Congratulations Valarie & Jeff!
On Saturday, we photographed Valarie & Jeff's wedding at Pleasant View Lutheran Church and their reception at Lumiere du Corps. They are such a fun and sweet couple to work with, you probably remember this post from about 2 weeks ago when we shot their engagement session…unfortunately, Hunter could not be part of their wedding day (furbabies weren't allowed at the venues…LOL) but he did make it into their engagement folio which I brought with me to the wedding on Saturday and it was a huge hit. 🙂 Valarie had a lot of cool details including this basket that she decorated in their colors, bling in her flowers and each table was named something different at the reception. They even had a "Match.com" table (they met on that site) and I got a few pics of them with the sign….maybe Match.com will want it? 🙂 Anyway, on with their pictures!! The handsome groom hanging out before the ceremony….
Gorgeous flowers!
Loved the window light!! The sanctuary was kind of dark so we utilized this window for some of their pics. 🙂 Always looking for good light, ya know?
Valarie looked STUNNING!! (loved the neck bling!) 🙂
One of the church ladies told us about this secret hideaway room so before their petal toss, we threw on the fisheye lense and snuck back there for a few silhouettes with the stained glass window… loved it!
Petals everywhere!!
They even ended up on her train….I overheard so many people say "Oh, that's so cool…look at the flowers on her train!!" as they passed by them so this shot is for all of you who saw what we saw that day! 🙂
Valarie loved my "rings in the roses" shot that she saw us do for other weddings so we replicated that just for her. 😉
It had been an overcast day up until the time for bride & groom pics after the wedding…the sun came out just in the nick of time! Loved the sunburst and flare!!
As we were driving behind them to Lumiere, we saw these looming clouds ahead! I couldn't help but think of THIS wedding and think OMG, not again!! LOL Luckily the rain held off and we got a lot of outdoor photos at Lumiere….and don't worry mom, I wasn't shooting while driving. 😉
I had to put this pic on here….Valarie is SO SWEET and even had a corsage for me that day!! I pinned it to my shootsac and I've preserved it this week by freeze drying it. The best part was that it was pink & green!! 😀 Thank you Valarie for being so adorably sweet…you really didn't have to do that!
Loved this cake detail shot…
Lumiere had fall leaves attached to the pillars around the pool, they looked really festive!
Awwww!
So cute!
YUM!! Lumiere did the cake and catering and did a great job that night….
Valarie dancing with dad…
Brian from Sergi Productions was their videographer, he did a great job…and yes, that's the DJ behind him. LOL
Congrats you guys!! Hope you're having fun in Mexico this week!! 😀
Oh la la!! Laura’s b-day present to her husband…
Laura contacted us a few weeks ago about doing a boudoir shoot in her home so that she'd have an album of pics to wrap up for her hubby's upcoming b-day! She looked AMAZING and gave us permission to post these pics from last week's photo shoot…. 🙂
HOT!!
Isn't she gorgeous?! Her eyes are SO beautiful….Karen Hall & Co. did her make-up for the photo shoot! 🙂
WOW…
Laura found this shot with super dramatic lighting from a Victoria's Secret ad and asked if we could replicate it….YUP!!! 🙂 We posed her in the same position up against her bedroom wall then I had Diana pop me some side light while I shot with no flash…AMAZING!
And here's what Laura was standing on during that shot (to give her some more height)….LOL…we found out she's a biochemist!! Looks like all of those chemistry books were put to good use…:)
Loved it!!
Her hubby will LOVE this one!!
This outfit was SO cute! I highly recommend shopping at Victoria's Secret and looking through their catalogs for posing ideas before doing a boudoir shoot….you'll have cute new outfits to show off and great posing ideas already thought out before your shoot. Laura had lots of catalogs on her dining room table when we walked in that night, she was so prepared!! 🙂 (Oh, and she had a CD of music already playing which helps too!)
And Laura's puppy, Lucy, had to be in on the shoot too! 🙂 LOL She liked my feather boa!!
A lot! 🙂
Thanks for a great time Laura!! (And thank your sister for her help too….we can't wait to do her session next!) 🙂
Erica + Jason = ENGAGED!
Erica & Jason are getting married next June and they are so adorable (and funny!) together! 🙂 We started to have them do some leaf fighting shots and before they could even get started, Jason dumped a pile of leaves on Erica!! (Don't worry, she got him back) LOL
This is one of my all time faves!!! Look how big her smile is here…. 😀
HOT!!
Another gorgeous day with another gorgeous couple! Doesn't she look like Helen Hunt? (Loved her in "Mad About You") 🙂
ADORABLE!
Congrats you guys!! Can't wait to shoot your wedding next June! 🙂
Rachel + Nathan = ENGAGED!
Rachel & Nathan are both runners (he proposed by engraving a runner's ID tag with her first name and his last name and "Will you marry me?" on it!! How cute is that?!) so I suggested they bring their running shoes to their engagement session. We tied their shoe laces together for a "tied the knot" ring shot. 😀
So cute!!
I love how colorful the leaves were in this one!!
Leaf fight!! 🙂
These two are so adorable together and are so much fun to photograph, they are naturals in front of the camera which makes our jobs SO easy!
Another fave…this one reminds me of Christmas with the holly berries. 🙂
Running…a natural "pose" for the two of them…:)
Melissa saw a shot similar to this on another photog's website and wanted to give it a try…so this was a bit experimental and I LOVED the sun flare of course!! Great idea Melissa! 😀
Congrats you guys!! Can't wait for your wedding next year! 🙂
Working from home today…
That crazy sinus infection from 2 weeks ago has made another return…so I'm working from home, trying to lay low and keep my germs to myself today. LOL Luckily, I still have antibiotics left over from the last round of this but that's kind of a catch 22 now. The doctor said to try not to take them because your body can become immune to them but then when you don't finish the bottle, it seems to come back! Weird. So yeah, I only took about 1/3 of the bottle last time and tried to let my body fight off the rest of it….guess that didn't quite work as well as planned. Anyway, e-mail will be the best way to reach me today since I'm working from home…. 😉 I'll post some blog pics today since John & I were working on those last night though…I'm soooo behind in blogging, sorry guys!! Between shooting, editing, client meetings, prepping for the bridal show, working on reprints and albums and everything, it sure would be nice to have a few extra hours in the day during this season!! LOL