I got a lot of messages from folks wanting to see some photos of the Traditional Nigerian Engagement ceremony.  We photographed this the Saturday before the actual wedding and I must say that it is quite the event!  Here are a few highlights from the ceremony…

This one is for all the women out there as Abby had these KILLER Christian Louboutin’s!  So, I gave them a great view!

Some Details…

Abby gets some help with her headpiece…

Ola kneels to Abby’s family and is prayed for by them while Abby gets the  finishing touches on her makeup done.

A wide shot of Ola and his guys bowing down to Abby’s family…

Abby came in and knelt to greet her family.(Great heels!)

Abby puts the headpiece back on Ola..

The reading of the scroll…

More gifts!

Abby then picks out a gift from the table…

And yes, the box contained this ring!

The cool luggage cake and a sweet moment alone…

I had the honor of photographing Abby and Ola’s beautiful Nigerian wedding in London, England last weekend!  Nigerian weddings are so much fun as the colors and the pageantry are just amazing!  Abby and Ola looked stunning and all of their guests had a GREAT time!  Here are just a few highlights that Alycia and I took from the wedding.(We also photographed the traditional Nigerian engagement ceremony the week before and I will blog those soon as well!)

Abby’s gorgeous dress and a pretty unique shot of Abby getting her makeup done with the view of the Houses of Parliament in the background!

Love the shoes and the bouquet!!

Ola gets ready…

Abby gets her makeup done..

Abby gets help putting her dress on…

Abby arrives at the church…

The church was built in 1852 and was simply gorgeous!

Abby and her brother walk down the aisle…

I love this shot of Ola tearing up a bit as he sees Abby for the first time…

Some of the stained glass in the church and the kiss!

They look pretty happy!

They had a cool Rolls Royce Phantom!

The wedding party!

Some alone time…

A cool shot of them walking up to the Rolls Royce!

A more dramatic one!

Abby under the veil…

Another kiss!

I really like the feel of both of these shots!

Some cool details!

In Nigerian weddings, the guests “spray” money on certain people on the dance floor…

More fun!

Abby and Ola dance their way into the reception…

A nice moment alone on the dance floor…

Abby and Ola changed into their more traditional clothes and Abby gets “sprayed”.

We found a cool bar at the hotel with an awesome red wall, so I had to use it!

Congrats again Abby and Ola!  I will post some from the Engagement ceremony soon as well!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am officially back from London and am playing major catch up!!  It was a ton of fun and the wedding was AMAZING!!  In fact, I’ll probably be posting a Part 1 and Part 2 set of photos as we had 2 big events to cover!  In the meantime, here are a few shots from my sightseeing around beautiful England the last 11 days…

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben at night…

The Hungorford bridge…

The gorgeous ceiling as we entered the Roman Baths in the city of Bath.

We even went to Stonehenge!  It’s hard to image that these things have been here since 2000BC!!

The World Famous Harrod’s department store…

The entrance to Harrod’s and a cool shot of the London Eye at night…

I’ll post a fun blog post of all of our silly adventures when I get all caught up!