Category Archives: Destination

Our second day of shooting was the actual wedding day followed by a reception and some crazy awesome dancing at Aura later in the evening.  I’ll just let the pics tell you how the day went…enjoy!

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Rourke’s little bro…

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Loved the suit and it felt ” like butta”

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Love getting greeted like this…

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Wanda’s parents…

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Amanda and Wanda…

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Love this one Wayne grabbed of the sisters from behind…

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A beautiful beach ceremony.

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Everybody…

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Stairs to…???

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Clean, simple, lovely…

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I love the green…

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The light out front the hotel was marvelous!

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Love it!

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Thank you Bahamas sun!

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Their reception was HOTT!

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I didn’t know Rourke was a fire eater?!?

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This is where the part started…

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And it ended late at Aura!

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So much to say about the experience I had at Atlantis in the Bahamas documenting Wanda and Rourke‘s fantastic wedding.  I was there with my friend Wayne Toshikazu, who was so important in helping me document everything and did an awesome job getting great images…thanks Wayne!  I have to say the biggest thing that I loved about being there, was how much of a celebration is was for Wanda and Rourke and their friends and family who came out to celebrate along with them.  Wanda and Rourke are such a fun couple, so it was no surprise that their friends and family were just as fun and everyone had a blast.  I will be blogging this in three different parts, as there were three main days we were photographing everything.  The first day, we did a lifestyle session around Atlantis and the surrounding area and that was followed in the evening by a little party by the aquarium.

I honestly could blab on and on about my experience there as well as about all of the awesome people I had the opportunity to meet, but I know you just want to see some pics right?!?  Here is day one…

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We started out on the beach…it was pretty darn hott!

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Atlantis makes for a good backdrop…

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Found some good light…

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Love this light too!

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Love this setting.

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The party was held in Fathoms, which is a little open area with one of the walls being the huge aquarium…

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This is what you eat when on Paradise Island…

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Guests of honor arrive = party time!

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I don’t recommend the Leroy special…it isn’t very good 😉

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Right, and I’m NOT a photographer…

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Nice place for a party eh?

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Love this pic…

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Maybe he’s tweeting 🙂  “Standing in front of a really frikin’ huge aquarium and there’s a Manta Ray coming right at me…HELP!”

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The moms…

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Wanda’s dad.

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Rourke and his little bro…

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Just a few of the guests…

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I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Boston this past weekend to photograph Stefanie and Thomas’s engagement session.  This was my first time in Boston and what better way to spend it that with one of my awesome couples.  They took me around some popular places in Boston such as Beacon Hill (they used to live there) and the Boston Commons.  I loved the vibe of the city and how clean it was.  For such an old city, it looks very modern, but has a lot of great classic architecture.  I’m so excited to go back in October for their wedding!

Stefanie and Thomas are definitely my type of couple, they dressed so fabulously and knew how to have fun and work it for the camera…thanks for being so awesome you two!  I have to mention the restaurant they took me to, because the food was so good and the atmosphere and service was no different…it was like being in Ann Arbor, but with a little different flava.  The place is East Side Grille and you must go there if you are in Boston…I had the steak tips and cheesecake for desert….mmmmmmm.

Stefanie and Thomas, you two are so cute and SO right for one another…thank you for letting me come to your home city and visit!

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The light and setting was perfect here, but they asked us to leave….boo!

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This tree was super cool, so we took some super cool pics 🙂

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That’s right, they’re fierce!

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This is their secret make-out spot…

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I know I don’t really need to say this, but Stefanie, you are going to make one gorgeous bride!

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How much do I love this alley…pretty much the most ever.

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Love these next two.

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Every girl needs some pretty pics of herself…

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Cute!

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Holy crap, this hotel was schweet!

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Some parking structure fun.

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What’s Boston without water?

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Love the look on Stefanie’s face…

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Awwww….

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A great way to end the day…

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For more pics from Stefanie and Thomas’s engagement session, CLICK HERE FOR A SLIDESHOW!

I’m in Chicago right now and just finished photographing a great wedding with a new friend Sainath Kamath.  I’ll be blogging the images in a couple weeks, but I wanted to show you all one that doesn’t really show you much, but I still love the image.  I am so glad I was able to come along and help out my new friend Sainath and also be part of Kavita and Manas’s day.  I’ve had a great trip and am super excited about this wedding season!

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