Sometimes when I’m shooting a wedding, it doesn’t surprise me when the groom and bride have something cooked up their sleeve (a little something extra). Even though Kassie and Bahige told me about the belly dancer and grand entrance, I still felt unprepared. Until it happens you don’t know where to go, what lens to have on, flash or no flash! Phew I got so many photos I had a hard time editing. So many smiles and love for these two. I feel gushy thinking about how beautiful their ceremony was and all the fantastic traditions. Ceremony was at St. Maron and the reception took place at the Wyndham. 
Archive for April, 2013
Kassie + Bahige
Heidi & Jason
When I spoke to Heidi and Jason a week ago about their engagement shoot, they suggested going to the beach and the Market Avenue Wine Bar in Ohio City. I was super excited about both locations especially the wine bar (I had my eye on that place for this very reason). The beach worked out for about 15 min. before we were all freezing and couldn’t take it any more. I suggested going over to Abbey Avenue Bridge where we could get the skyline. It was pretty awesome we even found some graffiti that just so happened to go with everything. It was meant to be. The shoot continued at the wine bar where we practically had the place to ourselves. It was an intimate setting and oozing with ambiance. Thanks Heidi and Jason for being so in love? as cheesy as that sounds, it certainly makes my job way easy.
Forest City Fabricators
Recently my friend John Arthur commissioned me to photograph his furniture line Forest City Fabricators. What I absolutely love about his work is the simplicity of the lines and timeless appeal. I had so much fun photographing his furniture. I will say next time I photograph a product like this, paper back drop vs. fabric is the way to go.
Sue + Dave
Sue was kind enough to give me her description of the wedding. She say’s it best, it was a magical night and from a photographers perspective, a dream. “Our wedding united three cultures: Laotian on the bride’s side and Italian and Irish on the groom’s. Our guests consisted of family and friends from 14 cities who traveled to celebrate with us. As the day progressed into night, the moonlight reflecting off the Lake Erie River and also shinning through the large arched glassed windows brought the room to life. The day was filled with so much excitement and emotions from the time I woke up. Some of the highlights of the day were the 60 degrees weather that we lucked out with, seeing my bridesmaids and groomsmen all done up for our pictures, our awesome photographers and the locations for our photo shoots, walking down the altar to my husband and exchanging our vows in front of our entire family and friends, mingling with everyone during cocktail hour, laughing and dancing to the bridal party harlem shake introduction, weeping to the sweet speeches from our parents, enjoying the toasts from the best man and maid of honor, our first dance moment, and the surprise appearance of the Easter Bunny. Lol. Our DJ, Glenn Anderson, who works at Q104 who was recommended my a family co-worker, was great. Although I created an entire music list for the open dance floor he added a few of his own songs to keep the crowd dancing throughout the night.
Overall I would describe our wedding as lucky because of the weather, diverse because of the multicultural backgrounds, spontaneous with how we pulled off last minute plans, and unpredictable because we didn’t realized how much fun everyone had. It was a magical night celebrating with all of our family and friends under one roof.”
