We had a great wedding a couple of weeks ago at the Piazza in the Village(One of my new favorite places to photograph!)  Michelle and her team there always do a great job!  Bri and DJ looked great and we got some really amazing shots despite the REALLY cold weather!

It was also great to work with one of our favorite Coordinators and Florists Tami Winn and Le Fleur Couture!  As usual, everything looked wonderful!!  It was also great to work with Randy Roberson as he made sure the dance floor was rocking all night!

Here are a few highlights from the day that Sharon, Andrew, and I took…

Bri getting ready…

Her GORGEOUS dress and shoes…

A great moment between Bri and her mom…

Some fun with mirrors…

How cute!

DJ getting ready…

Putting the veil on…

Bri’s BEAUTIFUL bouquet which Tami made!

A couple of Bri that are simply STUNNING!

A great sequence here as they had a private moment to see each other before the ceremony…

As you can see, it was very emotional…

Another sweet moment…

Some alone time.(You can’t tell but it was FREEZING!!)

LOVE this!

The guys…

The girls…

We went inside for a few…

There was an ice cream shop not far, so we walked down and I bought everyone some HOT Chocolate to help get warm! It made for a cool group shot…

LOVE these shots!

Bri and her dad make their way down the aisle…

From the front…

The KISS!

Lots of cool reception details!

Bri surprised her dad with a special song!

More great moments…

I had to put this one in here as this little guy was kissing Bri’s bridal portrait!  Too cute!

The exit…

Bri and DJ had a photobooth by BoothBooth and per tradition, we had to get in there and goof off a bit!  Here I am with Tami and her Crew as well as Michelle from the Piazza.(I have no idea what Tami is doing btw. LOL!)

Congrats again Bri and DJ!  I should have the rest of the wedding edited in about a week.

I shot Ted and Catie’s GORGEOUS wedding a couple of weeks ago and my team and I had a great time! You guys may recognize Ted as he works in the sports department for WFAA TV.

The ceremony was at Christ the King Catholic Church and the reception at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas.   Both Ted and Catie looked AMAZING and their friends and family were a total joy to be around.

Jill Jarufe coordinated the event and did a spectacular job making sure the day went perfectly!  Colleen Harkins at Christ the King handled everything from the church side and she is by far one of my favorite church coordinators to work with!  In fact, many other churches should have their coordinators consult with her to learn exactly how to do things the right way!(Just my humble opinion.)  As for the reception, Katy Taylor and her staff at the Four Seasons did an outstanding job as usual overseeing that all the guests were well taken care of.

As for decor, Stacey Murdoch at the Wildflower(Another one of my faves!) did her usual magic and had the reception looking SPECTACULAR!  My friend, Jaime Chavez was the DJ for the night and that always means a great night of dancing for everyone!  The cakes were done beautifully by Le Gateau and I heard they were delicious!

Here are some highlights from the day that my team and I caught…

Catie’s GORGEOUS dress and some fun with her shoes and shadows…

The wonderful Kristin Colanari applies makeup to Catie…

A closeup…

It took teamwork to get the dress on…

Ted and Catie alone…

Some simply STUNNING shots of Catie!(Some of my faves!)

Ted reads a note that Catie wrote to him before the ceremony and Catie’s arrival to the Church…

I love the great expression on Catie’s face as she sees Ted for the first time!

And Ted sees her walk down the aisle too as well as a cool shot of them kneeling in the church…

The Kiss!

Some alone time…

Catie’s GORGEOUS bouquet…

A few more…

A cute one of the girls…

And a sassy one…

Love this shot as well as a cool shot of the guys…

A couple more…

A bit more artistic on this one…

I saw this gorgeous bench and just had to do a couple shots on it!(Especially with Catie’s awesome dress!)

And both of them…

The reception looked Amazing as you can see!

Jaime had some fun with Ted and Catie…

A sweet moment during the first dance…

Catie tears up during her dance with her father and a nice moment between Ted and his mother…

I LOVE Flutterfetti!!

Congratulations again Ted and Catie!  I hope your honeymoon was awesome!  I will have the whole wedding edited in a couple of weeks.

Right before Christmas, we had the chance to photograph the really fun wedding of Kevin and Elissa in Fort Worth!  The ceremony took place at TCU’s Robert Carr Chapel and the reception at the Van Cliburn Recital Hall.  We had a great time with everyone and came away with some awesome shots!  Here a few highlights…

Elissa’s cool dress and a neat shot of her putting her shoes on…

Getting some help with the dress…

More getting ready…

I liked this angle…

I got this shot of Elissa as she was getting ready as she quickly looked up my way and Kevin chilling out before the ceremony…

We got some killer stuff of Kevin and Elissa alone, so I thought I would showcase some here!  Here are a couple in front of the church…

More…

A cool one of the whole wedding party!

This little guy was everywhere! Also a cool angle of Elissa before the ceremony!

A moment alone with dad…

The kiss…

A couple after the ceremony…

Some very cool reception details!

Being introduced at the reception…

Love this shot of the first dance!

Their first dance was cool as they broke into “Baby Got Back” in the middle of it!  BTW, the wonderful Ryan Kelley had the dance floor packed all night!

We snuck out for a few pics in downtown Ft. Worth!

The exit!

Since Kevin went to TCU, we had to get these VERY cool shots afterwards!

Congrats again Kevin and Elissa!  I will have the rest of the wedding edited in a couple of weeks!

We had a great time photographing Danny and Emily’s Wedding at Highland Park United Methodist Church a couple of weeks ago.  It was a gorgeous ceremony followed by a wonderful reception at the Mansion on Turtle Creek!  It was a pleasure working with Shelley Binion at the Mansion and her staff again as they always do such a fantastic job!  The wedding coordinator was the wonderful Holly Tripp who made sure everything ran smoothly and the beautiful decor was provided by Abbie and her team at Todd Events.   It was also great to work with our friend at Soulbox Productions again! The delicious cakes were made by Dallas Affaires and the DJ was Marcus Rollins.

We had a great time and captured some really cool images!  Here are just a few highlights…

Lenore and James did a great job with Emily’s Hair and Makeup! Emily’s dress was spectacular as well!

Emily gets helped into her dress by the lovely ladies of Stanley Korshack…

In Post Processing, I wanted to add a little more drama to this one…

Danny and the guys…

Another one…

The GORGEOUS girls!

And a fun one!

Danny and Emily wanted to have a moment alone before the wedding where they didn’t quite see each other.

Emily and her father walk down the aisle…

Danny looks at Emily as she walks down the aisle…

The Kiss!

I LOVE this one!!

Some alone time…

What a great looking couple!

Playing with my post processing again…(2 different treatments).

Lots of great details!!

Danny is a Dallas Police Officer, so Emily surprised him with a Donut Stand!  Pretty funny and cool!

A moment from the first dance and then Emily goofs off with Danny’s hat and a donut!

Some cake fun!

One of the coolest surprises was this OLD Police car that Emily surprised Danny with as their exit vehicle!!

Here is the exit…

I love the surprised look on Danny’s face when he sees the car!

And a final kiss…

Congrats again Danny and Emily!  I hope you are having a great time on your honeymoon!  I will have the full wedding edited in a few weeks.

Andrew and I flew down to New Orleans for Liz and Luc’s wonderful wedding a couple of weeks ago and we had a great time and took some really cool photos!  In fact, it will take me forever to edit this wedding as there are so many cool shots!!  We also had a chance to eat at NOLA’s restaurant!(Which is owned by Emeril and was simply fantastic!  I’ll post a blog about that later!)

Liz and Luc looked amazing and their friends and family were simply wonderful to hangout with!  Kim Tran and Hien  Nguyen of Wink Event Planning did a great job of making sure everything looked wonderful!

Here are just a few of my favorites so far…

Liz’s GORGEOUS dress and shoes…

Liz getting ready…

Luc getting ready…

How cute is this little flower girl? Liz puts on her earrings…

It took a team effort to get her in the dress!

Great detail on the back of her dress.  How’s this for a different wedding party shot?

Another cool one…

Liz with the young girls…

Yowsa!!

Luc and the guys…

Liz is a natural in front of the camera!

LOVE this!

A couple of sweet ones!

We were shooting and a trolley came by really quickly so I grabbed this.(Notice the guy with his camera in the trolley!)

A classic!

Great skies here!

Liz walking down the aisle and then a cool shot from the back of the church!

LOTS of cool details everywhere!

The grand entrance and then a moment from the first dance…

A great shot of Liz and Luc toasting at a table!

Congrats again Liz and Luc!  I should have all the photos edited in a few weeks!

Last week, I had the chance to photograph Angie and Kenny’s absolutely GORGEOUS wedding at the Marriott at Champions Circle!  The wonderful Amy Karp helped out Andrew and I and we got some awesome shots!  I wanted to thank Joy Israel at the Marriott for her usual great job and Karen Radford of Weddings of Elegance for making sure that EVERYTHING went smoothly throughout the day!

The Wonderful decor was done by Fete Des Fleur(One of my faves!) and the Cakes by the lovely Lauren of Fancy Cakes by Lauren(Another one of my faves!)  In fact, Lauren’s cigar box cake looked so realistic, a few guests thought it was real and tried to lift the top off!

Anita Haar provided the great hair/makeup for Angie and Richard McClure did a great job as the evening’s DJ.  Angie and Kenny even brought in Sbino Satelo as a Cigar Roller during the reception!(He was quite the hit too!)

I really had a ton of photos to choose from, but here are just a few of my faves…

Angie’s dress and Anita helping Angie get ready…

Angie wore these cool Manolos!

Angie gets some help getting ready and then I took this very cool shot of her in the window!

A cool angle…

Kenny getting ready…

Mr GQ!!

Angie looking gorgeous and then a shot with the flowergirls…

Angie simply looks stunning!

Some of the BEAUTIFUL ceremony details…

Walking down the aisle…

Angie gets a bit emotional walking down the aisle and then stops to give Tanner a kiss…

Kenny looks on as Angie approaches…

A wide angle shot…

I had Amy go up to the hotel room to get some cool angles too! Angie and Kenny share a laugh during the ceremony!

A unique Angle and then the KISS!

They look pretty happy!

Some alone time…

Sexy!!

Lots of great reception details too!

Some great moments during the first dance…

Congrats again Angie and Kenny!  I will have the rest of the wedding online in a few weeks!

I must say that I just LOVED this wedding as Teresa and Brian were one of the coolest couples that I have ever photographed!  Not to mention, Teresa really ROCKED out that Birdcage Veil!!  I wish more brides would wear those as they are simply stunning!!(Hint, Hint!)

The ceremony took place at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas with the reception at the Magnolia Hotel’s Pegasus Ballroom.  Teresa’s makeup was done by Amanda Medina and Robert Habeeb of Avalon Salon did her hair!

A Special thanks goes out to the wonderful Jessica Smith and her staff at the Magnolia Hotel  and to coordinator Jennifer Schlankey  for making sure that everything went smoothly throughout the day!  The beautiful flowers were done by Dr. Delphinium and they always do a great job!

Me and my team had a ton of great shots, but here are just a few highlights from the day…

Teresa and her GORGEOUS dress and some details…

Teresa and the girls…

Brian gets ready with the guys…

More getting ready…

SIMPLY STUNNING!!

I LOVE this sequence of Teresa and Brian seeing each other for the first time before the ceremony! So Emotional!!

In the Magnolia Lobby…

Some more alone time…

So we were walking around Deep Ellum and this guy playing keyboard started serenading Teresa and Brian!  So, naturally they did a little dance and dip while he played.

Teresa and the girls!

This cool shot of the guys looks like it came right out of an old Western Movie!

The wedding party…

Love these!

I went for a vintage look here…

And one by the pool table…

The kids…

Brian watches as Teresa and her dad walk down the aisle…

Brian wipes a tear from Teresa’s face during the ceremony. Such a sweet moment!

The Kiss!

Exiting the church…

One more in the church and then the first dance…

This one is cool as they dipped right in the middle of my two flashes!

Some more details…

Everyone was in a great mood to party all night!

Congrats again Teresa and Brian!!  I should have the whole wedding edited in a couple of weeks.

We got the chance to photograph the GORGEOUS wedding of Andy and Becca a couple of weeks ago and we had a great time with everyone!  Andy and Becca looked absolutely stunning and Sharon Coston did her usual FANTASTIC job of making sure that everything was coordinated to perfection!!  The ceremony took place at Perkins Chapel on the SMU campus and the reception at the Westin Stonebriar Hotel.  Fete Des Fleur did their usual wonderful job with the decor and Switch Lighting did the very impressive light display!  Cuvee(one of my favorite bands) kept the party going all night as well!

Here are some of my favorites from the day that we captured…

Becca’s awesome dress and shoes…

A cool shot of Becca getting ready with her dress hanging in the closet…

Becca getting some help with her dress…

Another angle…

A couple of Becca alone…

I LOVE these!

I just liked this shot…

All the GORGEOUS girls…

Andy gets ready and then gives us his GQ look!

The guys…

Becca composes herself before walking down the aisle…

Walking down the aisle and Andy’s reaction…

The kiss!

Walking out of the church…

The Wedding party…

What a cute family!

Some alone time…

Love this!

A couple more…

Look at all of the AMAZING reception details!

A cool silhouette shot with the cake in the background…

Great moment during the first dance…

My future competition!

Father and Daughter…

Mother and Son…

This is a GREAT moment after the cake cutting!

Becca’s Brother rocks out with Cuvee!

Golf cart and sparkler exit!

Congrats again guys!  I hope you are having a blast on your honeymoon!  I will have the full wedding edited in a few weeks.

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!