIDE AND THE GROOM.
>> THE BLUE